WICHITA FALLS, Texas – The Midwestern State University Mustangs grabbed an early lead on No. 13 West Texas A&M University Saturday night at Gerald Stockton Court in D.L. Ligon Coliseum, but the Lady Buffs answered with a 13-1 run and never looked back on the way to an 81-61 Lone Star Conference South victory.

MSU (9-9, 2-4) jumped out to the 6-2 lead, only to see the balanced WT (17-3, 6-0) squad rebound with its first run of the game for a lead it would not relinquish.

WT led 40-29 at intermission, then pulled away to start the second half, as MSU never got closer than 10 during the second frame.

Midwestern State was paced by the play of Brittni Burks who collected 15 points, while Andrea Buben posted 14 points and Stacey Staten 13 points with five rebounds.

The Lady Buffs got 22 points, six assists and four blocked shots from the LSC's leading scorer Emily Brister.  Natalie Wheeler tallied 13 points and Mariah Willis 10.  Kara Pridey just missed a double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds with four steals.

The MSU women are off until Thursday night when they visit Abilene Christian in LSC South play.  The game, the first of a women's and men's doubleheader, is set for 6 p.m. at Moody Coliseum in Abilene.