NEW ORLEANS - The University of New Orleans rallied from 17 points down and defeated Arkansas State 72-68 on Saturday afternoon.
The Lady
Privateers, improving to 7-4 (2-0 SBC) outscored the Lady Indians 46-29
in the second half, taking a late lead with 13.1 left in the game when
Candice McGee made two clutch free throws. ASU turned over the ball on
the throw-in and Jada Frazier sunk two more shots from the charity
stripe to clinch the win.
Five
players scored in double-figures for UNO led by Frazier, who scored 19.
Le'Della English added 14 while Talishia Young and Brittany Helm had 11
apiece. Cookie Johnson completed the double-digit scorers with 10.
UNO was
only out-rebounded for the third time this season with ASU having a
41-33 edge in the game while once more finding success from the charity
stripe, making 69.2 percent of their free throws on 18 of 26 shooting.
ASU drops
to 6-5 (1-1 SBC) on the season. The Lady Indians were led by Ebonie
Jefferson who scored 14 points. Veronica Smith and Sherina Scott added
13 and 12 points, respectively.
In the
second half, UNO started off slow as ASU grabbed their largest lead of
the game at 17 points. The Lady Privateers rallied back, including a
10-0 rally in which Johnson scored eight points to close an 11 point
gap down to two.
ASU would grab a late five point lead at 68-63 before UNO eventually tied it up on a Helm lay-up with 59.7 seconds left.
UNO got off
to a quick start in the first half scoring six of the first eight
points behind three-pointers by Frazier and English to take. The Tribe
would strike back with a 19-6 run as a balanced offense gave ASU a
21-12 lead.
The Lady
Indians would extend the lead to 16 points as UNO turned over the ball
16 times during the first half. An English three-pointer would cap
scoring at the half with ASU taking a 39-26 advantage into the break.
Frazier led UNO with eight points including two from beyond the arc.
The Lady
Privateers return to the floor in out of conference action next Sunday
when they face the nationally-ranked LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge, La.
Game time for the Dec. 30 game is set for 2 p.m.
