Women's Basketball: Nov. 16 Scoreboard
Houston Baptist 73, UT Arlington 83
McNeese State 55, Tulane 75
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Houston Baptist 73, UT Arlington 83
ARLINGTON, Texas – Junior guard Rachel Arthur scored a team-high 18 points to lead three Huskies in double figures, but Houston Baptist lost at UT Arlington, 83-73, Sunday afternoon at the College Park Center.
Arthur went 7-for-11 from the floor and nailed all three 3-point attempts to lead HBU (0-2). She also had one rebound, two assists, and four steals. Senior guard Tayler Jefferson scored 16 points on 5-of-12 shooting, while senior forward Shanice Steenholdt dropped 14 points on 6-of-13 shooting. Junior forward Anna Strickland pulled down a team-best six rebounds.
Tahlia Pope led UTA (2-0) with 22 points, as she went 8-for-10 from the floor, 2-for-3 from beyond the arc, and 4-of-6 from the charity stripe. Rebekah Van Dijk scored 18 points on 9-of-10 shooting and pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds.
HBU started the game defensively, as Steenholdt forced a steal and Ashleigh Nwanguma hit a layup to give the Huskies an early 2-0 lead 44 seconds into the game.
The teams were tied at six before the Mavericks rattled off seven-straight points to take a 13-6 lead with 15 minutes to go in the first half.
Leading by 11, 21-10, at the 8:33-mark, an old-fashioned three-point play by Jefferson pulled the Huskies to within eight, 21-13.
UTA led by its biggest lead of the half, 30-18, following a layup by Van Dijk with 5:34 remaining in the first half before HBU cut the deficit to single digits, 32-21. Arthur had three steals in the final 3:30 to help the Huskies trim the deficit to six 37-31, at halftime.
Arthur and Strickland led HBU with six points in the first half, while Green had 11 points for UTA. HBU shot 41 from the floor compared to 48 percent for the Mavericks.
A three-pointer by Arthur 35 seconds into the second half cut the deficit to five, 39-35, but was immediately answered by a three-pointer by Green, as the Mavericks were back up by eight, 42-34.
UTA used a 7-0 run to turn a 42-36 lead into a 49-36 advantage with just over 16 minutes left in regulation.
Another t three-pointer by Arthur brought the Huskies to within 10 and forced UTA to call a timeout at the 15:49-mark and the score 49-39.
Following two made free throws by Pope, Steenholdt had a three-point play to bring the Huskies within nine, 51-42, with 15:23 remaining in regulation.
Van Dijk had put-back to put the Mavericks up 11, then UTA forced an HBU turnover, resulting in a layup by Van Dijk, forcing HBU to take a timeout down 55-42 with 14:23 to go.
Jefferson’s three-pointer stopped the 7-0 UTA run and brought HBU within 12, 57-45, with 13 minutes remaining. HBU came as close as eight the rest of the way.
Arthur had 12 second-half points, while Jefferson and Steenholdt had 11 and 10 points, respectively. Pope had 13 points for UTA. Both teams shot 52 percent from the floor in the second half.
HBU plays at Texas State Saturday, Nov. 22 at 2 pm.
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McNeese State 55, Tulane 75
LAKE CHARLES, La. -- Junior
Jayln Johnson led McNeese State in scoring with 10 points and freshman
Frederica Haywood grabbed a game high 12 rebounds in a 75-55 women's basketball loss to Tulane Sunday.
McNeese (1-1) struggled from the field the whole game and didn't help their cause by committing 20 turnovers. On the other hand, Tulane shot the ball light out on their end of the floor, ending the game with a 50.0 field goal percent, connecting on 30 of 60 of their shots.
Tulane (2-0) scored the first two points of the game and never trailed from that point on and took their first double digit lead (26-16) with 5:53 left in the first half. McNeese cut the lead back to single digits on a trey by
Dede Sheppard with seven seconds left.
The Cowgirls couldn't build on that momentum from the end of the first half as Tulane held a double digit lead for most of the second half.
Trailing by 13 with 11:38 to play, McNeese went on a 6-0 run to cut the lead Tulane to seven (51-44). Heywood started the rally by making one of two free throws, a layup by Johnson cut the lead to 10 (51-41) with 10 minutes to play. Sheppard canned the first of two free throws and
Mercedes Rogers crabbed an offensive rebound and made a crafty move for a layup to cut the lead to seven. Tulane scored the next five points to up the lead back to double digits but the Cowgirls responded with a trey of their own from Johnson to cut the lead back to single digits.
A jumper by Tulane's Kolby Morgan gave the Green Wave a double digit lead for good as they went on to outscore McNeese 15-5 the final eight minutes of the game.
Tulane was led in scoring by Tiffany Dale and Chinwe Duru. Both players ended the game with 10 points apiece. Tierra Jones led a trio of Green Wave in rebounds with 16. Danielle Blagg grabbed 13 and Kolby had 12.
McNeese will host LSU-Alexandria on Thursday, Nov. 20 in a 7 p.m. game and Southern Miss at 2 p.m. Sunday.
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