Sunday, February 20, 2011
Staff report
Dayton
The Youngstown State women’s basketball team battled all afternoon with the third-place team in the Horizon League but couldn’t hang on at Wright State, losing 70-67 in the final 12 seconds.
The Penguins, who also lost by three to the Raiders at home on Jan. 30, had a 67-66 lead with 13 seconds remaining. Maryum Jenkins missed the front end of a one-and-one and fouled WSU’s Shaunda Sandifer on the rebound.
Sandifer hit both free throws to put the Raiders up 68-67, and Monica Touvelle’s 3-point attempt with less than five seconds remaining was blocked by Molly Fox. LaShawna Thomas hit two free throws with 0.9 seconds left, and YSU did not get another shot off.
Thomas scored a career-high 35 points, going 10-for-23 from the field and 13-for-19 from the free-throw line. She missed two free throws with 12 seconds left that would have given Wright State the lead, and Jenkins grabbed the rebound on the second miss.
Brandi Brown scored 20 points, and Kenya Middlebrooks hit four 3-pointers en route to 14 points for the Penguins. YSU made four more field goals overall and hit five more threes, but the Penguins were outscored by 16 at the free-throw line and 11 on second-chance points.
YSU shot 42.4 percent overall and was 11-for-29 from 3-point range. Wright State shot 36.8 percent and was 6-for-19 from beyond the arc.
Youngstown State plays its final regular-season road game at Cleveland State on Saturday at 4 p.m.