Erica Woods and her Marshall University Women's Basketball teammates went down 67 - 50 to the No. 1 team in Conference USA, Southern Methodist University (SMU), in Dallas, Texas.
Marshall was led by three players who had double-digit scoring including Chukwuka Ezeigbo and Suporia Dickens both scored 12 points and Woods scored 10 points.
SMU was led by Kansas transfer, Keena Mays, who had a game-high 17 points after going 4-for-8 from behind the three-point arc. She also had five rebounds, five assists, and two steals. Akil Simpson added 15 points and recorded a double-double after earning 11 rebounds.
Inaccurate shooting plagued Marshall as they went 19-of-64 from the field for a 29.7 shooting percentage. Marshall finished with an 18.2 percentage in three-pointers after going 4-for-22 from behind the arc. Marshall also had trouble grabbing the free points, going 8-for-16 from the charity stripe.
Marshall out-rebounded SMU 46-41 and totaled 22 offensive rebounds, compared to Southern Methodist University’s 14. The 46 rebounds was the second-highest total of the season for Marshall. Unfortunately, Marshall could only turn the 22 offensive boards into 15 second chance points.
Woods went 4 for 10 from the Field, in 30 minutes of action, she also went 2 for 5 from the Free Throw Line. Woods grabbed 5 Rebounds to go along with 3 Assist.
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