University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Lady Eagles Fall 73-68
11/16/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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Lady Eagles Fall 73-68
Liz Biland |
Shannon Stueber |
?I thought we got off to a great start and played well in the first five minutes of the game and the last five minutes of the game,? Southern Miss Lady Eagle Head Basketball Coach Joye Lee McNelis said. ?When you start strong and finish strong and you get beat, something happened in between. I believe if you play the right 20 minutes of the game, you can win.
?We came up short tonight because we game them 40 free possessions, 17 offensive rebounds and 23 turnovers,? McNelis said. ?You can?t beat a team that is a seasoned team when you give them 40 free possessions. When you do that, you didn?t pay attention to detail. Every time we did not box out, they got an offensive rebound and we fouled. We need to pay attention to detail, meaning boxing out and rebounding. We got rattled and need to hang on to the ball and run our offense. If we can improve in those two areas, boxing out and rebounding, we can make strides this season.?
Southern Miss? Shannon Stueber opened the game with a three-point basket, giving the Lady Eagles a 3-0 lead and the team would stretch that lead to seven, 11-4 with
The Lady Eagles would lead by 10 on two occasions in the first half, before the Jumpers closed the final seven minutes of the first half on a 14-3 run, to take the halftime lead, 33-32.
Southern Miss fell behind by as many as eight in the second half, before using a 7-0 run to cut the lead to one, with
But the Jumpers re-extended their lead back to seven, with
The Lady Eagles would get within one two more occasions, before four free throws by Sefanja Orsel sealed the win for the Jumpers.
Southern Miss finished the game shooting 56.5 percent from the field. Two Lady Eagle freshmen, Shannon Stueber and Liz Biland each scored 21 points to lead the team. Biland, Kelsey Gurganus and Ashley Huffman each had four rebounds.
Ashlee Kelly had a game-high 30 points and 12 rebounds for the Jumpers.
McNelis announced after the game that Latoya George has decided to pursue other interests and not play basketball this season. George, who transferred to Southern Miss at mid-term last season, would have been eligible to play following exams in December.
Southern Miss will open its regular season Sunday, in a
