Women's Basketball Falls at San Francisco, 79-48

Boone Leads Tribe With 12 Points

11/26/04 11:00PM

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - San Francisco shot 57.4% from the floor as guard Dominique Carter led all players with 21 points as the Lady Dons defeated William and Mary 79-48 this evening at War Memorial Gym in the opening game of the odwalla Classic. San Francsico improves to 2-1, while the Tribe falls to 0-3.

The Lady Dons held the Tribe to just 37.4% shooting from the floor and 16.7% from three-point range and forced 26 turnovers. USF also recorded 20 steals to just five for the Tribe.

William and Mary freshman forward Jalen Boone (Herndon, VA) led the Tribe with 12 points, 10 in the first half, on 6-9 shooting from the floor. Senior Lindsey Brizendine (West Point, VA) added 11, which included her first career three-point field goal. Freshman guard Devin James (Pipersville, VA) tallied seven points and led all players with eight rebounds.

W&M bolted out to a quick 4-0 lead with just 24 seconds gone by on layups from Kia Butts (Virginia Beach, VA) and Maria Sazonova (Wayne, PA). A layup from Kyra Kaylor (Pittsburgh, PA) gave W&M a 6-2 lead with two of her four points, and after a USF basket tied the game at six, Boone gave the Tribe its last lead of the game at 8-6 with 16:21 left in the half. Two free throws from Jenni Jones tied the game at eight, and after a free throw from Mary Jane Kreuger gave the Lady Dons an 9-8 lead, it would never trail again.

USF built a six-point lead at 25-19 before the Tribe crawled within two at 25-23 on jumpers from Sarah Stroh (Mission, British Columbia) and Boone, which forced a 30-second timeout from San Francisco. But the Lady Dons regrouped, as it outscored the Tribe 14-5 in the last 5:34 to take a 39-28 lead at the break.

The Tribe tried to get back in the game in the second half, as it scored the first four points, but did not score again for the next 5:59 as the Lady Dons outscored them 40-20 in the second half to win, 79-48.

W&M finished with 26 turnovers and forced just 20, the first time this season it had more turnovers than its opponent. The Lady Dons held a 34-31 advantage on the boards.

The Tribe will face UC-Riverside tomorrow night at 8:00 (EST) in the consolation game of odwalla classic.

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