Wednesday, November 30
Wichita State 61, Denver 54 - Box Score
Tulane 90, New Orleans 37 - Box Score
Old Dominion 77, Temple 65 - Box Score

Recaps
Wichita State 61, Denver 54 - Box Score
WICHITA, Kan. – Wichita State recorded its fifth straight win behind 19 points from DJ McCarty, as Wichita State defeated Denver, 61-54, Wednesday night in Charles Koch Arena.

Wichita State (6-1) matches its best seven-game start in school history, which happened just last season.
 
McCarty was perfect from the field, going 8-for-8 and a team-high 19 points. She added five assists and two steals to her stellar night. Nhug Bosch Duran recorded her second straight game in double figures with 10 points.

Jane Asinde failed to reach double figures for the first time this season, and was held scoreless, but grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds. Trajata Colbert just missed a double-double with eight points and 11 boards.

After being outrebounded in the first half, Wichita State dominated the glass in the second half. The Shockers outrebounded Denver by 14 to offset 21 turnovers.

Wichita State knocked down a season-high six three-pointers and shot 42 percent overall. Denver was just 7-of-25 from beyond the arc and 7-of-16 from the free throw line.

After Denver held a 15-11 lead after 10 minutes, Wichita State used a 6-0 run in the opening minutes of the second quarter to take its first lead. That lead would be short lived as Denver came right down an answered with a three-pointer.

A low-scoring first half would see the Pioneers lead 27-25 at the half. Both teams had nearly identical stats at the break. McCarty led all Shockers with seven points.

The first half of the third quarter was played between a two-point margin until Wichita State grabbed a five-point lead at the 2:28 mark following an Ella Anciaux layup and Aniya Bell three-pointer.

That lead would not remain intact, however, as Denver closed the final 2:10 on a 9-2 run. A buzzer beating three-pointer from Mary Wilson gave the Pioneers a 43-41 lead with 10 minutes to play.

Wichita State finally seized control in the fourth after scoring the first nine points. The Shockers grabbed their largest lead, 55-46, with 4:34 to go, but then went more than four minutes without a score.

Denver closed it to 55-51, but that would be as close as it would get. Free throws from McCarty and Bosch Duran in the final minute sealed the win.

Tulane 90, New Orleans 37 - Box Score
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Tulane University Women's Basketball shot an incredible 63.8 percent from the floor to roll to a 90-37 victory over crosstown rival New Orleans on Wednesday night in Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. The Green Wave dominated the painted area for easy buckets outscoring the Privateers 46-18 while also knocking down double-digit three-pointers for the third time this season as well.
 
Eleven total players got in the scoring column for the Wave with Marta Galic, Dynah Jones, and Amira Mabry leading the way in double figures. Galic led all scorers in the game finishing with 18 points to go with five rebounds. Jones followed with 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting from the floor and 2-of-2 from downtown. Mabry posted the season best of her freshman campaign with 14 points which all came in the fourth quarter.
 
Tulane controlled the contest in all facets of the game as it outrebounded UNO 44-18, forced the Privateers into 20 turnovers that were converted into 25 points, and held its opponent to just 26 percent shooting while hitting at a 64 percent clip on the other end of the floor.
 
Tulane's strong shooting performance (63.8%) ranks sixth all-time in program history for a single game shooting percentage by the team. The performance also helped the Wave post 90 points on the scoreboard for the second time this season. Tulane also scored 90 in its 90-51 win over Sam Houston on November 20.

After UNO got the first bucket of the game, the Green Wave immediately responded with 13 unanswered to take a double-digit lead midway through the first quarter. Galic and Jones combined for 15 points while Tulane shot 53.3 percent from the field to hold the early advantage after the opening quarter 20-12.
 
The offense continued to roll in the second quarter while the defensive also clamped down to hold the Privateers to just nine points on 3-of-16 shooting. The Wave finished the first half with a 6-0 run in the final two minutes of the frame to take a 43-21 lead into the locker room. In the first half, Tulane knocked down its shots at an impressive 62.1 percent clip.

The Green Wave cranked the defense up again in the second half allowing only eight points in the third and fourth quarters for UNO. Offensively, Tulane posted its third straight quarter with 20 or more points in the third to lead 66-29 heading into the final frame. In the fourth quarter Mabry scored all 14 of her points in the contest as the Wave scored 24 total on 71.4 percent shooting in the frame to close out the 90-37 victory.

Old Dominion 77, Temple 65 - Box Score
NORFOLK, Va. – The Temple women's basketball team (2-5, 0-0 American) fell to the Old Dominion Monarchs (4-3, 0-0 Sun Belt) 77-65 Wednesday night. Temple forward Jalynn Holmes set a Temple career-high with 12 points. She has been a member of the Cherry and White for two seasons, this was her 34th game.
 
The first portion of the game saw ODU jump out to an early lead 8-2. Old Dominion's Amari Young scored the first eight points for the Monarchs. Holmes came off the bench and quickly turned the tide for the Owls. The forward scored five points and grabbed two boards in quick succession to cut into the lead. Holmes led the Cherry & White with 5 points after the first frame.
 
ODU scored the first two buckets of the second to extend the lead out to six (19-13). Temple countered with a 9-2 run to take its first lead since it was 2-0. Holmes earned her second and-1 of the game, while guard Tarriyonna Gary netted a jumper to put TU up 22-21 with 6:17 remaining. The Monarchs responded with a 10-0 run (31-22). The Owls fought back into the game with free throws from Aleah Nelson and a layup from Jasha Clinton. The teams exchanged threes to end the half. Gary hit a buzzer beater to conclude the first half (36-29). Holmes led Temple with eight points and four rebounds after the first half.
 
Old Dominion came out of the gate hot with a 5-0 run to extend the lead to 12. The sides exchanged baskets for the next few minutes before TU found its footing in the second half, scoring five straight to cut the lead down to five with 4:10 left on the clock. Temple got as close as three (49-46) off a Nelson triple before the Monarchs heated up again to put the lead back to nine. Gary hit a three on TU's final possession to put the score at 55-49 at the end of three. Holmes continued to lead the Cherry & White through the third in both points (12) and rebounds (4). She bested her previous Temple career-high of 11 in this frame.

ODU scored the first 11 points of the fourth (66-49) before Clinton broke the run with a pair of free throws. The Owls made several attempts at a comeback, including four free throws and threes from Nelson and Ines Piper, but ODU had an answer at every turn. The Monarchs took the game by a final of 77-65.