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Lady Pirates Drop Heart Breaker to No. 22 TCU 125-119
 

 

 
 
 
Lady Pirates Drop Heart Breaker to No. 22 TCU 125-119
02/14/2004

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    GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) _ Sandora Irvin had 27 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 22 TCU withstood an awesome performance by Courtney Willis to defeat East Carolina 125-119 in four overtimes Friday night.

    Willis scored 40 points and pulled down 21 rebounds for the Pirates, who lost for the fifth time in a row. She sent the game into overtime, making two foul shots with 31 seconds left in regulation to tie it at 83. In the third overtime, her free throw with 21 seconds remaining made it 112-all.

    Tracy Wynn put TCU ahead for good, hitting a 3-pointer with 1:43 left in the fourth OT for a 120-117 lead. She later added two free throws.

    In the fourth overtime, Willis hit two free throws to give East Carolina a 117-114 lead with 3:14 left. Lacy and Wynn responded with consecutive 3-pointers for TCU, sparking an 11-2 run to close out the game for the Lady Frogs.

    Irvin was one of three players to exceed 20 points for the Lady Frogs (19-4, 8-2 Conference USA). Natasha Lacy had 22 points and Kim Ortega 21 for TCU, which won despite four players, including Irvin, fouling out.

    Jennifer Jackson added 29 points for East Carolina (14-9, 5-5).

    TCU made 17 of 39 shots from 3-point range with Ortega going 6-of-14 and Lacy 4-of-7. Jackson, who also fouled out, was 5-of-10 from beyond the arc for the Pirates, who made 10 of 26 3-point attempts.

    TCU made eight 3-pointers in the first half and led 52-48 at the break.

    Ebony Shaw had 16 points and Wynn finished with 15 for TCU.

    Keisha Anthony also had 15 points and 10 rebounds for East Carolina, which set a school record for points in a single game. It was also the first four overtime contest in school history.

    Adrianne Ross had a chance to win the game in regulation for TCU but missed a jumper in the final seconds.

    The Lady Pirates will host their final regular season home game on Sunday, Feb. 15 at 2 p.m. against nationally ranked (No. 21) Houston in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.

    East Carolina vs. TCU
    Feb. 13, 2004
    Postgame Quotes

    East Carolina Head Coach Sharon Baldwin-Tener

  • "I am proud of our team, and I believe we played hard enough to win but we ran out of gas at the end."
  • "They (TCU) are a great shooting team and we gave them to many open looks towards the end of the game."
  • "We made some mental mistakes including the three lane violations that could have cost us the game."
  • "Courtney played very agressive and made a lot of free throws down the stretch to keep us in the game."
  • "We had a lot of unforced turnovers but we are still being careless with the basketball."

    East Carolina vs. TCU
    Feb. 13, 2004
    Postgame Notes

  • Five Lady Pirates scored in double-figures.
  • Courtney Willis recorded a career-high 40 points and 21 rebounds. She moved into sixth place on the all-time scoring list passing Lydia Roundtree. Willis has 1,290 career points and is 77 points shy of moving into fifth place all-time.
  • Willis also recorded career-highs in free throw attempts (22), free throws made (18), and tied a career-high for field goals made with 11.
  • Willis recorded her 23 straight double-figure scoring game.
  • Willis set a C-USA single game record with 18 made free throws.
  • Jennifer Jackson recorded 29 points and nine rebounds, while hitting 10-of-15 (.666) of her shots from the floor. She was 5-of-10 from the three-point line.
  • Keisha Anthony recorded her first career double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Her 10 boards was a career-high and she dished out eight assists, which also tied a career-high.
  • Alisha Bishop and Viola Cooper both added 15 points. Cooper tied a career-high in points.
  • ECU recorded a school record 119 points.
  • ECU shot 78.6 percent (33-of-42) from the file line.
  • ECU played in its first four-overtime game in school history.


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