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UT Women Rout Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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By MATTHEW POSTINS, Tribune correspondent

Published: November 27, 2007

Updated: 11/27/2007 12:22 am

TAMPA - The University of Tampa women closed out a tiring start to their season with an 80-54 victory over Puerto Rico-Mayaguez on Monday at the Bob Martinez Sports Center.

Sheena Walton led the Spartans (6-1) with 15 points. Erica Woodard, Tiara Cook and Kym Taylor each scored 12 points.

"We're pretty pleased to be 6-1," UT coach Tom Jessee said. "To get out of that stretch at 6-1, against that caliber of teams, we feel pretty fortunate."

The win Monday closed out a stretch in which the Spartans played seven games in 10 days. It included a road trip to California, a road trip to Georgia and featured key victories against No. 11 Valdosta State and West Georgia last weekend.

With their Sunshine State Conference opener at Rollins looming Saturday, the Spartans could use a break.

"We're looking forward to getting back to practice," Jessee said. "We've felt like an NBA team. All we've done is play and do shoot-arounds."

The Spartans emerged from this stretch healthy, though guard DeShaydia Mackey missed two games and forward Alexa Kane missed one. Kane walked around campus last Wednesday with her right foot in a walking boot. But she hit double figures in both contests last weekend.
Jessee said Kane has had foot problems off and on and the boot is a precaution. Mackey wore a neck brace at times last week as a precaution. Kane said she's ready to benefit from the Spartans' slower schedule in December, which features only three games.

"I guess you could say we really do need it, yeah," Kane said. "It's crunch time, as far as classes and the end of the semester. The traveling has not been the funnest thing."

Women's Top 25

TENNESSEE 81, LA. TECH 60: Candace Parker scored 13 points, leading four Lady Vols in double figures, to help top-ranked Tennessee beat Louisiana Tech.

Nicky Anosike and Shannon Bobbitt added 13 points each and Angie Bjorklund had 12 for the Lady Vols(5-0).
Whitney Jones led the unranked Lady Techsters (2-2) with 16 points in the 40th meeting of a long-standing rivalry.

Tennessee jumped on Louisiana Tech by hitting eight of its first nine 3-pointers. The Lady Vols built a 31-point halftime lead and were never threatened.

Louisiana Tech was unnerved by Tennessee's defense, which scored 28 points off 24 Lady Techster turnovers. The Lady Vols held Louisiana Tech to 27 percent first-half shooting and 32 percent for the game.

JoKeirra Sneed added 15 points and 18 rebounds for Louisiana Tech.

MICHIGAN STATE 65, DELAWARE STATE 62: Courtney Davidson made four free throws in the final 8.6 seconds to help 19th-ranked Michigan State hold off Delaware State (2-3).

Ashlee Burbage's 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied the game bounced harmlessly off the front of the rim.

Kalisha Keane scored 18 points and Allyssa DeHaan and Davidson each had 15 for Michigan State (5-1), which has won its past three games.

Information from Tribune wires was used in this report.

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