MONROE, La. -- Jasmine
Shaw finished with a career-high 27 points as ULM (2-6, 0-2) handled Southern
Miss (4-4, 0-0), 73-55. The Warhawks have now taken five of the last seven from
Southern Miss. ULM led by as many as 27 on its way to its second win and
first home win of the season.
Alexar Tugler scored 13 points while Ashleigh Simmons chipped in 10. Southern
Miss struggled offensively all day and shot 31% from the field. Tanecka Carey
scored 22 points to lead USM after having 17 at half.
The Warhawks led 8-5 at the 17-minute mark as ULM's
transition led to easy, early buckets. Southern Miss settled down and led 13-11
with 13 minutes left in the first half.
A three-point play from Christina Gray pulled the Warhawks
within four, 22-18, with nine minutes left before halftime. ULM was hanging
around and a Shaw jumper kept the deficit at four, 30-26, with four minutes on
the clock. Shaw followed with a three-pointer before two free throws from
Elexar Tugler gave ULM a 31-30 advantage.
ULM ended the half on a 13-2 run and held onto a 37-32
advantage, powered by 15 points from Shaw with the team only committing four
turnovers. Carey led USM with 17 points.
ULM took its largest lead of the afternoon, 44-38,on a
three-pointer from Alexar Tugler with 17 minutes left in the game. Shaw
eclipsed her previous career-high of 18 points (20) with a three-pointer to
give ULM a 48-39 lead with 12:46 on the clock.
Shaw matched her career-high with her third three-pointer to
give ULM a 55-39 lead with 9:30 to play. The Golden Eagles went on an 8:46 field
goal drought to allow the Warhawks to stretch its lead to 61-41 with six
minutes left.
The Warhawks would collect its first home win of the season,
73-55.
ULM will play the next two games in Texas with the Longhorns
on Dec. 11 and SMU on Dec. 17. Tuesday's game in Austin, Texas will be on
Longhorn Network with a 7 p.m. tipoff.
Head Coach Mona
Martin Quotes
"The surprising part to me was how many transition buckets we got today
because they are know for their fast-break game. Overall, this was a huge game
for us. We only had four turnovers the
first half and when you don't make mistakes, people cannot capitalize on them."
"We handled everything they threw at us very well and I am
really excited for the girls today."
"We made the extra pass tonight and that is why we
were successful. This should give us a lot of confidence. Southern Miss is
coming off beating Mississippi State and they were off to a nice start. To me,
this should tell our girls that we can hang with anybody but it will take this
kind of effort every time out."
