MONDAY'S SCORES
UT Martin 81, @Morehead State,
61
@Tennessee Tech 65, Jacksonville State 59
@Eastern Illinois
88, Tennessee State 73
@Murray State
86, Longwood 77
@SIUE 71, Austin Peay 61
UT MARTIN 81, MOREHEAD STATE
61
MOREHEAD, Ky.
- The Morehead State women's basketball team could not
overcome a sluggish shooting night, falling 81-61 to UT Martin on Monday night
at Johnson Arena.
MSU fell to 7-12 and 4-3 in the Ohio Valley Conference, while UT Martin
improved to 11-8 and moved within one game of first place at 5-1 in the league.
The Eagles had trouble from long distance, shooting just 2-of-28 from
three-point range.
The Skyhawks were paced by Jasmine Newsome, pouring in a game-high 29 points to
go along with seven rebounds and four assists. OVC leading scorer Heather
Butler added 16 points and four assists and scored her 1,000th career point in
the process.
MSU tied the Skyhawks on the boards at 44-44 and held the league's top
three-point shooting team to just a quartet of treys. But, MSU also committed
18 turnovers and allowed UTM to outscore it 48-30 in the paint.
MSU junior forward Ashar Harris, who entered the day ranked first in the nation
in rebounding, tallied her ninth double-double with 19 points and 18 boards.
She also became just the fifth player in school history to eclipse 900 career
rebounds, upping her total to 910.
Lumpkin poured in a team-high 22 points and five rebounds, hitting 11-of-12
free throws, while senior guard Linda Dixon added nine points, nine rebounds, a
career-best six blocks, two assists and two steals. Freshman guard Almesha
Jones scored a career-high 11 points, her first career double-digit scoring
effort.
Lumpkin moved into second place in career assists at MSU with two tonight and
now 457 for her career.
For the game, MSU was limited to 30 percent shooting (21-of-68), while UTM shot
44 percent on 31-of-70 shooting, including a 50-percent mark in the second half
(20-of-40).
After a slow start to the game, the Eagles used an 8-2 to run to take their
only lead of the game at 10-7. UT Martin utilized a 9-0 run midway through
the half to take control of the game at 26-17. The Skyhawks capitalized
on 10 first-half Eagle miscues to hold an 11-point lead at halftime, 35-24.
In the second period, MSU trimmed the Skyhawk lead down to 51-37 following a
Lumpkin triple at the 13:27 mark, but UTM went on a 13-4 scoring
romp to take its largest lead of the night at 64-41 with 9:24 remaining.
TENNESSEE TECH 65, JACKSONVILLE
STATE 59
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Tech women's
basketball team had one of its best shooting nights of the season and put three
players in double figures to claim a 65-59 Ohio Valley Conference victory over Jacksonville State
Monday night, giving the Golden Eagles their fourth consecutive win in Eblen Center.
Senior Tacarra Hayes led Tech (8-13/4-3 OVC) with 15 points, five rebounds and
three assists while sophomore Molly Heady added 14 points on 6-for-10 shooting,
five rebounds and three steals. Sophomore Jala Harris also scored in double
digits with 11 points and led Tech with five assists.
Tech shot 54.2 percent in the second half to finish the game with a 47.2
percent shooting mark, the team's third-best game of the year. That included a
6-for-16 effort from long range, also the third-best effort of the season.
The solid shooting effort helped to overcome a dominant night on the boards by
the Gamecocks (4-17/1-7 OVC), who grabbed 24 offensive rebounds and finished
the contest with a 50-28 margin in total rebounds.
JSU also placed three players in double figures in scoring, led by Destiny Lane with
16 points. Danielle Vaughn scored a double-double with 11 points and 10
rebounds, while Brittany Manning added 10 points. Briana Morrow came up just
shy of a second double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds.
The Gamecocks shot 33.9 percent in the game but suffered 19 turnovers as Tech
made nine steals. With their 24 offensive boards, the Gamecocks had a 18-4
advantage in second-chance points.
After the score was tied four times during the first half, the Golden Eagles
put together an 8-0 run just before halftime to open a 27-19 lead before
heading into the break up six points, 27-21.
Jacksonville State led once, early in the contest,
when they went up 6-3 on a layup by Brianna Morrow with just 1:40 elapsed. Tech
bounced back quickly with layups from Jala Harris and Tacarra Hayes, and things
stayed tight for the next 13 minutes before Tech's late run snapped a 19-19
tie.
Tech quickly built a double-figure lead in the second half when Briana Jordan's
layup with 16:56 to play made it 34-24. The lead grew to as many as 15 points
in the next 10 minutes, a jumper by Harris with 6:50 to go making it a 49-34
difference.
The Golden Eagles maintained a double-figure lead into the final minute before
JSU outscored Tech 7-2 in the final 27 seconds to cut the final difference to
six points.
MURRAY STATE 86, LONGWOOD 77
MURRAY, Ky. - After trailing by five at the half,
the Murray State
women's basketball team came out in the second half and pushed through to an
86-77 victory over Longwood in a non-conference
game at the CFSB Center.
The Racers
(8-11, 4-3 OVC) were led by the trio of red-shirt sophomore Erica Burgess and
juniors Mariah Robinson Kyra Watson. Burgess and Robinson combined for
the first time that two MSU players recorded 20+ points in the same game since
March 2, 2010. Burgess garnered a career-best 31 points and added four
rebounds. Robinson added 21 points and five boards. Watson was also
key to the Racers victory, recording her first double-double, with career highs
of 14 points and 12 rebounds.
