Freeman and Clark Lead 17-point Comeback Win At Southern Miss., 62-58

Wednesday, December 4

Hattiesburg, Miss.

5 p.m.

Tulane University

3-5

Southern Mississippi

6-1

Tulane

Southern Miss

Freeman and Clark Lead 17-point Comeback Win At Southern Miss., 62-58

Dec 4, 2019 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

By: Pierce Feltner

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – After trailing by 17 points in the third quarter, the Tulane University women's basketball team came back to defeat Southern Miss., 62-58.

"I thought we did a tremendous job of creating turnovers and turning them into points," Green Wave head coach Lisa Stockton said. "Our energy really picked up and I thought we really changed the momentum of the game with our press."

Tulane (4-5) outshot Southern Miss. (6-2) .373-.361, but the Lady Eagles grabbed 45 rebounds to Tulane's 40. The Olive and Blue snagged a season-high 13 steals and forced 23 Southern Miss. turnovers. Junior Krystal Freeman led all players with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Junior Arsula Clark scored 17 of her 20 points in the second half. Clark also added three rebounds, two steals and one assist. Sophomore Mia Heide logged a team-high three assists and three steals.

Southern Miss. opened the third quarter on a 9-2 run to take a 41-24 lead with six minutes left in the quarter. The Green Wave answered with an 11-0 run of their own to cut the score to 41-35 with four minutes left. The Lady Eagles led 44-39 heading into the fourth quarter.

Tulane scored the first eight points of the fourth quarter, highlighted by five straight points from Clark, to take a 47-44 lead with eight minutes left. The game was tied at 49-49 then Freeman and freshman Salma Bates scored five straight for the Wave to take a 54-49 lead with five minutes left.

After trading baskets, the Lady Eagles cut the score to 58-56 with 20 seconds left. Freeman was fouled and made one of two free throws to give Tulane a 59-56 edge. The Lady Eagles hit a contested layup with 10 seconds left to make the score 59-58. Freshman Irina Parau was fouled on the ensuing inbounds play and hit one of two from the charity strip to give Tulane a 60-58 lead. After a defensive stop from the Wave, Freeman knocked down two free throws to set the final score at 62-58.

Freeman opened with the hot hand scoring six of the first nine points for Tulane. Both teams traded buckets through the first quarter with Tulane taking a 15-14 advantage over Southern Miss. after the first period. Freeman scored 10 points in the first quarter.

After trading baskets for the first eight minutes of the second quarter, the Lady Eagles closed the first half on a 9-3 run to take a 30-22 lead into the break.

Respect Leaphart led the Lady Eagles with 16 points.

Up next, the Green Wave will host South Alabama on Saturday, Dec. 7. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m. at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse.

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