Women's Basketball Recaps: November 20
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Today’s Scores:
Rice 76, Texas Southern 71
Northwestern State 78, Alcorn State 65
Minnesota 84, UAPB 42
UT-Arlington 78, Grambling State 54
TSU’s Turner scores 21, but Lady Tigers unable to get past Rice
HOUSTON – Marquia Turner put up 21 points for Texas Southern, but the Lady Tigers were unable to get the win at Rice, falling 76-71 Monday evening at Tudor Fieldhouse.
Turner shot 5-of-8 from three-point land and was one of three Texas Southern (1-2) players in double figures. Olivia Cunningham scored 15 points and dished eight assists, and Bre’nae Andrews added 16 points on a perfect 5-for-5 line from downtown.
Andrews buried a three-pointer with 7:49 left in the game to put Texas Southern up 63-49. However, the Owls used the long ball to put together a furious 21-6 run over the next six minutes of play, and Shani Rainey knocked down the go-ahead trey with 1:50 left. Turner would convert a basket to bring TSU within one, but Rice’s Erica Ogwumike iced the game from the charity stripe in the closing seconds.
Ogwumike led Rice with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Jasmine Smith and Lauren Grisby each scored 16.
QUICK HITS:
- Led by De’Asia Brown’s 16 points, Alcorn State had four players in double figures but were unable to overtake Northwestern State as the Lady Braves dropped a 78-65 contest on the road. Diamond Hall scored 13 points with nine boards for Alcorn, Toddriana Isler added 12 points and eight rebounds, and Jada Hargrove added 11 points with five rebounds. Charisma Walker flirted with a double-double, scoring nine points and grabbing nine boards.
- RaVon Nero led NSU with 25 points, as the Lady Demons held Alcorn to a 36.2-percent (25-of-69) shooting display.
- Arkansas-Pine Bluff fell 84-42 at Minnesota Monday evening. Sha’Kendra Tillry led UAPB with 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting, but the rest of the team shot a combined 12-of-48 (25 percent) from the field in the loss. The Lady Lions fell behind 47-22 at the break and were unable to make up the deficit.
- Minnesota was paced by Kenisha Bell’s 24 points.
- Grambling’s Shakyla Hill and Jazmin Boyd each scored 18 points, and Camryn London added 10 points, but the Lady Tigers were dealt a 74-58 loss at the hands of Texas-Arlington. A close contest initially, the tilt gave way in favor of the Mavericks thanks to a 21-9 run to close the first half. Texas-Arlington then outscored Grambling 22-9 in the third, and the Lady Tigers were unable to climb out of the ensuing hole. GSU shot just 28.3 percent (15-of-53) from the floor in the loss.
- UTA had four players score in double-figures, led by Cierra Johnson’s 14.