Feb. 28, 2008

Final Stats

RUSTON, La. - Senior center Jenny Gross scored a team-high 14 points as Utah State women's basketball fell at Louisiana Tech, 62-47, here Thursday at the Thomas Assembly Center.

Senior forward Jamelah Brown scored 10 points for the Aggies while senior guard Taylor Richards tossed in 10 and tied a career high with eight rebounds as USU was out-rebounded, 49-34.

Louisiana Tech snapped USU's three-game winning streak, as the Aggies are now 9-17 on the season and 5-9 in Western Athletic Conference action. The Lady Techsters picked up their second straight win, evening their record to 13-13 and improving to 7-6 in the WAC.

Louisiana Tech had two players post double-doubles as Shanavia Dowdell had 13 points and 12 rebounds, while Tarkeisha Wysinger tallied 13 points and 11 rebounds. JoKeirra Sneed added a team-high 14 points and seven rebounds.

Utah State finished the game by shooting 31.6 percent from the field (18-of-57) including 3-of-14 (21.4 percent) from three-point range and 50.0 percent (8-of-16) at the free throw line.

Louisiana Tech shot 41.4 percent (24-of-58) including 1-of-6 (16.7 percent) behind the three-point arc and 56.5 percent (13-of-23) at the charity stripe.

Utah State returns home to host conference leading Boise State (20-6, 12-2 WAC) on Thursday, March 6 at 7 p.m. (MT) in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.

All the Utah State women's basketball games can be heard on KLGN (1390 AM) in Logan with Evan Nyman calling the play-by-play and former USU women's basketball player Ashley Rutledge will be providing color commentary for home games. They can also be heard on the web through Yahoo! Sports, by going to the Utah State Athletic home page at www.UtahStateAggies.com and clicking on the Yahoo! Sports link in the right hand column.