Dec. 12, 2004
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UTSA Women Edge Texas Southern, 41-33
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- The University of Texas at San Antonio women's basketball team held the visiting Texas Southern Tigers scoreless for 11 minutes in the first half Sunday and allowed just three Tiger field goals in the second half as UTSA held off TSU, 41-33, at the Convocation Center. UTSA, which won its second consecutive game, improved to 3-4, while the Tigers fell to 0-7.
A low-scoring first half foreshadowed the same in the final period as UTSA trailed 21-19 at the break but held TSU to just 12 points and 12 percent shooting (3-for-24) in the second half while scoring 22 itself. Junior Katie Sandefur led UTSA with 13 points, while junior Lacy Mingee tallied nine points and nine rebounds. Senior Kim Reed notched a career-high nine rebounds. Jennifer Hickmon was the lone Tiger in double figures with 13 points.
Trailing 24-23 after a three-pointer by TSU’s Taneisha Riles at the 16:13 mark of the second half, UTSA constructed a 13-3 run over the next 10:59 to lead 36-27 with 5:12 left in the game. Senior Lyndsey Greer capped the run with a three-pointer. The Roadrunners held the Tigers to only four free throws during the 11-minute span as TSU went 0-for 12. TSU trimmed the margin to six on two occasions but Mingee hit an uncontested layup with 15 seconds left for the eight-point victory.
The Roadrunners used a 12-0 run in the first half to catapult themselves to a 14-4 lead at the 9:16 mark after as layup by Sandefur. But the Tigers responded with a 15-3 run over the next six minutes to regain the lead, 19-17, with 3:04 left before the break after a Jessica Hornage layup. UTSA was just 1-for-7 from the field during the Tiger run. Monica Okolo’s layup with 22 seconds left in the initial half gave the Tigers the 21-19 lead at the break.
For the game, UTSA held TSU to just 19 percent from the floor (12-of-61), including only 16 percent from three-point range (4-of-24). The Roadrunners shot 33 percent (17-of-53) from the field or the game and had 43 rebounds. TSU pulled down 46 rebounds.
UTSA travels to Denver, Colo., next weekend for the University of Denver Tournament. The Roadrunners face Southern Methodist on Saturday, Dec. 18 at noon. UTSA then faces either Tennessee-Martin of the host Denver Pioneers on Dec. 19.