Women's Basketball: Dec. 13 Scoreboard
Houston Baptist 92, Arlington Baptist 62
ULM 66, McNeese State 63
UT Arlington 42, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 28
Houston Baptist 92, Arlington Baptist 62
HOUSTON, Texas – Houston Baptist women's basketball shot 60 percent from the floor, outscored visiting Arlington Baptist, 64-22, in the paint, and out-rebounded the Patriots, 49-18, en route to a 92-62 victory Saturday afternoon at Sharp Gym.
Junior post
Ashleigh Nwanguma recorded her first double-double of the season for HBU (4-3), and the second of her career, as she had season highs of 14 points and 11 rebounds in 16 minutes. Senior forward
Shanice Steenholdt led the Huskies with 22 points on 8-of-11 shooting in 19 minutes. Senior forward
Erin McGarrachan tied her season high of 12 points, while
Heidi Sihvola dropped 11.
Jade Johnson led ABC (6-2) with 15 points, shooting 5-of-9 from the floor and a perfect 3-of-3 from the free throw line. Morgan Hale and Tori Wise each scored 12 for the Patriots.
HBU jumped out to an 8-0 lead before the Patriots got on the scoreboard with a made free throw by Johnson. HBU outscored the Patriots, 21-8, in a span of eight minutes to lead by 20, 29-9, with 9:52 remaining in the first half.
HBU led by as many as 23 before the Patriots used a 14-5 run to cut the deficit to 14, 39-25, following a steal and layup by Ainsley Richardson at the 3:12-mark.
A steal by
Tayler Jefferson resulted in a Steenholdt layup to give HBU an 18-point advantage, 47-29, with just over a minute to go in the opening half. But Wise forced a steal and it resulted in a three-pointer by Hale, as HBU eventually led ABC at the break, 49-34.
Steenholdt led all players with 16 first-half points, while Nwanguma came off the bench to score 10 points and pull down a half-high nine rebounds. HBU shot 59 percent from the floor. Hale led ABC with 10 points, as the Patriots shot 39 percent from the floor.
The Huskies began the first five minutes of the second half outscoring the Patriots, 17-9, to bring their lead back to 23, 66-43. HBU continued to put the pedal to the metal, as they increased their lead to the 30s. At the 5:11-mark, freshman
Carissa Diaz scored her first collegiate basket in Sharp Gym, giving HBU an 86-56 lead.
Erin McGarrachan led HBU with 10 second-half points, while Jefferson had seven points, three assists, two rebounds, and two steals. HBU shot 61 percent from the floor in the half. The Patriots were led by Johnson with six points.
Prior to the game, Steenholdt was awarded a commemorative ball, honoring her 1,500th career point she earned at UT-Pan American Nov. 29. She is the program's all-time NCAA Division I leading scorer.
HBU hosts cross-town rival Texas Southern Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 6 pm.
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ULM 66, McNeese State 63
MONROE, La. — An unusual turn of events in the last fourteen seconds erased what looked like a McNeese State women’s basketball come from behind victory, turned out to be a 66-63 loss to Louisiana-Monroe Saturday.
The Cowgirls clawed their way back from an eight-point deficit using a full-court press and a 10-0 run to take a 57-56 lead with 2:55 to play.
After ULM retook the lead off two free throws, Allison Baggett hit a jumper in the lane and on the next play, McNeese’s Alaina Verdin picked up a steal and scored a layup to give McNeese a 61-58 lead.
After ULM made two free throws to cut the McNeese lead to 63-62, McNeese called a timeout on the inbounds play trying to avoid the five-second call but McNeese was out of timeouts. A technical foul was called on the Cowgirls and Chelsea Tieuel made both free throws to give ULM a 64-63 lead.
To make matters worse, ULM retained the ball after the technical. The Cowgirls fouled Tieuel again and once again she sank two free throws for a 66-63 ULM lead. McNeese had a chance to tie the game but Baggett’s last second three pointer missed to the left as time expired.
After coming off a season-high 26 points against Centenary, Baggett tied her career high today with 31 points with 20 coming in the second half. Baggett ended the game 12 of 29 from the field and was perfect from the free throw line, making all six attempts. Jayln Johnson chipped in 12 points and dished out a season-high six assists.
The Cowgirls outrebounded the Warhawks 37-30 but turned the ball over 18 times and weren’t able to contain ULM’s leading scorer, Sharnice Brooks who led ULM with 20 points. Brooks also led the game with seven rebounds. Tieuel joined brooks in double figures with 15 points. Tieuel scored 10 of her points from the charity stripe. Alayshia Hunter chipped in 12 points and was credited with six blocks.
McNeese began the game with a suffocating defense and held UL-Monroe to a 21.4 field goal shooting percent while shooting 50.0 percent in the first nine minutes of the game. The Cowgirls held the lead for all but one minute in the first half and trailed 29-26 at the half.
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UT Arlington 42, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 28
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's basketball team fell to UT Arlington, 42-28, at the Dugan Wellness Center Saturday.
The Islanders (2-5) scored a season low 28 points in the loss. Sophomore
Camesha Davis tallied six points while grabbing seven rebounds and Toledo, Ohio native
Olivia Fouty put in six points and grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds in the loss.
Both teams played tight defense throughout, forcing 37 turnovers during the contest. The Mavericks (3-4) were able to capitalize on the turnovers though, outscoring the Islanders 13-8 on the night.
The Islanders took a 17-15 lead into the locker room thanks in part to its hustle on the boards in the first half. A&M-Corpus Christi was able to out rebound the Lady Mavericks 7-1 on the offensive glass, equating to a 7-0 advantage in second chance points.
The second half was all Mavericks though, as 6-foot-5 freshman Rebekah Van Dijk put in eight of her game-high 12 points. The forward was able to control the painted area, grabbing 12 rebounds on the night.
After Camesha Davis hit a layup with 14:47 remaining in the second half, the Islanders did not score another field goal until sophomore
Kassie Jones hit a shot from behind the arc with 2:25 left in the game. During the stretch UTA outscored the Islanders 12-2.
The team will have a quick turnaround as they hit Stripes Court at the American Bank Center on Monday for matchup with the Lady Tigers of Tennessee State at 5 p.m. The Islanders men will take the floor against UTSA at 7 p.m.
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