Box Score STEPHENVILLE – Tarleton never trailed Wednesday night as the TexAnns cruised to their fourth straight win following a 75-48 victory over Angelo State and clinch a berth in the Lone Star Conference Championship tournament in Allen next month.
 
This marks the 11^th time Tarleton has qualified for the tournament, including 10 straight appearances since Ronnie Hearne took over the program.
 
The TexAnns (15-4, 11-2) improved to 24-20 all-time against Angelo State (8-12, 5-9) in the school's longest tenured rivalry which dates back to 1976.
 
Cheyenne Berry got the scoring started for Tarleton with a layup 1:45 into the contest. Angelo State answered with a bucket of its own and kept the game tied through 6-6.
 
At 15:27, however, Berry hit a mid-range jumper to start a streak of seven unanswered points and eventually a 13-2 run to give the TexAnns their first double-figure lead of the night at 19-8 with 11:37 left in the opening half.
 
Angelo scored immediately answered with a 4-0 push on its first unanswered points of the game to pull within seven, but Tarleton answered right back with six unanswered to lead 25-12 with 6:39 to play in the first half.
 
The Rambelles made a late surge to pull within five, but Kiara Wright hit a layup with 20 seconds to push the lead back to seven entering halftime.
 
Out of the break, Angelo struck first to pull back to five at 33-28.
 
Wright answered with a layup that started a game-clinching run which continued to build down to the final minutes. From the 18:42 mark through the 3:00 mark, Tarleton outscored Angelo State 40-16 to secure the win.
 
Peyton Adamson led all scorers with 17 to continue her run of success against Angelo State. She has now scored double figures in all five of her career games against the Rambelles.
 
Wright recorded her 14^th double-double of the season with 15 points and 16 rebounds while Brianna Bledsoe (13) and Berry (12) also cracked double figures in scoring. Wright's 15 points give her 866 for her career, bringing her 134 points shy of becoming the 21^st player in school history to score 1,000 points in a career.
 
With 16 boards, Wright now has 686 career rebounds moving her into sixth place on the all-time rebounding list – passing Eleanor Golding on the rebounding list. She is now 10 rebounds shy of moving into the top five by passing Dianna May (695).
 
Tarleton will travel to Abilene Saturday for its final LSC meeting against Abilene Christian in Moody Coliseum at 5:30 p.m.