AUSTIN, Texas - The UT Tyler Women's Basketball team opened the 2018-19 season at Huston-Tillotson on Saturday evening. UT Tyler fell 60-71 in overtime. 

FIRST QUARTER:
The Patriots opened the game with a 10-2 run, opening an early eight-point lead over the Rams. Three late points from the Rams would lead to a 10-5 score through 10 minutes of play. Bianca Valderrama would lead the Patriots in the first quarter with three points while Shadazia Birchette, Carissa Spiker, and Tyreesha Blaylock would each add a bucket. 

SECOND QUARTER:
Aubree Adams and Spiker would combine for eight of the Patriots 11 second quarter points. The Rams would take a 14-12 lead before UT Tyler bounced back to take a 21-16 lead into the half. 

FIRST HALF BOX SCORE:

##	Player	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	ORB-DRB	REB	PF	A	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
33	Carissa Spiker	19	2-4	0-1	2-2	0-1	1	1	0	4	0	1	6
32	Bianca Valderrama	7	1-4	1-1	0-0	1-1	2	2	1	1	0	0	3
11	Tyreesha Blaylock	15	1-3	0-1	0-0	0-1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2
22	Samantha Odom	9	0-2	0-2	0-2	1-2	3	2	0	2	0	0	0
20	Shadazia Birchette	13	0-0	0-0	2-2	3-1	4	1	0	2	0	0	2
25	Aubree Adams	11	3-3	0-0	0-0	0-2	2	1	0	1	0	0	6
15	Savannah Ralph	11	0-4	0-3	1-4	1-4	5	1	1	0	0	1	1
45	Tori Shoemaker	4	0-0	0-0	1-2	0-1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
13	MyKaela Alfred	5	0-2	0-0	0-0	0-2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	Jolee Carswell	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	Libby Waddell	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
0	TEAM	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	100	7-23	1-8	6-12	6-20	26	10	4	12	0	2	21
	TEAM TOTAL %		30.4 %	12.5 %	50.0 %

THIRD QUARTER:
UT Tyler would stretch the lead to nine points in the third quarter behind their best offensive quarter of the game. The Patriots outscored the Rams 18-14 in the third behind a 7-0 run to open the second half. 

FOURTH QUARTER:
The final quarter of regulation saw the Patriots and Rams combine for 39 points. The Patriots would get nine of their 15 fourth quarter points from Valderrama. The Rams would tie the game on a three with 31 seconds left in regulation. A last-second three from Spiker would not find the mark, leading to overtime in the season opener. 

SECOND HALF BOX SCORE:

##	Player	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	ORB-DRB	REB	PF	A	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
33	Carissa Spiker	14	1-3	1-3	8-10	1-0	1	2	0	3	0	1	11
32	Bianca Valderrama	19	5-9	1-2	2-4	1-2	3	1	1	1	0	0	13
11	Tyreesha Blaylock	19	0-2	0-1	3-4	0-3	3	2	1	3	0	0	3
22	Samantha Odom	15	0-0	0-0	2-4	0-3	3	2	2	1	0	1	2
20	Shadazia Birchette	12	0-2	0-0	1-2	1-1	2	2	1	2	0	1	1
25	Aubree Adams	8	1-1	0-0	0-0	1-2	3	0	0	0	1	1	2
15	Savannah Ralph	12	0-0	0-0	1-2	0-1	1	3	1	3	0	0	1
45	Tori Shoemaker	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MyKaela Alfred	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Jolee Carswell	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Libby Waddell	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	TEAM	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	100	7-17	2-6	17-26	5-14	19	12	6	13	1	4	33
	TEAM TOTAL %		41.2 %	33.3 %	65.4 %

OVERTIME:
An early 11-3 run from the Rams put UT Tyler down by eight with 2:53 remaining. UT Tyler would bring the game within five with 1:33 remaining after Blaylock sank a three before the Rams would score the final six points of the game, dealing the Patriots a 60-71 loss. 

OVERTIME BOX SCORE:
 

##	Player	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	ORB-DRB	REB	PF	A	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
33	Carissa Spiker	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
32	Bianca Valderrama	5	0-2	0-1	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
11	Tyreesha Blaylock	5	1-2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3
22	Samantha Odom	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
20	Shadazia Birchette	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	Aubree Adams	3	0-0	0-0	0-2	1-1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0
15	Savannah Ralph	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
45	Tori Shoemaker	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MyKaela Alfred	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Jolee Carswell	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Libby Waddell	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	TEAM	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	25	2-6	1-4	1-4	1-2	3	5	2	4	1	0	6
	TEAM TOTAL %		33.3 %	25.0 %	25.0 %

FULL GAME BOX SCORE:

##	Player	GS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	ORB-DRB	REB	PF	A	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
33	Carissa Spiker	*	37	3-8	1-5	10-12	1-1	2	5	0	9	0	2	17
32	Bianca Valderrama	*	31	6-15	2-4	3-6	2-3	5	3	2	2	0	0	17
11	Tyreesha Blaylock	*	39	2-7	1-4	3-4	0-4	4	3	3	4	0	0	8
22	Samantha Odom	*	29	1-3	0-2	2-6	1-6	7	5	2	3	0	1	4
20	Shadazia Birchette	*	26	0-2	0-0	3-4	4-2	6	4	1	4	0	1	3
25	Aubree Adams		22	4-4	0-0	0-2	2-5	7	1	1	1	2	1	8
15	Savannah Ralph		25	0-4	0-3	2-6	1-5	6	4	3	4	0	1	2
45	Tori Shoemaker		4	0-0	0-0	1-2	0-1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
13	MyKaela Alfred		6	0-2	0-0	0-0	0-2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	Jolee Carswell		4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	Libby Waddell		2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
TM	TEAM		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	-	225	16-46	4-18	24-42	12-36	48	27	12	29	2	6	60

Team Summary	FG	3PT	FT
First Half	7-23	1-8	6-12
	30.43 %	12.50 %	50.00 %
Second Half	7-17	2-6	17-26
	41.18 %	33.33 %	65.38 %
Total	16-46	4-18	24-42
	34.8 %	22.2 %	57.1 %

Technical Fouls: none	Second Chance Points: 5	Scores Tied: 1 time(s)
Points in the Paint: 16	Fast Break Points: 0	Lead Changed: 2 time(s)
Points off Turnovers: 12	Bench Points: 11	Largest Lead: 14 3rd-01:47

UP NEXT:
The Patriots continue their road start to the season with a pair of games at the Whitworth Tournament on November 16-17 in Spokane, Washington.