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UAB Falls In Overtime Battle With Marshall, 75-69
1/20/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 20, 2007
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The UAB women's basketball team dropped its overtime contest against the Marshall Thundering Herd, 75-69, Saturday evening at Bartow Arena. The Blazers' overall record now stands at 10-9, including a 5-2 mark in Conference USA. Marshall improves its record to 12-7 overall and 5-2 in the league.
"We fought hard and gave it all we had," said UAB head coach Audra Smith. "But, fatigue really set in during overtime.
"Diamond (Rogers) and Carmen (Guzman) really stepped up to the plate tonight and gave it everything they had. They had 49 of our 69 points. We've got to get other people that are going to be able step up and knock down shots."
After trailing by two at the half, 35-33, UAB held the lead most of the second period. The Blazers' largest lead came at the 14:31 mark when a three-point shot by senior Carmen Guzman put UAB up by eight, 48-40.
The Thundering Herd inched closer to the Blazers' lead, tying the game on multiple occasions late in the second half. After being deadlocked at 61-all with 2:36 remaining in regulation, sophomore Britney Jones hit her first trey of the night to put UAB on top, 64-61, with 50 seconds left on the clock.
Modupe Ishola came down the floor and hit a layup with 37 seconds remaining to cut UAB's lead to one, 64-63. Jones made one of two attempted free throws at the 20 second mark to put the Blazers up by two, 65-63. Following a foul by UAB junior Christon Ingram, Ishola sank a pair of free throws with eight seconds left to tie things up at 65-all. A missed shot by UAB in the last seconds of regulation forced overtime.
The Blazers were outscored 10-4 in the overtime period and picked up the loss at the hands of the Thundering Herd, 75-69.
Guzman tallied her second double-double of the year by scoring a game-high 29 points and grabbing a team-best 12 rebounds. Junior Diamond Rogers also put forth a 20-point effort with 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting. Jones contributed eight points, eight boards, five assists and four steals against Marshall.
Meagan Samis led the Thundering Herd with 19 points on 7-of-15 from the floor, including 3-of-3 from beyond the arc. Ishola added a double-double to her resume with 15 points and a game-high 16 boards.
Overall, Marshall shot 41.3 on the night, including 47.4 from three-point range and 70.0 percent from the charity stripe.
The Blazers hit 34.3 percent of their shots, including 37.5 percent from beyond the arc. UAB went to the free throw line 18 times, making 12 of its attempts for a 66.7 percentage.
The next game on the schedule for UAB is a home contest against Memphis on Saturday, January 27 at 6 p.m. in Bartow Arena.
