Mississippi State
8-3
Georgia Tech
8-1
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Tech | 26 | 44 | 70 |
| MS | 29 | 29 | 58 |
State Women Fall To Georgia Tech, 70-58
December 16, 2007 | Women's Basketball
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STARKVILLE, Miss. ? The Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs dropped a 70-58 decision to Georgia Tech Sunday afternoon at Humphrey Coliseum. With the win, the Yellow Jackets (8-1) gave MState their first home loss of the season and snapped the Lady Bulldogs' four-game win streak.
In the first half of play, the Lady Bulldogs jumped out to an early lead on a 12-4 run to take a 15-6 advantage. The Lady Yellow Jackets answered with a 12-4 run of their own to cut MSU's lead to a single point at 19-18. With 4:13 left in the period, Tech's Bridgitte Ardossi drained a jumper to give them their first lead of 22-21 since the opening minute.
MState fought back to tie the game and then take a 29-26 lead into the half on back-to-back three-pointers by sophomores Alexis Rack and Tysheka Grimes.
Both teams came out of the half trading baskets with Georgia Tech going on a 6-2 run to tie the game 31 on a 3-point play by Iasia Hemingway with 17:02 left in regulation. State continued to fight by banking four more straight shots, but the Yellow Jackets put together another run with 13:35 left in play. MState tied the game one more time and cut it to single digits at 66-57 with 1:55. However, the late comeback wasn't enough as the Yellow Jackets took the 70-58 win.
MSU placed two in double figure scoring with Grimes scoring a season-high 21 points and Rack adding 15. Grimes went 8-for-16 from the field, including 4-of-7 from behind the arc, tying a career-high for three-pointers made.
State managed to force the Yellow Jackets into 27 turnovers with just seven assists on the afternoon. The Lady Bulldogs had 15 assists to 18 turnovers. Junior guard Marneshia Richard dished out a season-high eight scoring passes.
Georgia Tech was paced by 23 points from Jackson-native Janie Mitchell, who also led all players with eight rebounds.
The Lady Bulldogs continue their homestand hosting McNeese State on Thursday, Dec. 20 with action from Humphrey Coliseum starting at 7 p.m.
