Box Score
HOUSTON – The HBU women's basketball team lost to Great West Conference-leading Chicago State by a score of 79-50 on Thursday, Feb. 3, in Sharp Gym.
Jamie Spriggs and Megan Green each scored team highs of 14 points for HBU (2-19, 0-6 GWC). Green's 14 points were one better than her previous season-high set versus Central Arkansas in November. Destini Texada, who was shut out in the first half, finished the game with six points and led the Huskies with eight rebounds. She also set a new season high with six assists, one shy of her career mark against Wiley on Dec. 16, 2009.
Courtney Waldon led Chicago State (15-8, 6-0 GWC) with a game-high 20 points. She also had seven steals, four assists and one block. Tressa Beckel scored 15 points and was tied for the game-high of 10 rebounds, with Caila Desroches. Desroches finished with 14 points while Natalie Marlowe scored 10. Marlowe's six assists all came in the first half.
“There is a reason why Chicago State is 6-0 in the conference,” said head coach Mary Gleason. “They always come ready to play, they rebound and they make shots. We dug ourselves into a hole in the first half, but in the second half, we had a nice run and we picked up the defensive intensity. Megan and Jamie contributed well offensively and we're looking forward to Saturday to put 40 minutes together.”
Chicago State scored the game's first points as Janay Dockery hit a jumper 55 seconds into the game. The Huskies tied the game on a jumper by Spriggs. That was the only tie of the ball game as the Cougars took the lead for good on a jumper in the paint by Elana Wroten at the 17:57 mark of the first half.
Four minutes went past without a basket before Wroten hit another jump and the Cougars were up by four, 6-2 with 13 minutes left in the opening half. The Huskies cut the lead to one as Tia Jackson made a layup and hit the ensuing free throw for a three-point play.
Dockery hit a jumper one minute after Jackson's free throw and the Cougars were up 8-5 with 12:42 left in the first half.
After a steal by Dockery, Waldon had a layup to make it 10-5 CSU. Desroches had a layup and following another steal by Dockery, Desroches had another layup as the Cougars led 14-5. Beckel hit a jumper followed by a Desroches layup. Ernesta Griciunaite answered with a jumper to end the Cougar 12-0 run as CSU led 18-5 with 8:39 left in the first half.
Desroches gave the visitors the 13-point lead again as she had a layup. Following a media timeout, Green hit a three pointer, but was answered by a long ball by Waldon as CSU led 23-10 with 6:59 left in the opening half.
A steal by Waldon led to a jumper. Another Husky turnover turned into two points by Desroches as the Cougars led 27-10 with 5:26 remaining.
Spriggs had a layup assisted by Tia Jackson. Green hit a three-pointer and the Cougar lead was down to 12, 27-15 with 4:33 left in the first half. CSU answered with a layup by Dockery and a three-pointer by Jazzmyn Harvey to give the Cougars a 32-17 advantage with three-and-a-half minutes remaining.
Joselyn Pugh was fouled and hit both of her free throws. Beckel had a pair of layups and the half ended with a three pointer by Waldon, as CSU led 39-17 at halftime.
Chicago State opened the second half on a 6-0 run as Natalie Marlowe hit two free throws and a layup each by Wroten and Beckel. The run ended with a three pointer by Green, as CSU led 45-20 with 18:15 left in the second half.
A Texada jumper was answered by one by Marlowe. Waldon hit a three pointer. Following two made freebies by Marlowe, HBU went on an 11-3 run, started by a three pointer by Green. On the following Cougar possession, Texada stole the ball and went in for a layup. Marlowe hit a jumper followed by a layup by Spriggs. She missed the free throw for the three-point play, but the Huskies stopped the ensuing Cougar run and Green hit a jumper, which prompted Chicago State to take a timeout. HBU trailed, 54-31, with 13:21 left in the second half. After the timeout, Desroche had a layup which was answered by one by Texada.
With CSU leading 56-33 with 12-and-a-half left in the game, the Cougars used an 18-0 run to lead the Huskies, 74-33, with 8:48 remaining. Spriggs stopped the run with a jumper and after a Cougar turnover, Brittany Barton hit a jumper as CSU led, 74-37, with just under eight minutes left in the second half.
Spriggs had a layup and was later fouled. She hit both free throws and Barton had a layup as the Huskies were down 74-43 with 5:13 remaining.
Two minutes went past without points by either team until Waldon hit a jumper with three minutes left and the Cougars up 76-43. Spriggs had a layup that was answered by a Marlowe jumper. Jade Penick hit a jumper as CSU led, 78-47, with 1:25 left in the second half.
Joselyn Pugh hit a three pointer and Desroches hit one of two free throws to conclude the scoring.
HBU had 29 turnovers in the game which resulted in 33 points for the Cougars.
