Wednesday, December 22
Old Dominion 71, Temple 68
The Temple women's basketball team (5-6, 0-0 AAC) dropped a back-and-forth home contest to the Old Dominion Monarchs (10-2, 0-0 C-USA) by a score of 71-68. The Owls jumped out to a four-point lead but were unable to hold the advantage as an Old Dominion 12-2 run coming out of the half gave the Monarchs the edge for the rest of the contest.
The Owls jumped out to a hot start at home in the Liacouras Center, getting out to a four-point lead at the end of the quarter. 12 first quarter points for Davis led the way for the Owls. A near-halfcourt buzzer beating three-point basket from guard Jalynn Holmes extended the Owls lead at the close of the period.
The second quarter consisted of a defensive affair as both teams only managed to score eleven points each in the period. Turnovers for both sides plagued the offensive outputs throughout the quarter. Gourdine scored seven of Temple's 11 points in the quarter.
The Monarchs jumped on the Owls early in second half thanks to strong rebounding and forcing turnovers to open on a 12-2 run. An 8-3 run midway through the third quarter kept the Owls within striking distance heading into the final quarter.
The Owls answered back early in the final quarter with an 11-4 run to cut the deficit to one point. Two baskets apiece from Davis and Williamson as well as a three-pointer from Gourdine cut the Monarchs' lead. A layup from Williamson with just over two minutes remaining put the Owls in front for the first time since the early going of the second half. From there, however, the Owls were unable to hold on to the lead as Old Dominion regained control of the contest.
San Francisco 78, Tulsa 76
The San Francisco Dons outscored Tulsa 14-2 to close out the game and capture a 78-76 victory over the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on Wednesday afternoon at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. Tulsa fell to 10-1 on the season while the Dons evened its record to 6-6.
It was a game that saw each team hold double-digit leads, USF in the first half and Tulsa in the second half, but it came down to the final four minutes where the Dons took control.
"We try to make everything a teachable moment. Our players are working extremely hard and we are still building our foundation and our culture within this team and we'll continue to do that no matter what the results say," said Head Coach Angie Nelp.
Maddie Bittle led four double-figure scorers for the Hurricane with 18 points. Rebecca Lescay added 12, while Delanie Crawford and Wyvette Mayberry had 11 points apiece. Claudia Langarita led USF with 17 points.
USF shot 54-percent from the field and 50-percent from three-point range, knocking in nine treys, for the game. Tulsa had its worst shooting game of the season at 37-percent from the field.
Over the final 4:09, USF turned a 74-64 deficit into a 77-74 lead with 0:08 remaining on the game clock. Lescay hit two free throws with 0:05 on the clock to make the score 77-76 before the Dons hit the final free throw for the two-point victory. Tulsa was 0-of-7 from the field in the final 4:09.
"We gave them some open looks in the last four minutes. Regardless of the outcome I'm proud of this team and their fight today. We had a few lapses in there that we will work really hard to close those gaps so we don't have those moving forward," Nelp added.
In the final quarter, Tulsa shot just 4-of-16 for just a .250 field goal percentage, while USF connected on 9-of-14 field goals for 64 percent. The Dons outscored the Hurricane in the final period by 10 points, 24-14.
At the start of the second half, Lescay broke the halftime tie with two free throws that gave Tulsa a 41-39 lead. USF retook the lead twice at 42-41 and again at 44-42 before the Hurricane closed out the quarter on a 20-10 run to end the third period with a 62-54 lead.
Tulsa outscored the Dons 23-15 in the third quarter as Bittle scored 14 points in the period on 4-of-5 from the field, 2-of-2 from behind the arc and 4-of-6 from the free throw line. Bittle's three-pointer at the 2:45 mark of the third quarter gave Tulsa its first double-digit lead at 57-45. Her trey capped an 11-0 run in a time period of 2:35 off the clock.
In a 12-minute stretch during the two middle periods, the Hurricane outscored the Dons 34-9 en route to a 57-45 lead.
Maya Mayberry's fast-break layup put Tulsa ahead by 10 points, 64-54, to start the final quarter. Lescay's free throw gave Tulsa another 10-point lead at 74-64 with 4:09 left on the game clock. USF scored the next 11 points to take a 75-74 lead on Kennedy Dickie's trey with 0:52 remaining in the contest.
San Francisco jumped out to a 6-0 lead to start the game before Tulsa's Temira Poindexter ended the home team's 2:11 scoring drought with a jumper at the 7:49 mark. Tulsa battled back to take a 10-9 advantage with 5:16 on the first-quarter clock. Wyvette Mayberry scored the next eight points for the Hurricane as the two teams ended the first frame tied at 19-all.
The Dons climbed out to a 30-19 lead with a 11-0 run to start the second quarter as they were a perfect 3-of-3 from the field and 2-2 from the free throw line to start the frame. Jessika Evans' layup at the 6:57 mark was the first second period score for the Hurricane to make the score 30-21.
The visitors took its largest lead of 13 points at the 5:51 mark and again at the 5:23 mark of the second quarter. Tulsa closed out the final 5:03 of the first half on a 16-3 run to tie the score 39-39 going into intermission as five different Hurricane players scored during the run.
Tulsa took its first lead since the 0:36 mark of the first period when Maya Mayberry's jumper made the score 39-38 with 0:57 left in the first half. USF tied it before halftime on one free throw at the 0:39 mark.
At halftime, USF was shooting 54 percent from the field while Tulsa knocked through 46 percent of their shots. All eight Tulsa players scored in the first 20 minutes as Wyvette Mayberry led the way with eight points.
Marquette 60, Cincinnati 49
The Cincinnati women's basketball team fell to Marquette University 60-49 Wednesday afternoon at the Al McGuire Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The Bearcats drop to 7-5 on the season. They were led by junior point guard Akira Levy, who finished with 14 points and four steals. The Bearcats shot 90.9% from free throw range, going 10-for-11 from the line and recorded 26 points in the paint.
The Golden Eagles improve to 9-3 overall on the season.
Junior guard Jadyn Scott won the tip and scored the first basket for the Bearcats, however Marquette would go on a 10-2 run to start the game. Williams and graduate guard Arame Niang would both score while the Bearcats defense kept Marquette to only three points in the last five minutes of the quarter. Junior point guard Akira Levy made two free throws to end the first quarter down 13-8.
The second quarter was slow for both teams. Freshman guard Braylyn Milton brought the score to within five after getting the and-one on a driving layup, 16-11. Hayes would score the only three points for the Bearcats from the 6:03 mark on off a layup and free throw shot. Marquette would only score six points in that same time frame, ending the half with the Bearcats down 24-16.
Niang made the first basket of the third quarter, however Marquette would go on a quick 10-0 run to give them the biggest lead of the game, 34-18. Levy would end the quarter by getting fouled on a three point basket in the last second to get a quick four points, 41-28.
The fourth quarter saw the most scoring all game, where the Bearcats shot 42.9% from field goal range and outscored Marquette 21-19. The Bearcats would slowly chip away at the lead, going on a 15-6 run highlighted by layups and fast breaks by Hayes and Williams. However the Bearcats could not hold on and Marquette would win the game 60-49.
Akira Levy led the team with 14 points on two rebounds and four steals. Levy has scored in double figures 10 out of the 12 games so far this season. Malea Williams recorded 13 points in the game with two rebounds and two steals. Williams scored 11 of her 13 points in the fourth quarter alone.
Braylyn Milton and Jillian Hayes both recorded eight rebounds, while Hayes also had 11 points and two blocks.