WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Winning three quarters wasn't enough for Midwestern State in its season finale Saturday afternoon at D.L. Ligon Coliseum.
 
Texas Woman's outscored the Mustangs 24-9 in a decisive second period then hung on for a 56-51 win to end the season with an 18-10 mark.
 
The Pioneers enter next week's Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament at the No. 6 seed and will face No. 3-seed West Texas A&M Friday at noon at the Allen Event Center.
 
Midwestern closes the season with an 8-18 overall mark finishing ninth with a 5-15 mark in league play.
 
MSU senior forward Jennifer Arbuckle scored 10 points in her final collegiate performance, while junior guard Jasmine Richardson tallied 10 points to go along with four assists and three rebounds.
 
The Mustangs used a quick start to take a 12-6 lead over TWU following the first period of play, but Texas Woman's used a 12-3 run over the first four minutes of the second period to claim an 18-15 advantage following back-to-back jumpers by senior Emily Spector.
 
Spector paced all scorers with 14 points and pulled down eight rebounds, while fellow senior Kanesha Saygo notched 12 points and handed out five assists for the Pioneers.
 
Andrea Mapua's 3-pointers from the left corner capped a 7-2 run over the final 3:48 of the first half as TWU took led 30-21 at the break.
 
Midwestern State outscored the Pioneers 15-14 and 15-12 in the third and fourth periods, respectively, but could pull no closer than three points down the stretch.
 
NOTES
- Midwestern State limited TWU senior Kanesha Saygo to 25 combined points this season. The LSC scoring leader averages 19.0 points per game scoring 30 points in three games and had 20-or-more eight times. She was coming off of a 35-point effort Thursday at Cameron. Saygo finished the regular season with 1,317 career points.
- Senior forward Jennifer Arbuckle scored in double digits for the third straight game and closed her career booking 10-or-more points in eight of her last 10 games. She averaged 10.4 points a game over the stretch.
- Junior guard Jasmine Richardson scored 10-or-more points for the fifth time this season. Two of the performances came against Texas Woman's.
- Junior guard Kristin Rydell grabbed a season-high eight rebounds.
- Midwestern State out-rebounded its last three opponents by at least 11 boards as the Mustangs won the battle on the boards by a 41-27 margin over TWU.
- MSU turned the ball over at least 20 times for the eighth time this season. However, it was the first time in their last seven games that the Mustangs that many miscues.
 
STAT OF THE GAME
9-of-12 -- Texas Woman's connected on 9-of-12 shots and scored 10 points off of MSU's eight turnovers in the second period.
 
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Midwestern State returns four starters and 12 letter winners who all played in at least 15 games for the 2017-18 season.