Jan. 9, 2008
FT. WORTH, Texas - Facing the top scoring offense in the conference, the San Diego State women's basketball team dropped its first league game of 2008 to TCU, 86-63, Wednesday at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. With the loss, the Aztecs fell to 9-4 overall and 1-0 in league action, while the Lady Frogs improved to 8-7 and 1-0 in MWC play.
Three Aztecs who made their Mountain West Conference debuts scored in double-figures, including leading scorer redshirt freshman Allison Duffy (Lakeside, Calif.), who had 14 points on 5-for-8 shooting. Freshman center Paris Johnson (San Diego, Calif.) tallied her second double-double of the year, recording 13 points and matching her season-high with 13 rebounds to go with four blocks and four assists. Sophomore Jené Morris (San Francisco, Calif.) added 11 points, while senior Shanna Demus (Palmdale, Calif.) had five points, six rebounds and three assists in 25 minutes of action. Texas native Kate Eveland (Southlake, Texas) was perfect from the field, finishing with eight points, including a pair of 3-pointers.
TCU opened the evening with a 3-0 lead until SDSU got on the board with two free throws by Morris. The Aztecs missed their first four field goals, before Duffy scored on a lay up at the 16:53 mark and the score 10-4 in favor of the Lady Frogs. The host, meanwhile, made seven of their first 10 shots from the field and built an 11-point advantage at 17-6 and was up by as many as 16 on three occasions.
San Diego State continued its struggles from the field going over five minutes without a field goal mid-way through the half, but finally found its groove on both sides of the ball, putting together a 12-0 run to close to within four points at 28-24. The Lady Frogs went scoreless for 5:26, but managed to hold onto the 33-26 halftime advantage.
Coming out of the locker room, TCU used a pair of three-pointers and outscored SDSU 13-7 through the first media timeout for a 48-33 edge. The Lady Frogs continued to push the pace, running out to a 20-point lead with 10 minutes left and never looked back, claiming an 86-63 victory.
TCU was led by reigning conference player of the year Adrianne Ross, who had 13 points and four assists for the Lady Frogs, who shot 50 percent from the field and 80 percent from beyond the arc (8-for-10).
San Diego State will head back to San Diego for its MWC home opener Saturday at 2 p.m. at Cox Arena against New Mexico.