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THE RUNDOWN
WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Charron Montgomery scored a team-high 24 points off the bench and Jamie Bonnarens added 22 points to help Cameron post a 20-2 fourth quarter run to erase a four-point deficit and claim a 94-76 victory over Midwestern State Tuesday evening at D.L. Ligon Coliseum.
 
After trailing by eight at the half, Midwestern State (4-11, 1-8 LSC) began the second half on a 6-0 run with a pair of free throws by Whitney Taylor pulling the Mustangs within two. A quick 5-0 stretch for Caitlin Clancy led Cameron (6-9, 4-5 LSC) to a seven-point advantage before a Kristin Rydell triple and back-to-back baskets for Micheline Mercelita evened the contest at 54-all with 4:37 to play in the third.
 
It was a tight game for the next 10-plus minutes with the Mustangs matching their largest lead of the night at 70-66 after a pair of Taylor free throws with 6:41 remaining. However, the Aggies limited MSU to just one field goal the rest of the way, closing out the game on a 28-6 run with 18 points coming in the paint. Cameron scored 15 of its 32 points in the fourth quarter off seven MSU turnovers with Bonnarens scoring 13 points and Montgomery adding 10 to help the Aggies shoot 75 percent in the period.
 
In the first quarter, the Aggies put together a 12-0 spurt midway through the period with four different players contributing offensively. Baskets for Liz Cathcart and Avery Queen and a Taylor three-pointer helped the Mustangs come within a point in the final seconds of the opening period.
 
Cameron stretched its lead out to 10 on two occasions in the second quarter before Jasmine Richardson scored five points in a 10-2 MSU run to bring the Mustangs within two. Cameron went on to take a 49-41 advantage at the break.

NOTES
- Whitney Taylor scored a season-high 23 points on 6-of-16 shooting including 4-of-9 from three-point range for her fourth 20-point game of the season and ninth of her career
- Taylor's 20-point game was just her second inside Ligon Coliseum, scoring 20 points against Texas A&M-Kingsville last month at home
- Jasmine Richardson added a career-high 14 points after scoring in double figures for the first time this season Saturday at Eastern New Mexico with 13 points
- Richardson also led MSU with five assists to tie a career best
- Avery Queen added 12 points while matching a career-high seven rebounds
- Micheline Mercelita reached double figures for the third time in the last four games with 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting
- Midwestern State placed four players in double figures for the fourth time this season (Adams State, UT Permian Basin, Eastern New Mexico)
- The Mustangs shot 46.6 percent from the floor while Cameron posted a 52.1 shooting percentage
- The Aggies finished 15-of-17 from the charity stripe
- Montgomery (24) and Bonnarens (22) led five Aggies in double digits with Savanna James (12), Ava Battese (11) and Natalie Halbleib (10) also reaching double figures
- Cameron held a 62-40 advantage in points in the paint and 31-13 in points off turnovers
- The Mustangs committed 21 turnovers while the Aggies finished with 13 on the night

STAT OF THE GAME
62 – Cameron scored 62 of its 94 points in the paint Tuesday

UP NEXT 
Midwestern State next travels to Denton for its final road game of January with a 7 p.m. tipoff Thursday against Texas Woman's at Kitty Magee Arena.