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December
2,
2007
JACKSON – Junior
college transfer Tiffany Whitmore notched a career-high 21 points
in a conference-opening loss at Hendrix, 88-79, on Saturday before
Millsaps bounced back with a convincing 57-41
win over the University of Dallas on Sunday thanks in large part
to a career-high six blocks from junior Jessica Bowie.
Millsaps (2-3, 0-1 SCAC) shot a season-high 43 percent – 54
percent in the second half – and scored a season-high 79
points against the Lady Warriors in the conference-opener for
both teams, but
Hendrix
(4-1, 1-0 SCAC) came out
victorious in the end after holding onto an eight-point halftime
lead and surrendering the lead just once in the opening minutes.
Christina Byler scored a game and team-high 28 points on 7-of-14
shooting to lead three Hendrix scorers in double figures, followed
by Wyvonne Hawkins
with 22 and Amanda Morris with 20. Samantha Clark grabbed a game-high
12 boards.
The Majors had four scorers in double figures, led by Whitmore's
21 and junior LaReina Adams' 17 points and 10 rebounds –
her first double-double of the year. Dickerson added 16 points
followed
by freshman Ronda Webb with 13 points and a team-high four assists.
Back in the Hangar Dome on Sunday afternoon, Millsaps won the
turnover battle and held the University of Dallas to
a season-low 41 points and 30 percent shooting, turning a nine-point
halftime
lead into the Majors' largest margin of victory in 27 games at
57-41.
Millsaps opened the game on a 6-0 run, capped off by a jumper
from freshman Krista Clark, and pushed its lead out to 19-6 over
the
first 13:35 of the half.
Dallas (4-2) committed 20 turnovers in the first half alone,
including eight in the first six minutes, that allowed the Majors
to score 14 points and take a 24-15 lead into intermission.
Out of the break, Millsaps scored the first nine points to take
its largest lead of the game at 33-15 before the Lady Crusaders
rallied for a 13-2 run after a 30-second timeout from first year
head coach Jennifer Fleming.
That's as close as the University of Dallas would get, however,
as Bowie picked up four of her career-high six blocks in the
second and the Majors made good on 15-of 17 shots from the charity
stripe to hold off any kind of a late run.
Webb added a career-high 10 boards for Millsaps to go along with
six points and three steals, while senior Shanie Cardinal scored
a team-high 10 for Dallas and freshman Meagan Johnson added six
points and six rebounds off the bench.
The Majors will put their 2-0 home record on the line this weekend,
playing host to Piedmont on Friday at 6 p.m. followed by a 5
p.m. tip with Louisiana College on Saturday. Millsaps lost a
close battle with the Lady 'Cats in Pineville back on Nov. 24,
battling back from a 22-point halftime deficit in a 58-54 loss.
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