EDINBURG (Interstat) — Texas-Rio Grande Valley opened with a 16-0 run and never trailed in a 114-47 victory over visiting Arlington Baptist in a women’s NCAA Division I basketball game on Monday at UT Pan Am Field House in Edinburg, Texas. The Vaqueros improved to 1-0 with the non-divisional win before an attendance of 733. Arlington Baptist fell behind early and could not recover against the home side.

Texas-Rio Grande Valley scored 35 points in the first quarter, 23 in the second, 25 in the third and 31 in the fourth. Arlington Baptist scored 11 in the first, 17 in the second, 15 in the third and 4 in the fourth. The Vaqueros scored 114 points from 75 possessions, an offensive rating of 151.6. Texas-Rio Grande Valley had 14 total offensive rebounds, four total assists, two total blocks and 15 total turnovers.

The decisive stretch came at the start. Gianna Angiolet hit a 3-point field goal at 9:11 of the first quarter, Rylie Whitehair made a turnaround jumper at 8:44, Angiolet connected again from beyond the arc at 7:23 and again at 6:40, Elizabeth Romer made a layup at 6:08 and Jesslynn Jalomo made a 3-point jump shot at 5:37 to build a 16-0 lead. Arlington Baptist got on the board with Jaela Jones free throws at 5:24, but the Vaqueros kept pulling away. Jalomo made a floating jumper, Whitehair scored twice inside, Jalomo added a layup, Kamryn McLaurin made a driving layup, Jessica Borders made a layup and Jalomo closed the first quarter with a 3-point field goal for a 31-4 lead.

Jalomo was the top star for Texas-Rio Grande Valley. The 5-foot-6 guard from Laredo, Texas, who previously played at United, finished with 21 points, six rebounds and seven assists in 23 minutes. McLaurin, a 5-foot-11 guard who previously played at Clear Brook, added 21 points, eight rebounds, four assists and one block in 22 minutes. Whitehair, a 6-foot-2 forward from Gallup High School, scored 19 points and grabbed five rebounds in 19 minutes. Janette Aarnio, a 5-foot-11 guard from Makelanrinteen Lukio, had four points, eight rebounds and eight assists in 18 minutes. Lina Fimbo, a 6-foot-3 forward from International School, added 11 points and seven rebounds in 17 minutes.

Angiolet, a 5-foot-9 guard from Westlake, had 11 points, two rebounds, three assists and one block in 16 minutes. Borders, a 6-foot guard from Olathe West High School, had five points, six rebounds and one assist in nine minutes. Elise Horne, a 6-foot-2 forward from DR Phillips High School, had six points, three rebounds and one assist in 16 minutes. Madison Huhn, a 5-foot-9 guard from Carlsbad, had three points, two rebounds and three assists in 21 minutes. Elizabeth Romer, a 5-foot-11 guard from Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic, had seven points and two rebounds in 17 minutes.

The second quarter belonged to the Vaqueros as well. Erin Maguire opened the scoring with a jumper, and after Joydan Overton hit a 3-pointer for Arlington Baptist, Texas-Rio Grande Valley answered with Whitehair free throws, a Whitehair 3-point jump shot and a Romer 3-point field goal. Whitehair made a layup, Fimbo hit a 3-point jump shot and a layup, McLaurin made a layup and two free throws, Fimbo hit another 3-pointer, Jalomo made a driving layup and Madison Huhn made a 3-point jump shot. Arlington Baptist got a 3-pointer from Ayana Alvarez-Holmes and a 3-pointer from Myleah Young, but Jalomo made two free throws and Horne made a layup to give the Vaqueros a 66-15 halftime lead.

Texas-Rio Grande Valley kept its advantage in the third quarter. Overton made a layup and a 3-pointer for Arlington Baptist, while Jaela Jones made a free throw and a layup. The Vaqueros countered with Whitehair layups, McLaurin free throws, a Romer pullup jumper, Fimbo free throws, Maguire layups, an Aarnio layup and a late Jalomo 3-point field goal and hook shot. Alvarez-Holmes hit a 3-pointer for Arlington Baptist, and Myleah Young made a 3-point field goal, but Texas-Rio Grande Valley led 89-32 after three quarters.

In the fourth, McLaurin made free throws and a layup, Horne made a layup and two free throws, Borders made a 3-point field goal and Angiolet made a layup as the Vaqueros closed out the win. Overton scored several times for Arlington Baptist, including layups and a 3-point field goal, while Keileigh Edwards made a free throw and a late layup. The final margin was set at 114-47.

Next for Texas-Rio Grande Valley are South Dakota, Kansas State, Abilene Christian, North Dakota State, Rice, Illinois-Chicago, Sam Houston, Nicholls State, New Orleans and Arizona State. No projection, game simulator, point spread, betting line or over-under information was provided.