MIAMI, FL: The Texas Wesleyan University women's basketball team (4-6) picked up an 87-73 win over Florida Memorial University (2-8) at the Wildcat Center on Tuesday.
 
The Lady Rams got out to an 8-2 lead with a Leila Jdily-Ezzad jumper. The Rams extended the lead to 19-9 with a Breanna Burton two-pointer later in the quarter. The two teams went over two minutes without a score and ended the first quarter at 19-9.
 
Katelynn Threats nailed a shot to make it a 23-9 contest at the beginning of the second quarter. The Lions posted a comeback and a Shelby Miller triple cut the lead to 34-30 before the end of the half.
 
Falesha Fuller put in a bucket to start the second half to keep the Wesleyan lead at 36-30. Florida Memorial made a short run and a Diamond Colebrook three-pointer made it a three-point, 40-37 game. The Lady Rams rev'd up the offense and Onyesonam Nolisa drove through lane and put in an old fashion three-point play on a successful and-1 play to extend the lead back out to 50-39. Burton followed that with a swish from downtown and Texas Wesleyan kept a big lead into the fourth quarter.
 
Jdily-Ezzad made it a 21 point game three minutes into the quarter, their largest of the night. The Rams hit the cruise control button from there, taking an 87-73 win. The Rams shot a balmy 54 percent from the field, while the Lions shot 39 percent from the field. TWU also won the rebound battle at 31-29.
 
Fuller went off and led the Rams with 21 points. Nolisa tacked on 13 points and seven rebounds. Jdily-Ezzad put in 12 points in the win. Threats and Burton both added 11 points in the win.
 
Texas Wesleyan will stay in Miami and take on Johnson and Wales University tomorrow at starting at 7:00 pm.