Despite a career performance by junior Aja Sorrells, Erica Woods and her Marshall University fell in heartbreaking fashion to the Old Dominion Lady Monarchs in overtime, 65-52, at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.
Woods played a total of 23 minutes going 0 for 1 from the Field, she did not attempt a Free Throw, Woods did grab 1 Rebound to go along with 2 Assist and 1 Steal.
Old Dominion struck first with a three, but Marshall reacted swiftly with 10 consecutive points, holding Old Dominion scoreless from 19:30 to 12:16 in the opening half. Sorrells contributed five during the 10-point stretch.
Defensive resilience created another Marshall run, going 12-to-0 from 11:03 to 5:55, setting the score at 22-8. Marshall kept rolling and eventually ended the half on top, 29-17. At the break, Sorrells had already set career-highs of 10 points and seven rebounds.
Old Dominion opened half on 5-to-2 run, but Marshall responded and re-gained a double-digit lead at 14:48 after Orlandria Williams scored Marshall’s first field goal of the half, making it 33-22. Marshall held a double-digit lead for the majority of the second half, with a largest lead of 12 at 7:33, at 46-34.
From that point, an 11-to-2 Old Dominion run cut the lead to 48-45 with 1:14 on the clock. A shot clock violation with 44 seconds remaining gave Old Dominion the ball, and Shae Kelley converted her first and only three of the game to tie it at 48 with 23 seconds to go. Time expired and Marshall found itself in its second overtime period of the season.
In overtime, Old Dominion found their first lead since the opening bucket, going on a 9-to-0 run to open the extra period with the score at 57-48. At that point Old Dominion had put up 17 unanswered points from the 5:48 mark in the second half. Marshall couldn’t seem to find an answer for Old Dominion pressure, and time expired with the score at 65-52.
Turnovers were detrimental for Marshall in overtime, as Old Dominion converted six points off Marshall errors. Old Dominion also handily out-rebounded Marshall in overtime, grabbing four rebounds to Marshall’s one.
Sorrells was just one rebound away from a double-double with career-highs 13 points and nine boards. Chukwuka Ezeigbo and AJ Johnson followed with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
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