TUESDAY'S SCORES
@No. 3 Louisville 95,
Tennessee State 56
@Jacksonville State 49, Alabama A&M 33
LOUISVILLE 95, TENNESSEE STATE 56
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Tennessee State University women’s basketball team dropped a, 95-56, decision to No. 3 Louisville Tuesday night in KFC Yum! Center.
TSU (1-6) played hard the entire night but the number three ranked team in the nation kept the Lady Tigers at bay. Louisville remained undefeated and improved to 12-0 on the season.
Freshman Taylor Williams scored a career-high 17 points to lead TSU while redshirt junior Tia Wooten registered 12 points and five rebounds. UofL had seven players score in double-digits.
Louisville opened the game with a 12-0 run and forced an early TSU timeout.
Taylor Roberts scored at the 6:10 mark to get TSU on the board.
At the end of the first period the score was, 28-12, in favor of Louisville.
The TSU offense used a 7-0 spurt in the second period before being outscored, 29-15, in the frame. UofL led, 57-27, at the break.
The home team outscored TSU 10-2 to begin the second half and increased the advantage to, 67-29. TSU continued to fight but could not overcome the deficit.
]TSU returns to action on Friday, Dec. 15 at home. The Lady Tigers host cross town opponent Lipscomb University. Game time is set for 6 p.m. in the Gentry Center.
JACKSONVILLE STATE 49, ALABAMA A&M 33
JACKSONVILLE, Ala - In their lowest scoring contest of the season so far, the Jacksonville State women's basketball team still managed to pull out a 49-33 victory over in-state foe, Alabama A&M, Tuesday night at Pete Mathews Coliseum.
The win came in the final non-conference home game of the year for JSU (6-3), who has established an early 4-1 mark in its home floor. The visiting Bulldogs (4-4) fell in the first matchup between the two schools since 2009.
Head coach Rick Pietri, now in his fifth season at the helm of the Jax State program, tied former Gamecock head coach Tony Mabrey (1990-93) for third on the school's all-time wins list with 62 career victories for the Red and White.
JSU shot just 33 percent in the win, however 12 Gamecocks managed to score with freshman Kiana Johnson leading the way with eight points following her first career start. The defense was the bigger story for JSU as the Gamecocks held A&M to 21 percent shooting (12-for-57). The Bulldogs were twice limited to single-digit scoring quarters with six in the second and just four in the third.
Both teams felt each other out early as the score read 4-2 midway through the first. Eventually the scoring picked up with Jax State leading 11-10 at the end of the opening period. An 8-0 run to start the second broke the game open for JSU who went into halftime with a 26-16 advantage. The margin would double in the third as the Gamecocks extended their gap to 40-20 at one point for the largest lead of the night.
JSU took advantage of A&M's missed shots winning the rebounding battle, 52-38. It was the most rebounds since JSU recorded 55 in their season-opening win. Rayven Pearson had a team-best 12 boards, while Chloe Long secured nine, followed by Tyler Phelion and Tasha Magruder each with seven.
JSU hits the road this weekend traveling to Clemson, South Carolina, to meet the Tigers from the Atlantic Coast Conference. Game time for Sunday's contest is schedule for 1 p.m. CT.