Saturday, November 19
Memphis 94, SIUE 49 - Box Score
Wichita State 57, North Texas 53 - Box Score
Florida State 79, Houston 73 - Box Score
Recaps
Memphis 94, SIUE 49 - Box Score
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – The Memphis Tiger women's basketball team flexed their offense as they cruised to a 94-49 win over Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.
Following today's win, Memphis moves to 3-1 for the season.
Memphis wasted no time gaining a lead, getting a putback lay-up from Destiny Thomas with 1:53 left in the first quarter to take a 15-8 lead. Thomas would complete an -and one while Jamirah Shutes and Maddie Griggs scored on back-to-back possessions to give the Tigers the 20-8 lead.
It was all Memphis in the second scoring – holding the Cougars to just eight points once again while the Tigers went on to score 30 points in the 10-minute period.
Lanetta Williams would open the scoring run in the Tiger's first possession of the quarter with a short jump shot from the elbow. Makaiya Brooks, Destyne Jackson and Emani Jefferson would all score in Memphis' next three possessions to extend their lead out to 29-8.
The Tigers would take the 50-16 lead into the halftime break.
SIUE came out of the break hot, going on a 7-0 run to cut their deficit to 27. Brooks and Thomas would break the Cougars scoring run with consecutive field goals, but Destine Duckworth and Taylor Goss would get buckets just before the end of the quarter to make it a 68-39 game.
A 14-0 run to open the fourth quarter, and eight points from Tanyuel Welch, would be the fire the Tigers needed to cruise to their 94-49 win.
Welch led all scorers with 17 points while going 8-12 from the field while Griggs, Jefferson and Shutes all reached double figures. Eleven players scored for Memphis today while Hannah Riddick led all players with a game-high nine rebounds.
As a team, Memphis shot 47% from the field and drained seven three-pointers during the contest.
Wichita State 57, North Texas 53 - Box Score
WICHITA, Kan. – Wichita State trailed by 17 at halftime, but held North Texas to 12 second half points to complete a 57-53 come-from-behind win over the Mean Green Saturday afternoon in Charles Koch Arena.
Wichita State (3-1) looked like two completely different teams in the two halves. After allowing 41 first half points, a season high, Wichita State went to a trapping zone defense. That defense held North Texas to 4-of-27 from the field and just 12 points after halftime.
The 17-point comeback is the largest of the Keitha Adams era, besting a 16-point comeback on Jan. 15, 2020 vs. Tulsa.
Jane Asinde scored 10 of her team-high 13 points after halftime to lead the charge. Curtessia Dean added 12 points and Trajata Colbert grabbed 11 rebounds.
Shamaryah Duncan was a key figure in the second half, scoring all nine of her points after halftime, including five big ones to start the final quarter.
The Shockers finished the game shooting 40 percent from the field and outrebounded North Texas by 13 - 14 on the offensive end.
After scoring 25 first half points, Quincy Noble was limited to just five in the second half. She scored 30 of the 53 points for the Mean Green.
Wichita State jumped out to an early 11-5 lead in the opening minutes behind five quick DJ McCarty points and a pair of steals, but North Texas would close the period on a 14-3 run. North Texas would lead 19-14 after 10 minutes.
The Mean Green would roll that momentum into the second quarter behind a 7-0 run, pushing the margin to double digits. With 2:28 left in the half, Wichita State pulled back within nine, but North Texas used a 10-2 spurt in the final minute 1:49 to take its largest lead of the half into the locker room, 41-24.
Wichita State's defense had no answer for North Texas' Quincy Noble who outscored the Shockers by herself. Noble torched Wichita State for 25 first half points on 10-of-15 shooting and 5-of-7 from beyond the arc.
As a team North Texas was 7-for-13 from long range and shot 59 percent overall, while forcing 16 Wichita State turnovers. Offensively, Wichita State was just 1-of-7 from three-point range and 32 percent from the field.
A reinvigorated team came out of the locker room after halftime for Wichita State. Behind Asinde's 10 points, Wichita State outscored North Texas, 18-7, in the third quarter to make it a 48-42 game.
The final 10 minutes was all Wichita State. The Shockers scored 15 points to North Texas' five, making the second half score, 33-12.
Trailing by two with 2:54 remaining, Dean converted the game tying jumper and then four straight points from McCarty put the Shockers in front for good. North Texas went from 7:28 to 12 seconds left in the game without a point.
Florida State 79, Houston 73 - Box Score
HOUSTON – The University of Houston women's basketball team and Florida State needed overtime to decided Saturday's game which the Seminoles ultimately won 79-73 in front of 1,036 fans in Fertitta Center.
Senior guard Tiara Young forced a turnover with 10 seconds remaining in regulation, as Florida State (5-0) attempted to ice the game, and then scored a layup with four seconds remaining to force overtime.
Four different Cougars (1-3) scored in double figures and four different Seminoles dropped 10-plus points as well. Junior guard Laila Blair posted a season-high 19 points and tied a career-high nine rebounds to lead Houston while Ta'Niya Latson scored 21 for Florida State.
Graduate forward Tatyana Hill chipped in 16 points and nine rebounds, and seniors Bria Patterson and Young each added 11 points.
The Cougars started slow, scoring just 12 points in the first quarter, from three different scorers, but turned it around in the second quarter, putting up 23 points in the frame thanks to eight points from redshirt senior guard Britney Onyeje.
Houston held Florida State to just 11 points in the fourth quarter thanks to eight forced turnovers over the 10-minute period. The Cougars scored eight of their 17 fourth quarter points off Seminole turnovers.
Florida State went on an 8-2 run to open overtime and never let Houston tie the game over the extra five minutes of play.