Sunday, Nov. 30
UL Monroe Gets Four in Double Digits as they Defeat Southern Arkansas
MONROE, La. – Freshman Chelsea Tieuel shattered her previous career-high with 14 points in just 12 minutes of play as the ULM women’s basketball team defeated Southern Arkansas 78-67 on Sunday afternoon in Fant-Ewing Coliseum.
Four Warhawks (2-2) scored in double-digits while limiting Southern Arkansas (3-3) to just one player in double figures.
ULM was led by Tieuel and senior Sharnice Brooks, who both garnered 14 points on the night. Brooks racked up seven rebounds, two steals and a block as well, while Tieuel grabbed two rebounds, one assist and a steal.
Sophomore Jade Wharton notched career-highs in points (13) and rebounds (4), while junior Alayshia Hunter chipped in 12 points and led the team with eight rebounds and three blocks.
Carlee Earls led the Lady Muleriders with 15 points, four rebounds, one assist and a steal.
The Warhawks took an early lead as a jumper by Tieuel sparked a 9-2 run by the home team.
Lady Mulerider Cemetra Jenkins hit a three-pointer to bring Southern Arkansas within four points, but Hunter drove through the lane, hitting a layup and lighting a fire under the Warhawks as they went on another 9-0 run for an 18-5 lead with 12:59 remaining in the half.
Back-to-back three-pointers by Carlee Earls and Jenkins pulled the visitors within seven points, but ULM stretched the lead back to double-digits after Tieuel hit two from the charity stripe with 8:21 before the break.
After a shot that pulled the Lady Muleriders within three, the Warhawks went on a 12-2 run with Wharton carrying the load with seven points to give ULM a 39-26 lead with 3:06 left in the half.
The Warhawks took a double-digit lead into the locker room at the break after Olivia Countiss hit a buzzer-beater from beyond the arc for a score of 45-32.
ULM carried that momentum through the break as Daja Chase garnered a steal and raced down the court for a layup just 20 seconds into the second half to extend the lead to 15 points.
An Ashley Aune jumper with 6:29 left in the game gave the home team its largest lead of the game at 73-53.
The Warhawks’ defense limited the Lady Muleriders to just 41.4 percent from the floor through the second half to prevent Southern Arkansas from cutting the lead to single digits to give ULM a 78-67 victory.
ULM takes the court again on Dec. 8, as they travel to Alcorn State for a 5:30 p.m. tip.
Panthers Rally Falls Short in Thanksgiving Tournament Championship Game
ATLANTA - Despite three Panthers in double-digits, the Georgia State women's basketball team came up short in the Thanksgiving Tournament championship game, bowing 73-71 to the Liberty Lady Flames. It was GSU's first loss of the season as the Panthers sit at 3-1. Liberty improves to 4-2 after its pair of wins in Atlanta.
Tied at 68, Liberty's Karly Buer made a layup with 1:52 to put the Lady Flames on top for good. Buer was selected as the tournament MVP after her 15-point, five-rebound, three-steal game.
Georgia State shot 38 percent from behind the arc, making 10 of 28 3-point attempts. Alicia Andrews scored 13 points, made six assists and had three steals to lead GSU. Kayla Nolan added 13 more points, while Ashlee Cole scored 12 points off the bench.
Liberty held a decisive 46-24 rebound advantage, but GSU used 22 forced turnovers and 10 steals to offset that. Liberty got 13 rebounds and nine points from 6-foot-4 Ashley Rininger.
Host Georgia State led early and built a five-point lead through the first 10 minutes of the game at 20-15 with 9:30 on the first-half clock. A Buer basket for Liberty gave the Lady Flames the lead a 23-22 with 6:23. Liberty took a 35-31 lead into halftime.
Wjem Sadalia Ellis hit a trey to break a 35-tie att 17:47, Liberty got the lead it would maintain from one to five points for most of the second half. Just when it looked like Liberty might finally gain an advantage at 5:01 with a 66-59 lead, Georgia State mounted a comeback with a 9-2 run to tie the game again at 68 at 2:40.
After Buer's basket gave Liberty the lead 70-68 and 1:52, Georgia State missed several chances for the tie or lead.
The game ended fittingly for Liberty with an offensive rebound. With 2.5 second, Ellis missed two free throws with GSU poised to try for a tie or the lead in those closing seconds. But Rininger grabbed the offensive rebound and the game ended.
Samford defeated Penn State in overtime 59-56 in the consolation game. Samford scored 13 points in the entire 20-minute first half, then 13 points in the decisive five-minute OT.
The all-tournament team included Sierra Moore (Penn State), Taylor Reece (Samford), Alisha Andrews and Kayla Nolan (Georgia State) and Simone Brown and Karly Buer (MVP, Liberty).
Mountaineers Fall Short to Radford, 68-67
BOONE, N.C. - Appalachian State University women's basketball dropped a game to Radford on Sunday afternoon at the Holmes Center, 68-67.
A last second layup from Maryah Sydnor did not fall for the Mountaineers (3-2), giving them their second loss of the season as the Highlanders took the game (2-3).
Appalachian took the first lead of the game with two points from Sydnor, but Radford responded with a jumper to tie it up. The Mountaineers would go on a 10-1 run to take a 12-3 lead with 14:50 left in the first half, finding points from four different players.
