Women ' s hoops falls to VT
By Ariel Bravy / Student Publications
Chioma Nnamaka goes up for a shot against N.C. State. The team ' s loss against the Wolfpack started a three-game slide for Tech.
The women ' s basketball team suffered a couple of tough losses this week. On Wednesday, the Jackets lost to the Virginia Tech Hokies 73-48 in Blacksburg.
In the first half the Jackets shot just 26 percent from the floor, which included being 0 for 5 from behind the three-point arc. At the half, the Jackets were down 32-18 and were unable to recover from the deficit.
Sophomore Stephanie Higgs led the Jackets with 17 points, and freshman Janie Mitchell scored 10 points and pulled in seven rebounds. Jill Ingram had seven points and 10 rebounds in the loss.
One high point for the Jackets was their stellar performance from the charity stripe. They shot 12 for 14 from the free-throw line as a team.
Virginia Tech ' s Kerri Gardin led all scorers in the contest with 18 points for the Hokies in the winning effort.
Last Sunday the Jackets lost to the Arkansas Razorbacks 71-59 in a game that was played in the Gwinnett Arena.
Four Tech players scored in double figures in the game. Freshman Chioma Nnamaka, Ingram and Mitchell scored 17, 15 and 12 points, respectively, to lead the Jackets in the loss.
" I ' m very proud of the effort that we showed today, " Head Coach MaChelle Joseph said according to www.ramblinwreck.com.
" I have to be proud of the determination that we showed in coming back today, and we ' ve got four games left that we have to keep fighting and digging to win. We lost a lot when we lost Trina [Wilson] this week, and you could see that as we struggled with our depth in the post today. "
The game was tied at halftime, but the Razorbacks pulled away in the second half.
Ingram had five steals against Arkansas. Higgs scored 13 points and blocked two shots.
Tech returns to Alexander Memorial Coliseum to play the Duke Blue Devils on Sunday at 1 p.m.
