The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
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Tulane
Lady Blazers Fall To Tulane, 71-62
2/18/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 18, 2001
NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane women's basketball team held UAB to just one field goal in overtime, as the Green Wave posted a 71-62 win over the Lady Blazers at Fogelman Arena on Sunday.
Tulane improved to 18-9 with the win, moving to 11-4 in league play. UAB dropped to 16-9 and stand at 8-6 in C-USA action. The win was Tulane's fifth straight over the Lady Blazers.
After ending regulation tied at 56-56, Tulane scored the first four points of the extra frame thanks to a pair of free throws from Britt Themann and a jumper by Kelly Nadeau as the shot clock was running down. UAB cut the lead to three on a free throw from Mia Thrash, but Janell Burse answered with an old-fashioned three-point play. Another Thrash free throw cut the Tulane lead to 63-58 before Gwen Slaughter hit a lay-up to push the Wave advantage to seven. Deanna Jackson scored on a lay-up and hit a free throw with 2:14 left and Michelle Smith added another free throw to bring UAB to within three, 65-62. But it would be the Lady Blazers' final points of the game, as Tulane closed the contest with a 6-0 burst to seal the win. Sarah Goree scored the Wave's next five points, hitting a jumper on the baseline before connecting on one of two free throws with 47 seconds left. However, she rebounded her own miss on the second free throw, was fouled, and connected on two more charity tosses to put Tulane up 70-62 with 38 seconds remaining. Burse added a free throw with 29 seconds left to give the Green Wave the 71-62 victory.
Burse led all scorers with 22 points and 13 rebounds for her 15th double-double of the year. She had four points and four rebounds in overtime and added two blocks. Sarah Goree added 15 points and three assists, with five points coming in the extra frame. Britt Themann also scored in double figures for Tulane, chipping in 12 points, thanks in part to a 4-of-4 performance from the free throw line. Gwen Slaughter also turned in a strong game for the Wave, finishing with eight points, seven rebounds, two assists and three blocks without committing a turnover in 31 minutes of play. Taryn Turnbull pulled down a career-high seven rebounds.
Tulane led 10-4 early in the game, before UAB used a 12-3 run to build a 16-13 cushion at the 11:10 mark. A basket from Teana McKiver and a fastbreak lay-up from Taryn Turnbull gave Tulane a 17-16 lead, but Deanna Jackson answered with a three-pointer to hand UAB a two-point cushion. The teams traded points before a pair of free throws from Jackson gave UAB a 27-23 lead with 2:53 left. Britt Themann hit a three-pointer for Tulane to trim the lead to one, but a jumper from Jackson gave UAB a 29-26 lead. Burse scored on a lay-up and hit her free throw after she was fouled on the play to even the score at 29-29. With the score tied at 31-31, Burse hit a lay-up with two seconds left to give Tulane a 33-31 lead at the break.
UAB started the second half with a 13-3 burst to build a 44-36 lead four minutes in. After the teams traded baskets, a Kelly Nadeau three-pointer cut the UAB lead to three, 46-43. But Jackson answered with a three-pointer for UAB to restore the six-point cushion. The teams continued to trade points until a lay-up from Gwen Slaughter, a jumper from Themann and a free throw from Taryn Turnbull pulled the Wave to within one, 51-50, at the 8:40 mark. A jumper from Sarah Goree gave Tulane its first lead since halftime, 54-53, before a Mia Thrash lay-up gave UAB a 55-54 advantage at the 3:11 mark. Janell Burse scored to put the Wave back up by one, but Jackson hit a free throw to even the score at 56-56. Natasha Thomas had a chance to give UAB the lead, but she missed the front end of a one-plus-one with four seconds left. UAB retained possession after the ball went out of bounds off a Tulane player, but Jackson turned the ball over on the ensuing in-bounds play. Tulane took over with four seconds left, but they also turned the ball over, giving UAB one last chance with 1.1 seconds remaining. Mia Thrash took the in-bounds pass, and her shot from just inside half-court went in, but the officials waved off the basket as coming after time had expired.
Tulane connected on 4-of-5 shots in overtime, while holding UAB to just 1-of-7 shooting in the extra frame. For the game, the Wave hit 39.7 percent of their shots (25-of-63). Tulane also hit 7-of-10 free throws in overtime, finishing the game 16-of-23 from the line. UAB held a 50-41 edge in rebounding, but Tulane committed just 11 turnovers and blocked five shots.
