| Herd Women Win At Tulsa, 57-49, On Saturday |
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| Written by MU SID | |||||
| Sunday, 24 January 2010 00:16 | |||||
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From Marshall Sports Information
for Herd Insider:
TULSA, Okla. - Red-shirt senior Kendra King tied her career high with 14 points as the Thundering Herd women's basketball team grabbed a 57-49 win over Tulsa on Saturday afternoon at the Reynolds Center.
King hit 5-of-10 shots. Eight of her points came the second half.
Another senior, Chantelle Handy, was the other double-digit scorer for the Herd (12-6, 4-2 C-USA), scoring 11.
Tulsa (6-10, 0-5 C-USA) jumped out on top, 6-4, three minutes into the contest before the Herd defense clamped down, holding the Golden Hurricane without a point for a stretch of eight minutes while opening up a 13-6 advantage.
A trey by Raechele Gray highlighted the run, which was capped off by a jumper in the lane by Adrian Randall.
Tulsa missed nine-consecutive shots before a three-pointer by Kara Vaughan cut the MU lead to 13-9 and the Herd took a 24-17 lead to the locker room at the half.
The Golden Hurricane's Larrissa Williams, the only player in Conference USA to rank in the top five in points, rebounds and blocked shots, kept Tulsa in the game, scoring the final eight points of the half for the Golden Hurricane.
Tulsa came out firing on all cylinders in the second half, scoring the first five points of the period and knotting the game at 26-26.
 MU Women bounce back from loss to WVU (above) with win at Tulsa in C-USA play - HI file photo.
The game remained close until the Herd sprinted out to a 43-37 edge with 7:45 remaining in the contest. A quick 5-0 spurt by Tulsa got it within one before Marshall scored six-straight to go up 49-42 with 4:33 left in the game.
Marshall controlled the game the rest of the way before taking home the 57-49 win.
Williams was the leading scorer and rebounder in the contest, scoring 16 points while hauling in 12 boards. Vaughan scored 12 for Tulsa, all coming via the three-point shot.
Marshall's defense stifled the Golden Hurricane, holding them to just 25.7 percent shooting for the game. Marshall shot 39 percent.
For the first time this season, the Herd won a game despite being out-rebounded by the opposition. Tulsa finished with a 46-43 advantage on the boards.
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