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Nov. 21, 2007
DALLAS (SMU) - The SMU women's basketball team rallied from a second-half deficit as large as 11 points and got over the .500 mark in the early season with a 66-61 win Tuesday night over Metroplex rival TCU at Moody Coliseum.
Three players scored in double figures for the Mustangs (2-1): senior post Janielle Dodds scored a game-high 20 points, sophomore forward Delisha Wills scored 14 and senior wing Sharee Shepherd added 13. Shepherd also tied the school record for steals in a single game with eight. The mark had been reached five times before by four players -- including current SMU head coach Rhonda Rompola.
The victory was the Ponies' first against TCU in the last six games between the schools, and improves SMU's stranglehold on the series to 37-13 all-time. The Mustangs became the first opponent in the last 26 games to trail TCU at halftime and rally for the win. The Mustangs were down, 31-24, at the intermission after shooting just 26.7 percent from the field in the first half.
The Mustangs took a more physical approach in the second half, pounding the ball inside to Dodds and Wills. Two key Frogs -- Lorie Butler-Rayford and Micaela Younger -- fouled out, and the Ponies hit 29-of-37 (78.4 percent) of their free throws in the victory. Dodds went 10-for-13 from the line, and freshman guard LaShandra Hill drained five of six free throws in the last minute to seal the win.
The Mustangs return to Moody Coliseum this weekend in the SMU Hoops for the Cure Tournament. SMU plays Western Michigan at 7 p.m. Friday night, and then plays either Kansas or Drake Saturday (at 5 p.m. if the Mustangs lose to Western Michigan, or at 7 p.m. if SMU beats the Broncos).
For a complete schedule and ticket information, log on to SMUMustangs.com or call 214-SMU-GAME.
