NORTH MIAMI, FL: The Texas Wesleyan University women's basketball team (5-6) posted a 78-62 win over Johnson & Wales (0-7) at the Wildcat Center on Tuesday.
 
The Lady Rams shot over 50 percent from the field for the second night on the way to a second consecutive win.
 
Wesleyan started the night with a 6-0 rally capped by a Courtney Chargois jumper. Breanna Burton made it a 10-point, 16-6 advantage with a shot from beyond the arc with 4:05 remaining in the opening quarter. Alycia Louallen hit a jumper at the buzzer to make it a 20-11 Wesleyan lead after one quarter.
 
The Lady Rams held on to a double digit lead and ran up the lead to 32-16 on an Onyesonam Nolisa jump shot with four minutes left in the half. The Wildcats trimmed the lead, and a short rally made it a 34-26 game at halftime.
 
Johnson and Wales kept the pressure to start the third frame and made it 39-33 with a Diamo Williams put back with 7:51 on the clock. Leila Jdily-Ezzad knocked down a triple to run the lead back up to 48-36. The Wildcats cut into the lead, but the Lady Rams held on to a 55-46 lead after three quarters.
 
The Lady Rams continued to make shots heading into the fourth quarter, and kept a double digit lead helped by a Falesha Fuller shot from downtown to make it a 69-54 lead. Louallen followed that with another shot from beyond the arc to make it a 74-57 advantage with three minutes left. There was no shortage of buckets in the final minutes, and the Rams coasted to a 78-62 win.
 
The Rams were led by Nolisa with 23 points and 17 rebounds. Louallen posted 15 points in the win. Unique Finley tacked on 11 points. Jdily-Ezzad notched eight points, nine assists, and seven boards in a do it all night.
 
The Lady Rams will take a break to celebrate the Christmas and New Year's holidays and will get back to action with a conference game with the University of Science and Arts (OK) on Thursday, January 6 starting at 6:00pm at the Sid Richardson Center.