Sunday, November 13
South Florida 70, Jacksonville 59 – Box Score
East Carolina 76, UNCW 49 – Box Score
Cincinnati, Radford 53 – Box Score
Recaps
South Florida 70, Jacksonville 59 – Box Score
TAMPA — The University of South Florida women's basketball team got 25 points and 10 rebounds from Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu and 14 points and a career-high tying nine rebounds from Florida State transfer and former McDonald's High School All-American Sammie Puisis en route to a 70-59 win over Jacksonville on Sunday at the Yuengling Center.
The Bulls improve to 3-0 on the year while the Dolphins fall to 1-2 on the season.
Jacksonville led 11-9 after the first quarter but South Florida used a 22-9 second quarter to take a 31-20 lead into the locker room at the break, giving the Bulls the margin, they needed to pull out the victory.
South Florida shot 50 percent or better from the field in two of the four quarters, hitting 50 percent (6-for-12) of its shots in the second quarter and 53.3 percent from the floor in the fourth quarter (8-for-15). In addition, the Bulls dominated the paint outscoring the Dolphins, 36-14.
Carla Brito and Elena Tsineke each added seven points on the afternoon in the win.
East Carolina 76, UNCW 49 – Box Score
GREENVILLE - The East Carolina women's basketball team took down UNCW 76-49 Sunday in Minges Coliseum. Three Pirates scored in double figures as the team scored 46 points off of 39 turnovers forced.
The game was close in the early minutes but it did not take long for the Pirates to jump out to an early lead which they would not relinquish. ECU led 17-8 through a quarter and 44-20 through the first half. 27 points in the second quarter is the team's highest total so far on the young season.
In that first half, Alexsia Rose was stellar, racking up 14 points, shooting 8-8 from the foul line and registering five steals. Rose finished the game with 18 points and six steals while adding a trio of assists to her docket.
Things stayed tighter in the second half with the Pirates blossoming to a 33-point lead before the Seahawks found the footing, making a 7-0 run of their own and only losing the final 20 minutes by three points. That said, East Carolina still looked the better team, racking up 20 steals and 18 assists while allowing UNCW only 10 assists of their own. The ball movement was just beautiful at times on the offensive end for the Pirates as 69 percent of the team's field goals came off of assists. On the other side, Jayde Gamble led the Seahawks with 20 points but did it largely on her own.
Freshman Bobbi Smith had a breakout game for ECU, tallying 17 points and a pair of threes made on back-to-back possessions in the second half. Danae McNeal joined Rose and Smith as the third double-figure scorer as she looked like herself again after a tough outing against Wake Forest. The senior guard scored 17 of her own, adding four boards and four steals to her totals.
Battling illness, the Pirates had to shift the lineup a bit with Morgan Moseley making her first start of the year. Moseley fared well in her nearly 28 minutes, scoring nine points, grabbing three rebounds and drawing a remarkable six fouls.
In addition to the 46 points off turnovers, ECU also turned in a season-high 42 points in the paint and nearly bested their fast-break point total with 26 on the day. It seemed like time and again the Pirates were taking the ball away and racing up court for a fast-break scoring opportunity. The team was also notably able to bounce back from an abhorrent performance from the foul line against Wake, shooting a much better 75 percent clip with 21 makes from the stripe - including 10-11 in the first half.
Cincinnati, Radford 53 – Box Score
CINCINNATI – Caitlyn Wilson scored a game-high 15 points off 5-7 from behind the arc to lead the University of Cincinnati women's basketball team to a 62-53 win over Radford inside Fifth Third Arena on Sunday.
With the win, Cincinnati improves to 2-1 on the season.
Jillian Hayes recorded her fourth career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, while Clarissa Craig turned in a career-high 11 points and five rebounds.
Mya Jackson added 11 points and five assists as four Bearcats scored in double figures for the first time since Feb. 19, 2022.
Leading 14-7 at the end of the first, the Bearcats' used a 6-0 run that was finished off by a steal and layup by Jada Scott to increase their advantage to as much as 13 midway through the second quarter and force a Highlander timeout. Radford responded after the timeout with a 11-1 run of their own to cut the deficit to three at the break.
Wilson's connected on a trio of field goals from distance that sparked a 18-9 run out of the half to open the Bearcats' largest lead of the game at 45-31. Wilson got rolling from deep on an offensive rebound and kick out from Mya Jackson, then proceeded to connect on back-to-back threes as the Bearcats took control of the game with 3:49 remaining in the third.
Cincinnati kept Radford at arm's length for the rest of the afternoon, letting the margin get no closer than seven points late in the fourth quarter.
The Bearcats forced 22 Highlander turnovers, converting them into a 24-11 advantage in points off turnovers. Cincinnati also got 24 points off its bench.