With its first Conference USA win on the line, Erica Woods and her Marshall University Women’s Basketball teammates fell short versus the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, in front of a crowd of 637 at Cam Henderson Center.
Woods played 21 minutes of action going 1 for 1 from the Field, which was a 3 Pointer for her 3 Points on the day, she also grabbed 4 Rebounds.
In spite of a blizzard that delayed Tulsa from arriving in Huntington until late, they started the game on fire from behind the arc, going 5-of-5 in the first six minutes. A 10-to-0 run put Tulsa ahead, 23-7, at 13:24. Tulsa kept a double-digit lead for the next 10 minutes of play, going up by as many as 16 points at three different times.
After a 16-to-4 run over 5:30, Marshall cut the Tulsa lead down to only four, at 40-36, with 2:17 before halftime. Senior Suporia Dickens was a big part of Marshall’s surge, contributing nine points and three rebounds during that stretch. She ended the half well on her way to a double-double, with 12 points and nine boards.
Coming out of halftime, Marshall kept Tulsa’s lead in single digits until the 14:57 mark, when a Mariah Turner layup gave Tulsa an 11-point advantage at 52-41. Less than a minute later, junior center Chukwuka Ezeigbo fought through the defense for a put back, but Turner secured the double-digit lead once again at 13:04. Tulsa kept rolling, slowly but surely, with help from three treys by Kelsee Grovey in the final eight minutes. Tulsa went up by 20 points with 3:26 remaining, and went on to win by an 18-point margin, at 80-62.
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