Senior guard Shay Moseberry scored 26 points to lead the Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU) women's basketball team to a 68-47 win over UT Dallas on Thursday evening in Richardson, Texas. This was the first meeting between the two programs.
Moseberry made seven three-pointers out of 13 attempts and added four steals, four rebounds, and three blocks during her 35 minutes on the court. She shot 8-of-17 from the field and made all three of her free throw attempts, while committing only two turnovers.
Moseberry is the first ENMU player to make more than five three-point shots in a game since Abbi Holder achieved that feat against Oklahoma Christian on December 5, 2024.
Julieta Ceja, a junior forward, contributed 13 points on 4-of-9 shooting and made five out of seven free throws. She also had three assists. Aaliyah Smith came off the bench to add ten points along with two steals and two assists. Nataya Lockett finished with seven points, four assists, and two steals.
The Greyhounds made 37 percent of their shots from the field and hit ten out of twenty-four attempts from beyond the arc. The team converted eighteen out of twenty-three free throws for a rate of 78.3 percent. ENMU outrebounded UT Dallas by a margin of forty to thirty and forced twenty-one turnovers, turning those into fifteen points.
Defensively, ENMU held UT Dallas to just under thirty-three percent shooting from the field and limited them to five successful three-point shots in nineteen attempts. The Comets scored twenty points in the paint but managed only eight out of eleven free throws.
ENMU led by ten after one quarter (18-8) and extended their lead to eleven at halftime (35-24). Although UT Dallas outscored ENMU in the third quarter (13-10), the Greyhounds finished strong with a twenty-three point fourth quarter for a final score of 68-47.
For UT Dallas, Addy Self recorded sixteen points and ten rebounds for a double-double performance while Clara Paynter added nine points and six rebounds.
Eastern New Mexico University will play next weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada at the CSN Event Center. They are scheduled to face Western Washington on Friday before playing Simon Fraser on Saturday.
