The McAllen Monitor: Road-weary UTRGV blasted by TCU in opening round of WNIT

The McAllen Monitor: Road-weary UTRGV blasted by TCU in opening round of WNIT

GREG LUCA | STAFF WRITER

When the UTRGV women’s basketball team took the court Thursday, coach Larry Tidwell saw a group that was tired and run down.

The Vaqueros had spent just one full day in Edinburg since March 4, emblematic of a season in which the team played 22 of its 33 games away from home.

The wear and tear was blatantly obvious on Thursday, as UTRGV was dominated 97-73 at TCU in the first round of the WNIT.

“We’ve been on the road for 15 days,” Tidwell said. “We came home for a day, and we got back on the bus, and our legs just weren’t there.” …

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