DALLAS, Texas - Fresh off their victory over Jarvis Christian on Saturday afternoon, the Texas Wesleyan women’s basketball team traveled to a tournament on the campus of the University of Dallas on Sunday to face Millsaps College, an NCAA D-III school from Jackson, Mississippi. Despite starting the game with the intensity they showed the day before, the Lady Rams ultimately couldn’t match the perimeter shooting of the Lady Majors, and fell 66-59.

The Lady Rams opened the game with a 9-2 run, capped by Shayla Coleman’s three-pointer two minutes into the contest. The lead wouldn‘t last long, though, as Millsaps chipped away over the next few minutes. Juliana Wallace hit three field goals and a free throw to lead the charge, and the Lady Majors tied the score at 14 with just under 13 minutes remaining in the half.

With 11:54 on the clock, Wallace hit another inside shot to give Millsaps the lead, and for the next four minutes, both teams battled to keep the score tight. The final eight minutes of the half, though, would not go Wesleyan‘s way. Ashley Walker’s jumper with 8:13 remaining narrowed Millsap’s lead to two points, but it was as close as the Lady Rams would be for the rest of the afternoon. The Lady Majors closed out the first period with a 12-2 run, taking a 36-24 lead into the break.

Millsaps opened the second frame by stretching their lead out to 15 on a three-pointer by Jillian Compton. Both teams saw limited scoring for the next five minutes, after which the lead was still well into double figures at 14 points.

Coleman, Kimberly Cooper, and Ashley Walker then combined to score seven consecutive points over a two minute stretch, bringing Wesleyan to within seven points at 46-39, but the Lady Majors were too accurate from outside to allow the Lady Rams back into the game. Becky McDole, Martha McDaniel, and Greer all connected from 15 to 20 feet to counter Lady Ram baskets by Jashana Pitt, Stephanie Reder and Shawndrika Courtney, and the lead was eight as the clock rolled under a minute.

Valen Little’s three-pointer with 45 seconds remaining cut the lead to five, but Wesleyan still had to foul to have a chance, and the Lady Majors shot well enough from the line to keep the game out of reach. Compton closed out the scoring on a pair of free throws with three seconds remaining.

For the second straight game, Coleman the Lady Rams in scoring, posting 11 points in 32 minutes of play. Courtney also reached double figures, scoring ten. She added four rebounds. Ashley Walker scored nine points with six rebounds, and Kimberly Cooper scored six with seven boards. Other Lady Rams scoring in the game were Stephanie Reder (6), Kori Yates (5), Naomi Vann (5), Jashana Pitt (4), and Valen Little (3).

The Lady Rams now stand at 5-5 on the year overall, and remain 1-2 in RRAC play. The team will take a two-week break for the holidays, returning to action on January 2 to face Schreiner University in the Sid Richardson Gymnasium.