January 24, 2008

Lady Tigers suffer second straight road set back

After winning its first five conference games, the Cowley College women’s basketball team has stumbled to a pair of road losses, one of which came by a score of 66-58 Wednesday in Independence.

Cowley trailed just 28-26 at the end of the first half and fought back from a nine-point second half deficit (47-38) to trail by just one-point (49-48) after a basket by Elena Yankova with seven minutes remaining.

However, the Lady Pirate’s used a 12-2 run to open its lead to 61-50, and held on for the eight-point win. The loss drops Cowley into a third place tie with Independence in the Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division. The Lady Tigers are now 10-9 overall and 5-2 in the conference.

Whitney Williams led Cowley with 17 points, while Gabbie Curtis, Bebe Holloway and Yankova each scored 10 points. Chelsea Trimble led four Lady Pirates in double figures with 17 points.

Cowley will continue on this gruesome road trip, which has them playing four games in seven days, as they will play at Fort Scott Saturday at 2 p.m. The Lady Greyhounds are 10-6 overall and 3-4 in the Jayhawk East. The Lady Greyhounds have three players averaging over 15 points per game and are led by Ashley Jappa, who is averaging 17.3 points and 10.9 rebounds per contest.

Box score:
Cowley (58): Elena Yankova 4-17 2-2 10, Bebe Holloway 3-10 4-6 10, Gabbie Curtis 5-9 0-0 10, Whitney Williams 8-14 1-2 17, Lauren Cherry 2-3 0-0 4, Neasha Hayns 1-4 2-2 5, Noelle Jackson 0-0 0-0 0, JaNeil Robinson 0-3 2-2 2, Alexis Wright 0-2 0-1 0. Totals: 23-62 11-15 58.

Independence (66): Chelsea Trimble 7-9 3-4 17, Ashley Gladden 2-7 1-2 5, Becca Holman 3-9 4-6 12, Aubrey Jones 1-2 0-0 2, Jolene Tamboue 3-5 5-6 11, Rhea Codio 4-10 2-6 11, Robertson Olanya 1-5 0-0 2, Morgan Clark 1-3 0-0 2, Kiara Marshall 1-4 1-1 4. Totals: 23-54 13-22 66.

Three-pointers: Cowley 1-8 (Yankova 0-3, Wright 0-1, Curtis 0-1, Haynes 1-3), Indy 7-19 (Trimble 3-4, Holman 2-6, Codio 1-2, Olanya 0-4, Marshall 1-3). Rebounds: Cowley 45 (Holloway 13), Indy 31 (Trimble 6). Assists: Cowley 10 (Yankova 3), Indy 9 (Codio 3). Turnovers: Cowley 17, Indy 14. Total fouls: Cowley 18, Indy 12. Fouled out: Yankova. Technicals: Yankova.