Murray State
IUPUI
Racers Win Second Straight, with Victory Over IUPUI
1/4/2011 11:46:29 PM | Women's Basketball
Box Score
MSU was led by red-shirt freshman Jessica Winfrey with her third double-double of the season. The Marion, Ark., native tallied 15 points and 13 rebounds, making it the fourth-straight game with 10+ boards. She is the first players since Ashley N. Hayes (2008-09) and just the fourth Racer since the 1996-97 campaign to accomplish the feat.
The Racers also had four players in double-digits in the scoring column for the second consecutive game. Sophomore Mariah Robinson led the team with 16 points, while freshmen Mary Jehlik and Allison Karst each added 10.
The Racers opened the first half with strong offense and defense, going on a 7-0 run before allowing the Jaguars to garner their first points of the game. IUPUI then followed with a 4-0 run over the next minute. The Jaguars kept fighting and cut their deficit to two points, with another 4-0 run, but MSU countered with three-straight three's to rebuild the advantage to eight points (20-12), with nine minutes left in the stanza. Over the next 6:30 the Racers held IUPUI without a field goal and extended the lead with a 9-3 run. MSU ended the half with a 37-21 advantage, the largest lead of the season after the first 20 minutes.
The second half saw low scoring at the beginning of the stanza, with IUPUI going on a 6-2 run in the first four minutes of the half. MSU followed with an 11-2 run that pushed the advantage out to 20 points. The closest that the Racers allowed the Jaguars to get the rest of the game was 16 points (52-36) on their way to the victory.
Keys to the victory for MSU were shooting percentages and rebounding. The Racers out-rebounded IUPUI, 44-29 and made almost double the shots. MSU shot a season-best 50.9 percent from the field, while holding the Jaguars to a 24.6 percent mark. The Racers also shot 47.4 percent from beyond the arc to IUPUI's 26.7 percent.
The Racers will continue their home stand with the first Ohio Valley Conference game at the CFSB Center. MSU will host Tennessee State, Thursday, Jan. 6 at 5:15 p.m.
Notes: Freshman Mary Jehlik tallied a career-best eight rebounds, including seven in the first half…she also tallied a career-high four assists…MSU tallied nine three's in the game, the most in a single game this season.
