SMU 69, Nicholls 54 - Box Score
Using Tiara Young's 24 points and seven rebounds, the SMU women's basketball team defeated Nicholls 69-54 on Tuesday afternoon in Moody Coliseum.
SMU (3-0) used a dominant second half to pick up its third straight victory. The Mustangs are 3-0 for the first time since the 2013-14 season. The Mustang defense shined, holding Nicholls to 39% shooting on the day. The Mustangs forced 20 turnovers and outscored the Colonels 23-4 in transition.
Amirah Abdur-Rahim turned in her second double-digit scoring performance, finishing with 14 points, eight rebounds, and three blocks. Reagan Bradley scored 10 points, grabbed three rebounds, and passed out three assists. Tamia Jones finished with a season-high 14 points, tied her career-high with eight assists, and added four steals.
TK Pitts grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds and added four points and a pair of steals, while Chantae Embry chipped in three points, four rebounds, two assists, and three steals.
Charlotte 67, UNC Asheville 51 - Box Score
The Charlotte women's basketball team picked up their second consecutive victory on Tuesday (Nov. 14) with a 67-51 win over non-conference opponent UNC Asheville.
Offensively, Dazia Lawrence led the way with a season-high 26 points on 7-15 shooting, including making 12 of her 13 free throws. Imani Smith finished in double figures with 13 points, highlighted by draining three of her six three-point attempts. Once again, Jacee Busick delivered another great all-around performance with 13 rebounds and two steals.
Tulane 71, Prairie View 46 - Box Score
Kyren Whittington scored 20 points to lead the Tulane women's basketball team (2-1) to a resounding 71-46 victory over Prairie View A&M (2-1) on Tuesday at Devlin Fieldhouse.
Whittington shot an efficient 6-for-10 from the field, went 3-for-5 from three-point range and 5-for-6 from the charity stripe in scoring her 20 points, She also totaled seven rebounds, two assists and a pair of steals. Amira Mabry had a near double-double of 14 points and nine rebounds. She was 3-for-5 from the field and a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line. Marta Galic also reach double figures with 12 points along with three rebounds. Hannah Pratt totaled nine points, four rebounds plus two steals. Irina Parau led the squad with her five assists to go along with a pair of steals and her seven points. Kaylah Rainey picked up three points, four rebounds and three assists. Lily Ba and McKenzi Carter both totaled three points. Chiara Grattini dished out three assists in the game.
The Panthers were led by LaFaedria Green's eight points and six rebounds off the bench. Ryann Payne picked up seven points for Prairie View A&M.
The game featured three tied scores and one lead change. Tulane shot 40.8 percent from the field (20-for-49), 50 percent from three-point range (12-for-24) and 76.0 percent from the free throw line (19-for-25). The Green Wave also had 35 rebounds, 17 assists, nine steals and three blocks.
VCU 55, East Carolina 50 - Box Score
The East Carolina women's basketball team dropped a sloppy road contest to the VCU Rams on Tuesday night, 55-50. Amiya Joyner and Danae McNeal were able to muster fair stat lines, but the Pirates were never able to find any meaningful momentum.
The Pirates (2-1) got off to as slow a start as imaginable in the game. Through five minutes of play, Amiya Joyner had converted the only field goal for either team and after a quarter of play VCU (3-0) led the game 14-7 with eight of their points coming from 12 attempts at the foul line.
ECU was able to work back into the game from there, taking the lead for much of the second and third quarters, but VCU put on a 10-0 spurt in the fourth quarter to open up an insurmountable lead.
The Pirates did attempt an ultimately unsuccessful comeback attempt, cutting the lead to just one with under 90 seconds remaining, but six-consecutive VCU free throws put the game away for good.