University of Memphis Athletics
Memphis Postgame Notes
Nov 29, 2014 | Women's Basketball
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Memphis Women's Basketball Postgame Notes
Memphis 66, UALR 55
November 29, 2014
Team Notes
· Memphis falls to 2-4 with the loss while UALR remains unbeaten at 5-0
· The Trojans have now won three-consecutive contests with the Tigers
· The Tigers 59 points was 13 better than the season average of UALR's opponents
· Memphis used the starting lineup of Wilder-Cochran, Hearn, Fuqua-Bey, Wright and Rowser for the fifth time in six games
Game Notes
· UALR went into the locker room at the half with a 31-24 lead after shooting 43% from the field
· The Trojans asserted their dominance in the paint, outscoring the Tigers, 22-10 in the first half
· Memphis shot .360 from the field for the game while UALR boasted a .407 average
· 48 fouls were called on both sides, resulting in 54 free throw attempts
· Ariel Hearn was the games-high scorer while Briana Wright brought down the most rebounds
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Player Notes
· No. 3 Taylor Williams – Season-high five rebounds
· No. 4 Ariel Hearn – Posted her 20th-career game with at least 20 points and has 20+ in three-straight games; tied a season-high with five rebounds; new season-high in field goals made and attempted, going 7-for-17 from the court; added six shots from the charity stripe, making four for another season-high for the guard
· No. 5 Brea Elmore – Season-high two rebounds
· No. 11 Amber Holmes – added her second career bucket and remains a perfect 2-for-2 on shots; served up her first career assist
· No. 21 Asianna Fuqua-Bey – Passed 500 career points with her basket early in the first half to give her 510 in her career; highest scoring output of the season with 11 points; new season-high in free throws , going 4-of-6 from the charity stripe; dished out two assists for the fourth time in six games for the Tigers and added a block to her stat line for the second-straight game
· No. 22 Brianna Wright – second-career double-double with 14 points and 16 rebounds; 14 points were a new career-high; brought down 16 boards for the second time this season and her 5-of-11 shooting also was the highest of the season for the junior
