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January
4, 2008
JACKSON – Junior
forward Tiffany Whitmore scored a career-high 23 points and Millsaps
committed a season-low 16 turnovers but Southwestern held the
Majors without a field goal the final 9:36 of regulation and
ended the game on a 16-0 run to win convincingly 64-42.
With just eight players dressed out
for the Majors due to injury, Southwestern took advantage of
its deep bench, outscoring Millsaps 24-7 including eight points
from
senior
Amanda Gordon who also grabbed nine boards and six points from
frosh Staley Mullins.
Southwestern (8-3, 2-1 SCAC) took
a 15-point lead into intermission, 37-22, on the heels of 52
percent shooting from the floor. Senior Beth Thomas chipped in
eight of her 10 points in the first half, while five different
players added a 3-point
bucket.
Millsaps (2-7, 0-2 SCAC) cut what
was a 17-point, 43-26, Lady Pirate lead at the 18:02 mark in
the second half down to just six, 48-42, with 8:43 remaining,
using
eight
of Whitmore's 23 points during the 16-5 surge.
The Majors, however, began forcing
up bad shots down the stretch, missing their final nine shots
and turning the ball over five times as they were held without
a field goal the final 9:36.
Southwestern closed the game on a
16-0 run
to
make the
final
margin larger than the game appeared, taking advantage of the
missed shots and turning them into buckets on the other end of
the floor.
For Millsaps, Whitmore led all scorers with 23, while junior
Crystal Dickerson had
10 boards and seven points. In a career-high 20 minutes
off the bench, freshman Kristy
Dowdy added her first bucket in a Majors' uniform (3-pointer
in the first half) to go along with three steals, two assists
and two rebounds (all new career-highs).
Southwestern was led by junior Natasha Azizi's 12 points
and senior Kelli Hill's five assists.
Millsaps will try and get back in
the win column tomorrow evening, playing host to SCAC- leader
Trinity University (8-2, 3-0 SCAC) at 6 p.m. The game was originally
scheduled for Sunday, but has been moved up a day to Saturday. |
