TUESDAY'S SCORES
@UT Martin 74, Missouri State 66
@SIUE 73, Roosevelt University 44
@Middle Tennessee 69,
Tennessee Tech 52
UT MARTIN 74, MISSOURI STATE 66
MARTIN, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin women’s basketball team led for over 38 minutes of Tuesday’s game and never trailed, as it picked up its first win of the season with a 74-64 victory over Missouri State at the Kathleen & Tom Elam Center.
In front of over 4,000 local school children for Education Day, the Skyhawks jumped out a 5-0 lead and never looked back. UT Martin would go on to lead by as many as 11 in the contest and held the lead for a total of 38 minutes and 32 seconds.
Coming into the game shooting just 67.5-percent from the free throw line, the Skyhawks put on a clinic Tuesday by making 18 of 24 attempts for an 83.3-percent clip. UT Martin was also efficient from the field in the game, making 24 of 55 shots for 43.6-percent.
Anaya Brown led three Skyhawks in double-digits in the game by tying her career-high with 25 points and notching the 11th double-double of her career, by also pulling down a game-high 12 rebounds. Brown was 8-for-19 from the floor in the game and 8-for-9 at the free throw line, to go along with two blocks.
Shae Littleford was next in line for UT Martin with 15 points, including a six-for-six performance at the free throw line, while Kenley McCarn followed with 14. Lexi Rubel was also successful on the glass Tuesday with seven boards.
SIUE 73, ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY 44
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - SIUE women's basketball team collected its first win of the season in a 77-43 blowout against Roosevelt University Tuesday night at First Community Arena.
SIUE improves to 1-3 on the year. Roosevelt falls to 1-4.
The Cougars never trailed in the game as they started off on an 8-0 run. SIUE held Roosevelt scoreless for over the first 5:00 of the first quarter.
SIUE expanded its lead to ten (16-6) in the opening quarter on a Macy Silvey three pointer with 1:11 left.
Roosevelt cut the deficit to two in the second quarter on a layup by Kencia Levasseur, but that's as close as the Lakers would be.
The Cougars stretched their first half lead to 14 thanks to an 11-1 run over 4:00 of game time and took a 34-20 lead into halftime.
The second half was controlled by SIUE as they outscored the Lakers 39-24 in the half number two.
SIUE took its largest lead of the game,69-33, on pair of free-throws by Carmen Martinez Lopez who scored her first collegiate points.
SIUE was led by junior forward Brianna Wooldridge, who recorded 12 points and 5 rebounds while dishing out 2 assists.
Missouri State transfer, Jaiden Bryant, recorded her best game as a Cougar scoring 11 points while adding 2 rebounds and an assist. Bryant scored nine of her points in the first half.
SIUE shot 31 of 63 (49 percent) from the field and 6 of 20 (30 percent) from three-point land.
The Cougars grabbed 43 rebounds and recorded 21 assists between nine different players.
Roosevelt was anchored by Kencia Levasseur who scored 9 points while grabbing 6 rebounds and adding 2 assists.
The Lakers shot 15 of 61 (24 percent) from the field and 3 of 15 (20 percent) from behind the arc.
MIDDLE TENNESSEE 69, TENNESSEE TECH 52
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - – Peyton Carter and Anna Walker scored In double-figures to lead the Tennessee Tech women Tuesday night, but Middle Tennessee snapped the Golden Eagles' four-game winning streak at Murphy Center, topping Tech 69-52.
Tech (4-1) returns to action Saturday as the Golden Eagles head to Johnson City to take on East Tennessee State to continue the four-game road trip with Samford and Colorado still ahead before returning to the Eblen Center.
Peyton Carter ended the game with 10 points on 3-of-6 shooting, draining three 3-pointers and going 1-for-2 at the line. She also had five rebounds and three assists in the contest. Walker had 10 points on 4-for-14 shooting with a pair of long-range buckets, while also collecting four boards, one assist and a steal.
The Blue Raiders only hit three more shots than the Golden Eagles in the game as MTSU was 22-for-55 and Tech 19-for-55. The differential shooting-wise came at the line as the Blue Raiders were 19-for-22 at the stripe off of 20 Tech fouls. The Golden Eagles went 7-for-13 at the charity stripe off of 15 Middle Tennessee fouls.
It was a reunion of Macon County High teammates with Keeley Carter for the Golden Eagles and Jalynn Gregory for Middle Tennessee. Gregory ended the game with 20 points – 4-for-8 from the field, 2-for-6 from 3-point range and a perfect 10-for-10 at the line. She also had five boards, four assists and two steals.
Keeley Carter picked up eight points with six rebounds, five assists, a steal and a block.
Ta'Mia Scott led Middle Tennessee with 23 points on 8-for-13 shooting with three 3-pointers, eight rebounds, two steals and a block.
Offense was at a premium in the opening quarter with both teams keeping pace. The Golden Eagles scored five straight points to take a one-point lead midway through the period, but the Blue Raiders scored six straight to take a 16-10 advantage after the first stanza.
Both teams scored 15 points in the second quarter, then Middle Tennessee scored 19 points in each of the final two quarters to pull away, leading by as many as 17 points.
MTSU turned 18 Tech turnovers into 23 points, while the Golden Eagles converted 15 turnovers into nine points. The Blue Raiders also had seven blocks in the game, with Anastasiia Boldyreva deflecting six.