Box Score Dec. 17, 2010
Box Score
NEW ORLEANS - Jasmine Bendolph scored a season-high 17 points and Kiara Young added only her second career double double with 12 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Lady Techsters to a 78-72 win over Tulane at Fogelman Arena Friday night.
With the nation's 10th leading scorer in Adrienne Johnson saddled with foul trouble for most of the night, Young came off the Tech bench to hit 6-of-7 field goals, including 12-footer with 1:28 to play to up the Lady Techsters advantage to 70-67.
Tech (6-3) hit 8-of-12 free throws in the final 60 seconds of play to hold off the Green Wave (7-2) rally as the Lady Techsters improved to 8-0 all-time against Tulane (7-2).
Tarkeisha Wysinger-Mackey scored a season-high 16 points, including 14 in the second half, while Whitney Jones added 12 points. Johnson, who entered the game averaging 22.0 points per game, scored eight points and grabbed eight rebounds in 23 minutes.
Johnson picked up her third foul of the first half with over seven minutes to play and sat the rest of the half as Tech entered the halftime locker room tied at 30-30. The Franklin native then was whistled for her fourth foul with 17:26 to play in the game as head coach Teresa Weatherspoon pulled her with Tech leading 34-30.
With Johnson on the bench, Tech didn't miss a beat building as much as a 60-46 advantage with 8:33 to play on a layup by Wysinger-Mackey. However, a 10-0 run by the Green Wave cut the advantage to four before the Lady Techsters pushed it back out to double figures at 68-58 with 3:23 to play.
Tulane then made one final run, cutting the advantage down to 68-67 setting up Young's big shot that ignited the final finish by the Techsters.
Tech shot 51 percent (29-57) for the game, including 59 percent (17-29) in a second half that saw them outscore the Green Wave 48-42. Tech also outrebounded Tulane 53-26.
Tiffany Aidoo led Tulane with 16 points while Olivia Grayson and Whitney Bibbins added 13 points each.
The Lady Techsters return to action Sunday when they face LSU at 3 p.m. at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The game can be heard on ESPN 97.7 FM and will also be televised live on Cox Sports Television.