TicketsJan. 30, 2010
CINCINNATI - The University of Cincinnati women's basketball team dropped a 64-47 decision to USF on Saturday (Jan. 30) afternoon in Fifth Third Arena.
Michelle Jones (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mt. Notre Dame) scored 12 points to lead the Bearcats (9-11, 2-6 BIG EAST), who dropped their second straight. Carla Jacobs (Cleveland, Ohio/Regina) added 10 points and four rebounds.
The Bearcats shot just 33 percent from the field and hit just 2-of-11 from three-point range. USF (12-8, 3-4), led by Jessica Lawson's 22 points and 12 rebounds, shot 48 percent from the floor and outrebounded the Bearcats, 40-29.
USF jumped out to a 5-0 lead minutes into the game, but UC responded with the next six points to go ahead by one with 17:04 to go in the first. That was the last lead the Bearcats would hold, however, as a 7-0 run by USF made it 12-6 with 12:32 left in the first. The Bulls pushed it to as much as nine before three straight points for UC made it 23-17 going into the break.
The Bearcats shot just 22 percent (5-of-23) in the first stanza, but held the Bulls to just 39 percent shooting and forced 10 turnovers to stay in the game.
UC scored the first four points of the second half to cut the lead to 23-21. After a Leondra Doomes-Stephens three pushed the lead to five, four straight points for the Bearcats cut it to 26-25 with 17:18 to go.
The Bulls used a 10-3 run to push the lead to eight, 36-28, with 14:17 to play. UC got the deficit to five on a couple of occassions, but could get no closer and USF closed the game on a 22-10 run to win going away.
Doomes-Stephens scored 17, while Sequoyah Griffin posted 10 points, nine rebounds, and nine assists for the visitors.
Val Schuster (Wausau, Wis./Wausau Newman Central) grabbed a career-high nine rebounds for the Bearcats.
Jamelle Elliott and her coaching staff, along with the USF coaching staff, wore sneakers instead of dress shoes with their suits during Saturday's game as they participated in the Coaches vs. Cancer Suits and Sneakers Awareness Weekend in support of the American Cancer Society.
The Bearcats will travel to Louisville to take on the Cardinals on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast on CBS College Sports Television.