Lady Pirates Fall To Saint Louis in Overtime
February 07, 2004 | Women's Basketball
SAINT LOUIS, MO. -- The East Carolina women's basketball team dropped its third consecutive conference game in an 84-81 overtime loss to Saint Louis Friday night in the Bauman-Eberhardt Center in Saint Louis.
The Lady Pirates (14-7, 5-3), who trailed at the half 40-32, used a pair of 8-0 runs in the second half to force the Billikens (8-14, 2-7) to overtime after a 72-72 end of regulation score. During overtime, Saint Louis hit 4-of-5 free throws in the last 1:39 to seal the victory, their second in Conference USA action this season.
During ECU's second half runs, Jennifer Jackson scored 14 of her 22 points to keep the Lady Pirates within striking distance. Fellow Pirate Alisha Bishop hit 18 of her 21 points in the second half and overtime periods, including 5-of-7 from the three-point arc.
In the first half, ECU jumped out early on the Billikens as they built a four point lead on four different occasions, the last coming with 14:55 remaing until the intermission, 12-8. But rebounding coupled with Angie Lewis' 17 first half points gave Saint Louis an eight point half time lead.
Jackson lead all Lady Pirates in scoring hitting 9-of-21 shots from the floor while grabbing eight rebounds. Senior Courtney Willis recorded her 11th double-double of the season with 14 points and 12 rebounds. With her 14 points, she moved into seventh place on the all-time Lady Pirate scoring list with 1,234, passing Justine Allpress and Tomekia Blackmon. Freshman Tamekia Powell tied a career-high in points with 10.
Lewis scored a career and game-high 32 points on 15-of-27 shots from the floor, while bringing down 12 boards to lead Saint Louis. Three other Billikens scored in double figures, highlighted by Jana Haywood's 16 points.
ECU will continue its road trip when they travel to Memphis for a Sunday afternoon (1 p.m. EST) game. The Lady Pirates will return home to take on nationally ranked TCU on Friday, Feb. 13 with a 7 p.m. tip scheduled.
