Turnovers stymie U of M women in loss to Tulsa
TULSA, Okla. — The University of Memphis women’s basketball team committed 21 turnovers and could not slow a Tulsa team that shot 49.1 percent in beating the Tigers 79- 68 on Thursday.
“We keep expecting it to be easy,” U of M coach Melissa McFerrin said. “We play two of our last three games on the road and we had to steal one of them. Missing this one means we have to get the one at East Carolina, and they are second in the league right now.”
Memphis closed to 44-42 with 16:33 to go, but Tulsa responded with a 6-0 run. The Tigers com- mitted turnovers on three of the next four possessions.
Ariel Hearn led Memphis with 18 points and Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir scored 14. Nicole Dickson had 11 points and eight rebounds.
TOP 25
Virginia 73, (3) Duke 68 at Charlottesville, Va.: Joe Harris scored a career-high 36 points and Virginia (20-8, 10-5 Atlantic Coast) got its 16th consecutive home win. Akil Mitchell had 19 points and 12 rebounds for Virginia.
Seth Curry led Duke with 28 points, all but five after halftime, and Quinn Cook had 22, but the Blue Devils (24-4, 11-4) couldn’t slow Harris or Mitchell.
(16) Ohio State 63, Northwestern 53 at Evanston, Ill.: Lenzelle Smith scored a season-high 24 points as the Buckeyes (21-7, 11-5 Big Ten) beat Northwestern (1316, 4-12).
(25) Louisiana Tech 84, Utah State 61 at Ruston, La.: Brandon Gibson scored 20 points as the Bulldogs (25-3, 15- 0 Western Athletic Conference) cruised past the Aggies (19-8, 9- 6).
SEC
Missouri 90, South Carolina 68 at Columbia, S.C.: Keion Bell scored 24 points and Jabari Brown added 23 to lead the Tigers (20-8, 9- 6), who made 12 of their first 13 shots in the second half to go on a 31-13 run that ballooned a seven-point halftime lead into a 76-51 margin.
Missouri shot 69.6 percent (32 of 46) for the game.
AREA SEC WOMEN
(8) Tennessee 82, (13) Texas A&M 72 at Knoxville: Kamiko Williams scored a career-high 18 points as Tennessee (23-5, 141) clinched its 17th SEC regularseason title outright.
(10) Kentucky 90, Ole Miss 65 at Oxford, Miss.: A’Dia Mathies scored 20 points for the Wildcats (24-4, 12-3). Tia Faleru had 14 to lead the Lady Rebels (9-19, 2-13).
Florida 69, Arkansas 58 at Gainesville, Fla.: Sarah Watkins (Houston High) scored 16 points, but Arkansas (17-11, 5-10) shot just 25.9 percent in its loss.
MID-SOUTH MEN
CBU 93, Valdosta State 79 at Canale Arena: Pat Graham scored 20 points to help the Bucs (17-8, 12-5) clinch the No. 2 seed for next week’s GSC tournament.
MID-SOUTH WOMEN
Valdosta State 68, CBU 60 at Canale Arena: Valdosta State (16-9, 9-8 GSC) used an 18-5 run in the second half to pull away from the Lady Bucs (6-19, 3-14). Breanna Ridgell (White Station) scored a game-high 24 points for CBU, and Candis Clear (East) had 15.