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Omozee vs WSU
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72
Winner Weber St. F-758
64
Incarnate Word F-2743
Winner
Weber St. F-758
72
Final
64
Incarnate Word F-2743
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Weber St. F-758 10 20 24 18 72
Incarnate Word F-2743 20 15 10 19 64

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Cardinals come up short against Weber State

SAN ANTONIO -- The University of the Incarnate Word women's basketball team dropped a hotly contested game against Weber State, 72-64, on Wednesday night at the McDermott Center. UIW led for a the first two and a half quarters and cut the WSU lead to one point with 2:13 left but could not complete the comeback.
 
NOTABLES
  • Junior guard Angelica Wiggins led the team with a career-high 19 points.
  • She caught fire from three in the first quarter, sinking three deep balls in the first three minutes and five seconds of the game. She was responsible for the first 11 points of the game for UIW.
  • For the first time this season, UIW had four players score in double digits. Wiggins led the team, along with junior guard Imani Robinson, 13 points, freshman forward Starr Omozee, 11 points, and junior forward Lunden Henry scored 10.
  • Omozee also recorded 10 rebounds to secure her third double-double, becoming the first freshman in DI program history to record three or more double-doubles in their freshman season.
  • She becomes just the third Cardinal in DI program history to record three or more double-doubles through her first six games of the season and first to do so as a freshman – also Ifunanya Mora (2013) and Celia Garcia Paunero (2016).
  • Omozee and Robinson led the team with four assists each, leading to a team tally of 16 assists, a season best.
  • Wiggins led the team in minutes, logging 33:56. The first time she has led in that category all season.
  • The Toronto product has now scored an average of 11.7 points since being injected into the starting lineup against Houston (Nov. 16)
HOW IT HAPPENED
QTR 1 (20-10): Wiggins made it clear from the first possessions that this would be her breakout game. The junior drilled a three on UIW's first offensive possession and followed that by recording a block and a steal in the Cardinals' initial defensive effort. She set the tone for the Cardinals in the opening frame, recording the first 11 Cardinal points on perfect (3 of 3) shooting from distance. The UIW defense was stifling early on, limiting WSU to just 17.6 percent shooting in the quarter.

QTR 2 (35-30): The Wildcat offense found its rhythm in the second quarter, as WSU shot 46.7 percent from the field. UIW countered well with a balanced attack. Six different Cardinals contributed in the frame, led by junior forward Alexis Henry, who drilled a buzzer-beating three to give her a team-best five points in the quarter and the Cardinals a five-point lead at the break. It was her first three-point attempt as a Cardinal.

QTR 3 (45-54): The third quarter saw WSU take its first lead of the game at the 6:03 mark. They accomplished this through impeccable perimeter play. After UIW held the Wildcats to just 4-14 shooting (28.6 percent), WSU exploded for four threes in less than three minutes of game time to put themselves in front. Wiggins led the team with five points.

QTR 4 (64-72): The Cardinals responded in the fourth quarter with a furious 14-0 rally spanning nearly five minutes. UIW cut the Wildcat lead to just one point, 61-62, behind some hard-nosed defense from freshman guard Macy Ray, among others. Lunden was a force in the paint throughout the run, scoring six of the 14 points. The Cardinals defense forced an impressive six turnovers over the stretch. But all good things must come to an end. WSU cleaned up its act and made critical free-throws down the stretch to secure what would become an eight-point victory.

HEAR FROM COACH SMITH:
"I thought we came out strong, but we have to learn to cut down on our scoring droughts. As a whole, our team is getting better and improving, we just have to learn to put together four complete quarters. We have multiple people who can score 20 points any given night, we just have to find a way to sync up those nights."
 
UP NEXT
The Cardinals will enjoy their Thanksgiving in San Antonio before going back to Arizona, where they opened the 2018-19 campaign, to play the University of Arizona. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. CT on Nov. 27.
 

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