From there the Highlanders slowly began to chip away at the lead, as the Mountaineers slowed down. With Appalchian ahead 19-12 and 9:28 left to play in the first, Radford went on a 10-0 to take 22-19 lead.
Joi Jones would score four-straight points to give Appalachian back its lead with 5:37 to play, but the rest of the half would be a battle as the lead changed five more times in the remaining minutes.
Radford took a 34-32 lead off free throws from Jayda Worthy, but App State's Madi Story would score back-to-back points, making a layup and a three-pointer to give the Mountaineers 37-36 lead with 1:25 to play in the first.
Radford responded with its own points from behind the arc and two free throws to head to the locker room with a 40-37 lead in the first half.
Story led the Apps in the first half with seven points, while the team shot 48.5 percent (16-33) from the floor.
The Highlanders were led by Janayla White's eight points as Radford recorded a 33.3 percent (11-33) field goal percentage.
Radford shot 18 free throws in the first half, making 14 of them, while Appalchian shot just four.
Each team scored to start the second half as App trailed by just one point 17:56 left to play, but Radford continued to find points to take a 47-43 lead with 14:11 left.
The Mountaineers could not catch up to the Highlanders until Ashley Bassett-Smith hit two free thows to tie the score at 49 at the 12:28 minute mark.
Appalchian continued to tie up the score, but could not take the lead as Radford remained at least one shot ahead of them after every tie.
Appalachian's Vernessa Hinnant brought energy for the Mountaineers when she stole the ball and hit a fastbreak layup to the score, 61-61 with 5:10 remaining in the game, but Radford once again made the next shot to take another lead.
Katie Mallow gave the Mountaineers their first lead since the first half, hitting two free throws to help the Apps lead, 63-62 with 4:27 to play. From there Radford scored the next six points to lead 66-63.
Mallow hit two free throws at the 2:30 minute mark, but the Highlanders scored on their next possession, leading the Mountaineers 68-65 with two minutes remaining. Mallow would hit a layup to help the Apps trail by just one point with 1:46 left to play.
Each team missed several shots on their next two possessions to keep the score the same, but a missed shot and turnover by Radford would give Appalachian the ball with 13 seconds to play.
The Mountaineers got the ball down the court and had an open jumper from Mallow with two seconds left, but Mallow missed the shot. Sydnor got the offensive rebound, but then missed the putback at the buzzer as Appalachian fell to Radford, 68-67.
Sydnor led the team with 15 points and nine rebounds, while Mallow followed with 14 points and seven assists. The team shot 38.5 percent from the floor, recording 37 rebounds and 10 turnovers.
Radford was led by White's 11 points, while the team recorded a 36.1 field goal percentage, tallying 49 rebounds and 19 turnovers.
The Mountaineers return to action on Saturday, Dec. 6 when they travel to old Southern Conference foe Furman for a 2 p.m. game.
Trojans Can't Sustain Early Success in Home Loss
TROY, Alabama – The Troy women's basketball team started well, but couldn't sustain an early run in an 83-80 loss to Savannah State at Trojan Arena on Sunday afternoon.
Troy (2-3) opened the game on a 24-9 run, making 11 of its first 20 shots, but couldn't hold on to lead as the Lady Tigers started to chip away. Troy had a six-minutes scoreless stretch later in the first half, and Savannah State (3-1) cut the lead down to six by halftime.
Ronita Garrett posted her fourth double-double in five games this season for Troy as she posted 21 points and 14 rebounds, including 12 points and 10 rebounds in the first half. Ashley Beverly-Kelley, coming off the bench for the first time this season, scored a team-high 22 points, including 18 in the second half, for the Trojans.
"In the first four or five minutes I think we played better than we have all year," Troy head coach Chanda Rigby said. "That's encouraging but we've got to be able to hold the rope. Some of the players that played so well in the first half made a lot of mistakes in the second half."
The Trojans committed 13 of their 24 turnovers in the second half and Savannah State scored 16 points off of those second-half miscues. On the other hand, Troy scored just six points off of seven Savannah State turnovers in the second half.
The Lady Tigers controlled most of the second half and took the lead with 14:24 to go. Savannah State led by as many eight points with 3:02 remaining, but Troy cut that lead down to one possession, 78-76, on a pair Kourtney Coleman free throws with 1:07 to go. Coleman had season highs with 11 points and eight rebounds.
Savannah State missed three free throws in the final 15 seconds, allowing Troy a chance at a tying 3-pointer on the final possession. However, Rachel Reid's attempt with four seconds remaining was off the mark and Savannah State got its second win over Troy in as many seasons.
Reid and Brianna Lancaster were the final of five Trojans in double figures as each scored 10 points. The Trojans outrebounded the Lady Tigers, 46-36, but Savannah State owned the points in the paint battle, 58-38. Kristen Emerson posted eight rebounds for Troy and had a career-high seven assists.
Ezinne Kalu, the MEAC Preseason Player of the Year, led Savannah State with 24 points. Jasmine Norman scored 16 of her 17 points in the second half and posted a double-double for the Lady Tigers with 11 rebounds.
The Trojans return to the court on Wednesday when they host Samford at 7 p.m. at Trojan Arena. The Bulldogs are coming off of a win over defending Big 10 champion Penn State on Sunday.