Feb. 19, 2005

Box Score

MONROE, La. - Senior forward Nina Randle scored 14 of her game-high 17 points in the second half as Louisiana-Monroe rallied from an 11-point first half deficit to upset Texas-Arlington 59-47 in a match up of the top two teams in Southland Conference women's basketball Saturday night.

ULM (16-7, 9-3) won its seventh straight game and moved to within a game of the Mavs in the standings with four regular season games left to play. UTA, trying to win its first-ever SLC regular season championship, falls to 15-8 and 10-2.

Rola Ogunoye led UTA with 16 points and Terra Wallace added 15.

UTA could manage just seven field goals the final 22:54 of the game and finished the game shooting 31.0 percent (18 of 58) from the field.

La.-Monroe outscored UTA 36-22 in the second half as they turned 12 second-half turnovers into 12 points.

ULM took the lead for good when Randle made two free throws with 13:19 to play to give the Lady Indians a 36-35 lead. Randle had 10 points over a 5:10 span to build the ULM lead to 45-37 after she scored eight straight points.

In the first half, UTA used a 14-4 run to build its largest lead of the game, 22-11, after a Wallace three-pointer with 4:10 to play in the first half. ULM responded with an 11-3 run over the final 3:32 to cut the lead to 25-23 at halftime following a Stephanie Williams three-pointer with eight seconds.

Both teams started slow to begin the game. ULM made just 1-of-10 field goals in the 6:30, but UTA was straddled when Ogunoye went to the bench with 14:17 left in the first half after picking up two fouls in a five-second span. She did not return in the first half. Meanwhile, Wallace helped UTA survive Ogunoye's absence with a pair of three-pointers in the final 4:10 and led UTA with 10 first-half points.

UTA returns to action Thursday at Stephen F. Austin. Tip-off is at 6 p.m.

Louisiana-Monroe 59, Texas-Arlington 47

Texas-Arlington (15-8, 10-2)

Buchanan 1-4 0-0 2, Bobb 2-7 0-0 4, Wesley 2-7 0-0 6, Wallace 5-20 0-0 15, Ogunoye 7-13 2-5 16, Thompson 0-0 0-0 0, Abanobi 0-1 0-0 0, Graves 0-2 2-2 2, Riles 1-3 0-0 2, Lane 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 18-58 6-9 47.

Louisiana-Monroe (16-7, 9-3)

O'Neal 1-5 2-2 4, Guillaume 2-7 0-0 4, Biley 5-8 1-2 11, Banks 2-3 2-6 6, Randle 4-10 9-14 17, S. Williams 1-1 0-0 3, M. WIlliams 0-1 0-0 0, Howard 0-1 2-2 2, E. Williams 1-1 0-0 2, Brown 2-4 0-0 4, Winston 3-5 0-0 6. Totals: 21-46 16-26 59.

Halftime: UTA 25, ULM 23. Three-point field goals: UTA 5-16 (Wallace 3-11, Wesley 2-2, Bobb 0-1, Ogunoye 0-1, Graves 0-1), ULM 1-4 (S. Williams 1-1, Howard 0-1, Randle 0-2). Rebounds: UTA 33 (Bobb 6), ULM 40 (Randle 10). Assists: UTA 4 (Wallace 2), ULM 11 (O'Neal, S. Williams, Howard 2 each). Turnovers: UTA 16 (Wallace 4), ULM 19 (Guillaume 5). Blocks: UTA 3 (Ogunoye 2), ULM 3 (Winston, Guillaume, Randle). Steals: UTA 10 (Buchanan 4), ULM 8 (Banks, Randle 2 each). Total fouls: UTA 22, ULM 14. Fouled out: None. Technical fouls: None. Att.: 952.