Tulane University
Memphis
Women's Basketball Cruises Past Memphis
Jan 19, 2003 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 19, 2003
NEW ORLEANS, La. - -
Tulane 70, Memphis 46 - Box Score
Lakethia Hampton scored a career-high 16 points and Gwen Slaughter and Delacey Joseph each had double-doubles to lead the Tulane women's basketball team to a 70-46 win over Conference USA rival Memphis at Fogelman Arena on Sunday.
Tulane posted its fourth straight win to improve to 12-4 overall and 3-0 in league play. Memphis drops to 6-9 overall and 0-3 in Conference USA play. Sunday's win marked the fourth straight opponent and sixth in the last eight games, that Tulane has held under 60 points.
Leading Memphis 21-18 with 4:05 left in the first half, Tulane closed the opening stanza with a 10-3 burst to take a 30-21 lead into the locker room. The Tigers scored the first basket of the second half, but the Green Wave answered with 10 straight points, with eight coming from Teana McKiver, to build a 40-23 lead with 14:59 remaining in the game. From there, Tulane slowly pulled awayand led by as many as 29 before claiming the 24-point victory.
"I think we played much smarter in the second half," Tulane head coach Lisa Stockton said. "We executed our offense better after halftime and were able to get Teana (McKiver) and Gwen (Slaughter) more involved. I thought our trapping defense really bothered them, too. We really had a lot of defensive intensity tonight."
Hampton recorded a career-high 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting, while also pulling down four rebounds and grabbing two steals. Joseph added 12 points and 10 rebounds for her first career double-double and had five assists. Slaughter chipped in 11 points and 11 rebounds for her second double-double in as many games. McKiver added 12 points, six rebounds, four blocked shots and two steals in only 24 minutes of work.
As a team, Tulane hit 55.6 percent of its shots in the second half (15-of-27) and outscored the Tigers 40-25 after the break. Memphis was just 18-of-62 (29.0 percent) from the field for the game, including a 1-of-8 showing from behind the three-point line (12.5 percent). The Green Wave had a 45-39 edge on the boards and forced 25 Memphis turnovers.
"We got another great contribution from our bench today, especially from Lakethia (Hampton)," Stockton added. "And Delacey really did a great job of crashing the boards."
The Green Wave got 25 points from its bench and scored 18 points off Memphis' turnovers. Kelly Nadeau nabbed five steals for Tulane.
Tulane returns to action on Friday, as the Green Wave travel to face league rival Southern Miss in Hattiesburg.
