TROY, Ala. - A last-second steal by sophomore
Elexar Tugler preserved a 49-46 ULM women's basketball Sun Belt Conference
victory at Troy Saturday night inside Sartain Hall.
The Warhawks (6-15, 4-4) forced 19 Trojan
turnovers, converting 21 of those miscues into points. ULM also held the edge scoring in the paint (20-16)
and fast break scoring (10-4).
Troy (1-17, 0-7) exploded out of the locker
room in the second half with a 6-0 run to cut a 10-point halftime deficit to
30-26. A putback by senior Marion Zollicoffer
off a sophomore Jasmine Shaw miss extended the ULM advantage back to eight
(34-26). A jumper from senior Elizabeth Torres
lengthened the cushion to 36-26.
The Trojans drew within six points on
back-to-back 3-pointers from Jasmine Pitts and Sarah McAppion (46-40). A triple from Brooke Bowie capped an 11-0 run
to close the gap to 46-43. An and-1 from
Bowie made it a one-point ballgame at 47-46 with under 1:30 to play.
Senior Larrie Williams led ULM with 11 points
and nine rebounds, while Shaw added 10 points and two steals.
Zollicoffer finished a nice feed from sophomore
Alexar Tugler for the game's first points and a 2-0 lead. Ieva Nagy answered with a bucket for Troy,
and McAppion followed to give the Trojans a 4-2 advantage.
ULM took its first lead of the game at 9-7 on
a made 3-pointer from the corner by Shaw.
A 3-pointer from Alexar Tugler pushed the Warhawk lead to 12-9. A triple from Troy's Bowie tied the score at
12-all.
The Warhawks held the Trojans to two field
goals over the final 6:30 of the opening half, closing on a 12-4 run to take a
30-20 advantage into the break. Williams
paced all scorers with eight points and added four rebounds. Zollicoffer contributed six points, five
rebounds and a blocked shot.
McAppion scored a game-high 12 points for
Troy, and Bowie added nine points and five rebounds.
The Warhawks return to the court Jan. 28 at 2
p.m. against UL-Lafayette inside Fant-Ewing Coliseum.
