Aggie women survive scare from San Jose State

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SAN JOSE - The New Mexico State women's basketball team survived a scare from winless San Jose State with a come-from-behind 52-46 win over the Spartans on Saturday night.

The Aggies struggled to stop San Jose State junior guard Sara Plavljanin who tripled her scoring average for the season with a career- and game-high 28 points, accounting for 61 percent of the Spartans' points in the game. Plavljanin was 5-of-6 from three-point range.

After trailing by seven at the half, the Aggies regained the lead at 36-33 behind the scoring of their three senior guards: Madison Spence, Jasmine Lowe and Danisha Corbett who combined for the Aggies' first 19 points after halftime.

But it was northern California native Tabytha Wampler who sealed the game down the stretch. The junior forward scored six of the Aggies final eight points - all from the free throw line - to secure the win. Wampler was one board away from her sixth double-double of the year, ending the game with nine rebounds and 12 points and a perfect 10 of 10 from the charity stripe.

Lowe also scored 12 for New Mexico State, while Spence added 11.

The Aggies improved to 8-8 overall and 2-0 in the WAC with a pair of road wins to open league play. San Jose State fell to 0-14 overall and 0-2 in conference.