Monday.Thursday, November 10
Cincinnati 68, Tennessee Tech 57 - Box Score
Tulsa 74, San Jose State 44 - Box Score
Wake Forest 57, East Carolina 46 - Box Score
Alabama 72, Tulane 61 - Box Score
Recaps
Cincinnati 68, Tennessee Tech 57 - Box Score
CINCINNATI – Jillian Hayes and Mya Jackson each finished in double figures to lead Cincinnati to a 68-57 win over Tennessee Tech in the home opener on Thursday.
Hayes turned in 15 of her game-high 19 points in the first half on 6-9 from the field, while Jackson finished in double figures for the second straight contest with 18 points. Hayes neared a double-double on the night, adding a team-high nine rebounds and three assists.
Trailing 15-4 at the end of the first quarter, the Bearcats used a 15-2 run over a four-minute stretch and outscored the Golden Eagles 21-7 in the second period to command a 35-22 lead heading into the locker room.
The Bearcats showed no sign of let down after the half, increasing the advantage to 49-33 on a steal and finish from Jackson with 3:09 left in the third quarter. Cincinnati extended its lead to 17 points late in the fourth quarter to cruise to the eventual final.
Cincinnati held Tennessee Tech to 28.6 percent from the field, which ties the lowest field goal percentage allowed since the Bearcats' limited Alabama A&M to 26.8 in last season's opener.
The Bearcats scored 20 points off the Golden Eagles' 16 turnovers and outscored their opponent 32-18 in the paint.
Tulsa 74, San Jose State 44 - Box Score
TULSA - The Tulsa women's basketball team earned a 74-34 win over San Jose State on Thursday night at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. The Golden Hurricane moved to 2-0 on the season, while the Spartans fell to 0-1 overall.
Tulsa will return to action on Monday, November 14 at Arkansas beginning at 7:00 pm at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Ark.
Neither team led by more than a basket until Ahrray Young scored a fastbreak layup at the 5:05 mark to give TU a 12-7 advantage. The Golden Hurricane closed out the first frame with a 20-14 lead.Tulsa began the second quarter with a 12-0 run for a 32-14 score with 4:30 on the clock, climbed to a 21-point advantage (37-16) with 2:37 to play in the period and took a 20-point lead into the break (40-20).
The Hurricane owned a 56-33 lead at the end of the third quarter before climbing to a 34-point advantage four times in the final frame and finished with the 30-point victory.
Wake Forest 57, East Carolina 46 - Box Score
GREENVILLE - The East Carolina women's basketball team fell to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons 57-46 in a defensive slugfest Thursday in Minges Coliseum.
The story of the game ought be told best by quarters. After getting out of the gates slow and falling behind 18-11 through a quarter of play, the Pirates ratcheted up the defensive pressure to a fever pitch. ECU held the Demon Deacons to only two points in that second quarter and a mere 1-14 from the field (0-7 from deep). A Danae McNeal takeaway - one of four on the day for the senior - led to a Synia Johnson lay-in with 20 seconds to play in the half and leveled the score at 20 going into the break.
The game was broken up, however, in the third quarter when Wake Forest simply caught fire. The Deacons went 10-13 from the field and hit four bombs from behind the arc to break open up a 17-point lead. Jewel Spear was as advertised for Wake and played a key role in blossoming the Demon Deacons' lead, finishing with 19 points and a stunning 11-14 from the charity stripe.
Speaking of, it was the freebies that will haunt the Pirates. In an 11-point loss, East Carolina missed 16 foul shots, only 13-29. Of those, 13 attempts came in the fourth quarter with only five going through the net.
The Pirates won the final period 15-9 but left points and chances on the board as the Demon Deacons held on to take care of business. And so it was, an 11-point loss for a young ECU group which simply could not buy a basket on Thursday night. A 31.3 percent clip from the field and a mere 17.6 percent from deep spelled trouble for a team trying to come into its own on the offensive end of the court.
East Carolina, which prides itself on the defense, turned in another fine game on that side of the ball, registering 10 steals and forcing 17 turnovers. The Pirates' pressure made Wake uncomfortable at time but scoring chances led to fouls which led to missed free throws. In addition to McNeal's pilfers, Alexsia Rose contributed another three steals to go with her season-opening five-steal performance.
Alabama 72, Tulane 61 - Box Score
NEW ORLEANS – Tulane University women's basketball suffered its first loss of the season Thursday night in Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse falling 72-61 to Alabama. A difficult shooting night for the Green Wave led to an early deficit that the team was unable to overcome down the stretch.
Irina Parau and Kyren Whittington led the Wave offensively as Parau reached a career-high with 14 points while Whittington followed with 12. Parua nearly notched her first career double-double adding nine rebounds to her stat sheet. The next top scorers for Tulane on the evening were Marta Galic with nine and Rachel Hakes and Dynah Jones each with eight.
Alabama's Brittany Davis led all scorers with 24 points to go with a game-high 11 rebounds as well.
The Crimson Tide jumped out to the early advantage in the first quarter leading by as many as seven (12-5) with 4:33 to play. Tulane responded with six-straight points off Alabama turnovers on back-to-back three-pointers from Galic and Whittington. The Green Wave kept the score tight at the end of the opening frame trailing 13-14.
In the second quarter Tulane struggled to find its rhythm on the offensive end of the floor shooting 1-of-6 from downtown and committing six turnovers. The Wave was outscored 11-24 in the frame and hit the locker room facing a 24-38 deficit.
The Green Wave came out to battle in the second half exchanging buckets with the Tide throughout the third quarter to hit the final quarter trailing 40-57.
After Alabama pulled ahead by 23 (65-42) with 6:44 on the clock in the final frame, the Wave responded with a 14-2 run to cut its deficit down to 11 with three minutes to play. Unfortunately, Tulane would not get much closer than that as the deficit never dropped below double digits with the Wave falling by a final score of 72-61.