Rori Hoffmeyer scores career-high 26 points as No. 10 Women's Basketball wins fifth straight

The Pima Community College women's basketball team (14-3, 6-1 in ACCAC) picked up a win on the road on Wednesday at Phoenix College (8-10, 2-5).

• The No. 10 ranked Aztecs used a pair of double digit runs to beat the Bears 80-53 for their fifth straight win.
• The Aztecs took a 16-8 lead after the first quarter. Up 27-19, the Aztecs went on a 12-0 run that carried over into the opening minutes of the third quarter to make it 39-19. The Bears cut it to a 14-point deficit (43-29), but the Aztecs responded with an 11-0 run forcing Phoenix College to call timeout. The Aztecs led 54-29 with 1:30 left in the third quarter at that point.
• Sophomore Rori Hoffmeyer (Cibola HS) scored a career-high 26 points as she went 11 for 14 from the field and 4 for 4 from the free throw line. She also grabbed eight rebounds and dished out three assists.
• Freshman Kiley Sours-Miller shot 8 for 11 from the floor and finished with 17 points. She fell a rebound short of a double-double as she snagged nine boards.
• Freshman Kennedi Niemann also scored in double figures for the Aztecs as she had 11 points to go with four rebounds.
• Sophomore Mattanaya Vital (Amphitheater HS) scored six points after going 2 for 2 from three-point range while freshman Lucy Land had four points and five rebounds.

The Aztecs will return to the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium on Saturday when they host Chandler-Gilbert Community College. Tipoff will be at 2:00 p.m.

PCC   16   19   21   24   80
PC       8    11   16   18   53