Texas A&M Moves Past Texas-San Antonio

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BATON ROUGE — Morenike Atunrase scored 19 points off the bench to lead Texas A&M to a 91-52 rout of Texas-San Antonio on Saturday in the first round of the women's NCAA tournament.

The second-seeded Aggies (27-7) had an easy time with the overmatched Roadrunners (23-10), taking a lead to open the game and never relinquishing it.

No. 15 seed Texas-San Antonio, making its first appearance in the tournament, attempted only 15 shots in the first half. The Roadrunners committed 30 turnovers, allowing the Aggies to score 38 points off them.

Danielle Gant scored 18 points for the Aggies before going to the bench early in the second half. Takia Starks added 14 and Patrice Reado 12.

Monica Gibbs led Texas-San Antonio with 14 points and Jordan Stark scored 11, all in the second half. Stark hit 3-of-7 attempts from 3-point range.

Atunrase, a senior, was A&M's top player her first two years, but missed half of last season and the first six games of this year because of injuries. Atunrase was averaging 13.6 points going into Saturday's game.

Texas-San Antonio set a school record for victories to earn its first NCAA appearance. But the Roadrunners could not match up with the bigger, more athletic Aggies. A&M had 15 steals and six blocked shots.

The Aggies scored 36 points in the paint to Texas-San Antonio's 13 and outrebounded the Roadrunners 42-27.

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