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Women's
College Basketball
Redbirds Run Past the Bulls 82-57
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[November 19, 2007]
TAMPA, Fla. -- Senior guard
Tiffany Hudson and sophomore guard Maggie Krick both recorded career
highs in points to lead the Redbirds (4-0) past South Florida (2-2)
82-57 for the championship of the Best Western Roundball Classic in
Tampa on Sunday. The Redbirds outscored the Bulls by 18 points to
close out the first half and take control en route to their biggest
margin of victory of the season. The Redbirds are 4-0 for just the
third time in the history of the program (1973-74, 2005-06).
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 Krick led the Redbirds with a career-best 27 points on 10-for-13
shooting, including a career-high five 3-pointers. It was the most
points scored by a Redbird in a game since junior guard Kristi
Cirone had 27 against Evansville on Jan. 6. Krick also had a
career-high eight assists, seven rebounds and three steals.Hudson
netted a career-best 20 points, giving her double-digit scoring in
four consecutive games for the first time in her career. She also
made four 3-pointers in the game. She was named the tournament's MVP
after averaging 19 points in the two games.
Hudson, Krick, Cirone and freshman guard Shala Jackson were all
named to the all-tournament team, giving the Redbirds four of the
six selections. Cirone had 14 points and a game-high nine assists
against USF, while Jackson added seven points. Sophomore forward
Ashleen Bracey had a game-high nine rebounds for ISU.
Turnovers were a big factor again for ISU, who forced 20 USF
miscues and scored 30 points off them. The 'Birds also scored 12
points on the fast break while holding the Bulls to none. ISU shot
better than 50 percent in each half and 53.3 percent (32-60) in the
game.
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The Redbirds were running right from the opening whistle, jumping
out to a 6-3 lead in the first 90 seconds with three fast break
baskets. A pair of Cirone free throws and back-to-back 3-pointers by
Hudson and Krick put the Redbirds ahead 14-5. The Redbirds then went
more than five minutes without a field goal, which allowed USF to
pull within a basket at 18-16. ISU got back on track with the 24-6
run, highlighted by three straight 3-pointers and four fast break
buckets, to take its biggest lead of the half at 42-22. South
Florida had just two field goals in the final nine minutes of the
period.
USF cut the deficit to 44-29 as forward Jessica Lawson, who
finished with a double-double with 23 points and 11 rebounds, scored
the first seven points of the second half for the Bulls. The
Redbirds answered with a 21-7 run to extend their lead to 65-36. The
ISU lead got as big as 34 points, 80-46, when Jackson made a
midrange jumper at 4:32.
The Redbirds have a week off until their next game. ISU hosts No.
24 DePaul on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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[Text from file received from Jimmy
Knodel,
assistant media relations director,
Illinois
State University]
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