The Pima Community College women’s basketball team won its fifth straight game to improve to 22-5 overall and 13-3 in the ACCAC in Wednesday’s 66-46 victory at Glendale.
The No. 11 Aztecs dominated the second half in their win over the Gauchos (8-15, 6-9). They won all three regular-season meetings with Glendale by a 19.6 scoring average margin. Pima got the 67-47 win on Dec. 7 at Glendale CC and 59-40 victory on Jan. 25 at Aztecs West Gym.
Leading 28-26 at halftime, the Aztecs got back-to-back 3-pointers from sophomore Mattanaya Vital (Amphitheater) and freshman Melicia Nelson to open the third quarter. Up 41-35, Pima scored the final eight points of the quarter to go up 49-35.
The momentum carried over into the fourth quarter as they built it into a 23-2 run to take their biggest lead of the game, 64-37. The Gauchos were held without a field goal for a little more than 12 minutes; from the 4:33 mark in the third quarter to the 2:21 mark in the fourth.
The Aztecs fell behind early at 9-1 but outscored the Gauchos 17-5 in the final 5:57 of the first quarter as Nelson scored as time expired to make it 18-14.
Freshman Kiley Sours-Miller finished the game with 19 points and 14 rebounds (eight offensive) securing her 12th double-double of the season. She also added three blocks and three steals.
Nelson produced a double-double as she scored 11 points to go with 11 rebounds and six assists.
Freshman Kennedi Niemann posted nine points and six rebounds while Vital contributed with six points, three rebounds and two assists. Freshman Sofia Cambridge had six points off the bench.
The Aztecs will be back on the road on Saturday as they play at No. 3 Mesa at 2:00 p.m. The Aztecs dropped their first two meetings to the rival Thunderbirds this season; falling 74-57 on Dec. 11 in Mesa and again 63-59 on Jan. 29 at the West Campus Aztec Gym.
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