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Women's Basketball

Pirates Drop Mustangs at Minges Coliseum; Bearcats, Tigers, Bulls Victorious on Saturday



Saturday, Jan. 7 Results
 
Cincinnati 84, Houston 65 Box Score Recap
East Carolina 58, SMU 57 Box Score Recap
Memphis 65, UCF 62 Box Score Recap
No. 22/22 USF 84, Tulsa 68 Box Score Recap

Highlights

• Cincinnati outscored Houston 47-25 in the second half and moved to 2-1 in league play with an 85-64 win over the Cougars Saturday at Fifth Third Arena. Three Bearcats scored 20 or more points in the game, accounting for 76-percent of UC's scoring of the day. Ana Owens and Bianca Quisenberry each scored 22 points, while Shanice Johnson finished with 21. Kierra Graves paced Houston with 20 points.

• Antoinette Bannister scored the game-winning 3-pointer and Bre McDonald logged her fifth double-double of the season as East Carolina downed SMU 58-57 for its first American Athletic Conference victory of the campaign Saturday afternoon inside Minges Coliseum. Bannister's trey came with 15 seconds left in regulation. She was second on the team in scoring with 12 points. McDonald notched 16 points and 10 rebounds while adding a game-high six assists. SMU was led by Alicia Froling, who recorded her 10th double-double of the season (22 points, 15 rebounds) in the loss. 



• Brea Elmore scored a career-high 25 points to help push Memphis to its first conference win of the season, a 65-62 victory at UCF, on Saturday. After the Knights went on a 17-2 run to close out the third quarter, the Tigers answered with a 6-0 run at the start of the fourth to regain the lead. Zykira Lewis led three UCF players in double figure scoring with 18 points.

• USF extended its home win streak to 12 consecutive games and improved to 6-0 at the Sun Dome this season with an 84-68 win over Tulsa on Saturday night. Bulls sophomore Kitija Laksa led all scorers with 37 points on 13-of-25 shooting, including a 7-of-14 outing from beyond the arc. Rookie Kendrian Elliott led the Hurricane in scoring with 14 points.

Schedule/Results
(Week of Jan. 2-Jan. 8)

Wednesday, Jan. 4
NR/RV Temple 79, Kennesaw State 38 *
Cincinnati 63, UCF 57 *
No. 1/1 UConn 90, East Carolina 45 * ^
No. 22/25 USF 62, NR/RV Tulane 53 *
Tulsa 57, Memphis 52 *

Saturday, Jan. 7
Memphis 65, UCF 62 *
Cincinnati 84, Houston 65 *
East Carolina 58, SMU 57 *
No. 22/25 USF 84, Tulsa 68 *

Sunday, Jan. 8
NR/RV Tulane at NR/RV Temple (ESPNU) • 6 p.m. ET *

All times subject to change
[*] American Athletic Conference game
[^] Game played at the XL Center (Hartford, Conn.)