The first
10 minutes of the first half were a back-and-forth battle for control of the
scoreboard. With 9:30 left to play the Lancers (5-18) went on a 10-4 run
to take control of the half (21-15). The Racers made two 5-0 runs late in
the half to cut the advantage to as little as one, but could not gain the lead
and went into the locker room trailing 40-35.
In the
first two minutes of the second stanza, the Racers cut the deficit to two, with
a 5-2 run and then tied the game at 44 after a 9-4 run, with 16:15 left to
play. The teams traded points for the next three minutes before the
Racers took over for good with a 6-0 run (56-50). MSU pushed the lead out
to as many as 13 (69-56), with nine minutes left to play. The Lancers
then made a final push over the next four minutes and managed to cut the
deficit to four before the Racers pulled back out to as many as 10.
Free throws
and turnovers were keys to the win for MSU. The Racers hit 14-of-18 shots
from the charity stripe and only allowed Longwood
to make nine trips to the line (made 9). MSU also forced the Lancers into
15 turnovers and committed just nine. The Racers took full advantage of
those turnovers, scoring 20 points.
EASTERN ILLINOIS 88, TENNESSEE STATE 73
CHARLESTON, Ill. - Three Panthers posted a
double-double and six players scored in double figures to lead the Eastern
Illinois women's basketball team over Tennessee State, 88-73, on Monday night
inside Lantz Arena. EIU improves to 15-4 on the year and 6-0 in Ohio Valley
Conference action.
Senior
Chantelle Pressley posted her second double-double in as many games, scoring 10
points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Junior Mariah King recorded her fifth
double-double of the year as she scored 13 points and pulled down a game-high
12 rebounds. Classmate Ta'Kenya Nixon nearly missed her second career
triple-double, scoring 16 points, dishing out a career-high 12 assists and
grabbing eight rebounds.
After
trailing 4-3 in the opening minute and a half of action, the Panthers went on
an 11-2 run to take a 14-6 lead at the 14:45 mark. EIU never trailed throughout
the remainder of the game and took a 16-point advantage into the locker room.
EIU held
onto its double-figure lead in the second stanza, leading by as much as 23
points (58-35) with 16:33 left in the game. The Lady Tigers continued to fight
back and got within 12 points with just over two minutes remaining on the
clock, but the Panther defense limited Tennessee State
to only one point on 0-for-4 shooting in the closing minutes.
Sydney
Mitchell added 15 points in the winning effort while both Kelsey Wyss and
Jordyne Crunk scored 11 points, respectively. Crunk also had five assists and
four rebounds.
EIU out
rebounded Tennessee
State 53-39 and had seven
blocked shots, led by Pressley who had four.
The
Panthers shot 48.5 percent (33-for-68) from the floor and went 9-for-18 from
behind the arc. EIU also went 13-for-22 from the charity stripe, led by Crunk
and Nixon who both went 4-for-4.
Jasmin
Shuler led the Lady Tigers with a game-high 22 points while Destiney Gaston and
Donyeah Mayfield both added 10 points. Mayfield also had a team-high eight
rebounds
SIUE 72, AUSTIN PEAY 61
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.
- Michaela Herrod and Raven
Berry both finished with double-doubles Monday as SIUE women's basketball
defeated Austin Peay 72-61 at the Vadalabene
Center.
Herrod
finished with 13 points and a game-high 17 rebounds. Berry turned in a balanced 14 points and 13
rebounds. It was the sixth double-double of the season for Berry and the first for Herrod. The last
time SIUE had two players with a double-double in the same game was last season
against Austin Peay when Sydney Stahlberg and Berry completed the feat.
The Cougars
matched their win total from all of last season with the victory. SIUE improved
to 11-8 overall and 5-3 in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Lady Govs fell to
5-16 overall and 2-6 in the OVC.
Four
players scored in double figures for SIUE, including a team-high 17 points from
freshman Katie Hempen and 12 from sophomore Jazmin Hill.
Austin
Peay's Kaitlyn Hill also had a double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds off
the bench. Whitney Hanley led all scorers with 25 points.
The game
was truly back and forth for the first eight minutes. The Cougars scored the
game's first eight points, and Austin Peay answered with a 17-3 run to take its
biggest lead of the game 17-11 with 12:30 to play. The two teams exchanged
leads four times before Austin Peay led at the break 34-32.
SIUE became
more aggressive on offense and defense after falling behind by two at halftime.
The Cougars
took five charges from four different players in the game. SIUE forced 26
turnovers from Austin Peay and accumulated 29 points off those turnovers.
Hempen got
the Cougars started in the second half with a three-pointer with 17:52 to play
that gave SIUE a 35-34 lead. Austin Peay's Jasmine Rayner then hit one free
throw to tie the game 35-35 with 16:02 to play.
SIUE
followed that with a 10-0 run capped off by a three-pointer by Hill, who is now
alone in fifth all-time in career three-pointers. The Cougars pulled away by as
much as 15 points before settling for the 11-point victory
SIUE shot
48.3 percent (14-29) in the second half and 41.3 percent (26-63) for the game.
Austin Peay shot 42.4 percent for the contest (25-59) but was hampered by 27
fouls.