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February
4,
2007
JACKSON -- The
Millsaps women’s basketball team fell for the fifth and
sixth time in as many games this past weekend against a pair
of conferences foes, dropping a 69-58 decision to Southwestern
on Friday and an 84-56 decision to Trinity on Saturday.
Millsaps (3-17, 1-10
SCAC) shot a season-high 59 percent from the floor and outscored
the Lady Pirates 38-30 in the second half
on Friday, but couldn’t overcome 24 percent shooting in the
first half and a 19-point halftime deficit to pull out the win.
Senior Leslie Frese
and freshman Marianne Smith did the work offensively, chipping
in 16 apiece to pace the Majors on an off shooting night
for “Mrs. Double-Double,” LaReina Adams. Freshman Megan
Bauerle also did a nice job for Millsaps, adding eight points,
three rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal in 20 minutes
off the bench.
Natasha Azizi led the way for Southwestern (11-9, 4-6 SCAC), earning
a game high 18 points on 8 of 14 shooting from the floor, while
chipping in eight boards and a game high three steals. Kelli Hill
was the other Lady Pirate in double figures, adding 11 points (3-for-5
from beyond the arc) in 15 minutes off the bench.
In Saturday’s
weekend finale against Trinity, the Majors played a strong first
half and only trailed 41-37 at the break
until the Lady Tigers defense woke up in the second half en route
to a 43-19 margin and an 84-56 road win.
Adams’ 12 first half points and Megan Bauerle’s
nine points off the bench paced the Majors in the first half,
but Bauerle
went down with an injury in the second and Adams was held to only
two shots as Millsaps shot a dismal 29 percent from the floor.
Trinity (14-6, 8-3 SCAC) benefited from 34 points off 26 Millsaps
turnovers, 40 points in the paint, a 41-28 rebounding margin and
four different starters in double figures en route to the 28-point
win.
A ‘Major’ improvement
for Millsaps, however, was that they did improve on bench points
from the previous six games, only
being outscored 25-17, with Bauerle (9), Jamie Sclafani (6) and
Allison Sturgis (2) contributing off the bench.
Despite a pair of SCAC losses, the Majors are still in the hunt
for the eighth and final spot in the SCAC Tournament in Memphis,
Tenn., Feb 23-25.
Millsaps must earn a road split with Sewanee and Oglethorpe this
weekend and must win its final home game against Rhodes on Saturday,
Feb. 17, while Centre College must lose three straight and Sewanee
must lose 2 of 3.
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