- Box Score

COMMERCE – Tarleton (12-5, 9-0) won their 10th straight game Wednesday by a wide-margin, as the TexAnns went to Texas A&M-Commerce and handed the Lions (1-14, 0-9) an 89-61 loss in the opening game of Rivalry Week in the Lone Star Conference.
 
The loss for the Lions is also their 11^th straight.
 
To open the contest, Kiara Wright won the opening tip-off then went to the baseline where she received a pass from Shelby Adamson to score the first points of the game just six seconds into the game.
 
The TexAnns never looked back.
 
The Wright layup started a 9-0 Tarleton run over the first 2:03 to force a Commerce timeout.
 
Over the next five minutes Commerce was able to stay close with the TexAnns, pulling to within six points at 14-8.
 
Tarleton senior Lisa Parker answered, however, by drained a 3-ball on back-to-back offensive possessions – with a Lion free throw in between – to extend the TexAnn lead back to double digits at 20-9.
 
The TexAnns extended their lead to as many as 15, but the Lions responded with a 10-3 run down to the 2:41 mark of the opening half to trail 33-25.
 
Shelby and Peyton Adamson combined for nine unanswered points over the final 2:16 of the opening half to give the TexAnns a 42-25 lead at halftime.
 
At the break, Tarleton was led in scoring by a trio of Rockwall natives - Shelby and Peyton Adamson with 10 each and Shanae Lowrance with eight.
 
Out of the break, Wright got the scoring started yet again with a quick lay-up to push the Tarleton lead to 19. The TexAnns maintained a 21-point lead over the next 15 minutes.
 
At the five-minute mark of the second half, Shelby drained a pair of free throws to start a 15-7 run over the rest of the game to give Tarleton its biggest lead of the game at 30. TAMUC hit a layup with 36 seconds left to bring the final difference to 28.
 
Shelby led the TexAnns with 21 points while Peyton just missed her third straight 20-point effort by scoring 18. The younger Adamson was 6-7 from the floor and 4-4 from 3-point land while the elder sister went 5-6 from the floor and 10-13 from the free throw line in addition to seven assists.
 
Shelby's seven assists moved her past Julie Foster-Mata for fifth place on the TexAnns' all-time assist list. She has 396 for her career.
 
Lowrance finished with 15 and Wright tallied 10 points and seven rebounds in just 16 minutes.
 
Tarleton returns home Saturday for a rematch with A&M-Commerce. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m. in Wisdom Gym in Stephenville.
 
For a live radio broadcast, tune into KSTV 93.1 FM in Stephenville or listen live at TarletonSports.com. A live video feed will be available through TarletonSports.com's all-access package.