out scored Kentucky 10-3 to cut the lead to just three,
31-28, with 12 seconds remaining in the half, but the
Wildcats were able to out run the Eagles down the court
for a basket to go up 33-28 at the half.
Southern Miss shot 51. 9 percent in the half.
Kentucky came out the second half with full court pressure and a trapping defense that caused problems for
the Lady Eagles. USM committed seven turnovers in the
first seven minutes that helped the Wildcats take a commanding lead. Kentucky led by as many as 24 points in
the half.
The Lady Eagles finished the game shooting a respectable 45. 8 percent from the field.
Nov. 27, 2009
Hattiesburg, Miss. - Reed Green Coliseum
UK (5-0)
Henderson*
Mathies*
Snowden*
Morrow*
Conwright*
O’Neill
Riley
Pinkett
Barnette
Drake
Evans
Totals
MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP
294 01124 0 42 1 9
254 06 43 3 50 614
343 24 22 2 20 312
23 3 3 0 2 3 1 3 0 1 9
20 2 0 0 3 5 3 0 0 1 4
1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
243 05 41 2 40 311
5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
11 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 5
264 11 71 1 10 210
200 26 8 19 40 20 12 21 3 18 79
USM ( 3-2)
Washington*
Vigers*
Dunbar*
Faulkner*
Johnson, B.
Heard
High
Bradford
Pierce
Urbanowsks
Totals
MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP
367 03 83 1 21 317
378 05 64 1 30 221
28 1 0 0 8 4 0 6 1 1 2
27 1 0 3 2 4 10 10 0 0 5
18 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 1 0 1 1 2 2 5 0 0 3
6 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0
13 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4
7 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 0
200 22 1 15 40 24 14 33 3 7 60
Score by Periods Half Final
Kentucky 33 79
Southern Miss 28 60
FG%
39. 4
45. 8
3PT5 FT%
34. 4 61. 3
50.0 65. 2
Officials: Mary Day, Mike Riggs, Eric Baker
Technicals: Kentucky-None. Southern Miss-None.
Game 6
21/22 Georgia 70, Southern Miss 53
ATHENS, Ga. – No. 21/22 Georgia shot 60. 7 percent
from the field in the second half in defeating Southern
Miss, 70-53, Wednesday.
Southern Miss falls to 3-3 on the young season while
Georgia improves to 6-1.
Brittany Johnson scored a career-high 16 points and
Tanesha Washington added her third double-double with
13 points and 11 rebounds for the Lady Eagles.
Jasmine James led Georgia with a game-high 18 points
with Ronika Ransford and Porsha Phillips adding 11 and
10 points, respectively.
The Lady Eagles trailed by only five points at the half,
26-21, when the Lady Bulldogs opened the second half
with a 20-10 run in extending their lead to double digits,
46-31 at the 14: 16 mark.
Washington and Johnson scored on back-to-back
baskets to cut the lead to 46-35, but Georgia scored four
unanswered points to push its lead back to 15. Johnson
then connected on consecutive baskets and Jamierra
Faulkner added a bucket to cut the lead to 52-41 with
8: 56 remaining.
The Bulldogs then put together a 15-2 run over a
four-minute span to take their largest lead of the game
at 66-43 in putting the game out of reach. However, for
the remainder of the game, Southern Miss outscored
Georgia, 10-4.
Both team struggled from the field over the first 10 minutes of the game. With 5: 47 remaining before the half,
Southern Miss led 15-14 before Georgia closed out the
half with a 12-6 run and a 26-21 halftime lead.
Southern Miss won the battle of the boards, 40-38, and
collected nine steals.
Dec. 1, 2010
Athens, Ga. - Stegeman Coliseum
USM ( 3-3)
Faulkner*
Dunbar*
Washington*
Johnson, B.*
Vigers*
High
Bradford
Johnson, D.
Urbanowska
Totals
MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP
37 3 0 1 2 4 6 7 0 5 7
19 1 0 0 6 4 0 3 1 0 2
36 5 1 2 11 1 2 5 0 2 13
317 20 32 1 20 216
27 2 0 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 8
14 1 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 5
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 1 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 2
200 20 3 10 4015 9 21 2 9 53
GA ( 6-1)
Armstrong*
James*
Mitchell*
Hassell*
Phillips
Miller
Jones
Ransford
Willis
Totals
MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP
180 0153123 01
326 42 20 6 20 218
243 0272620 38
173 0300011 29
324 02 83 2 13 110
263 1022340 17
120 0011002 00
205 10 64 0 10 011
193 0051021 06
200 27 6 10 38 16 18 16 10 9 70
Score by Periods Half Final
Southern Miss 21 53
Georgia 26 70
FG%
35. 1
45.0
3PT5 FT%
27. 3 66. 7
31. 6 62. 5
Officials: Denise Brooks, Roy Gulbeyan, Jules Gallien
Technicals: Southern Miss-None. Georgia-None.
Game 7
Southern Miss 48, UALR 47
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss overcame a
13-point second half deficit in defeating UALR, 48-47, in
basketball action Saturday evening.
Southern Miss snapped a two-game losing streak and
improved to 4-3 while UALR dropped to 3-4.
Tanesha Washington and Rachel Vigers led the way with
15 and 14 points, respectively. Washington also led the
team with seven rebounds.
Marian Kursh and Janette Merriex scored 10 points
apiece for the Trojans.
The Lady Eagle trailed 47-44 with 4: 49 remaining in the
game when both teams went cold from the field. Vigers
got loss as Jamierra Faulkner dished a pass underneath
for the easy bucket to cut the lead to 47-46 at the 4: 20
mark. After that the teams traded misses. UALR had an
opportunity to push the back to four, but missed two free
throws. Washington corralled the rebound and on the
Eagles’ possession, Vigers got loss again and connected
on a jumper that proved to be the winning basket with
2: 37 remaining.
Over the final two minutes, neither team was unable to
put any more points on the board as the two combined
for three missed shots, two turnovers and a missed free
throw.
UALR opened the second half with an 11-0 run in
taking a 41-28 lead. Washington connected on a three
to end the Trojan run. After Kursh hit a layup with 15: 18
remaining in the game to give UALR a 43-31 lead, the
Southern Miss defense went to work and held the Trojans
to four points for the remainder of the half.
The teams started off evenly that included four ties in
the first five minutes of the game. The Lady Eagles took
the lead on two free throws by Washington but UALR
scored seven unanswered points for the in taking a 14-8
lead. Faulkner’s jumper snapped the 7-0 run to get within
four at the 11: 15 mark.
With UALR holding a 16-10 lead, Southern Miss got
consecutive baskets from Brittany Johnson and Vigers to
cut the visitor’s lead to 16-14. For the next four minutes,
the Lady Eagles outscored the Trojans 12-4 for the 26-20
lead. UALR came right back with a 10-0 run over three
minutes. UALR led 30-28 at the half.
UALR held a big rebounding edge, 40-29, but Southern
