Box Score

Thomas Women's basketball (4-5) outlasted the visiting Voorhees College Lady Tigers (5-3), 79-73, on Tuesday evening at the TU Gymnasium.

TU opened up a 30-12 lead in the first half, helped by the hot shooting of junior guard Angel Roberts (8 points) and junior forward Taylor Britt (14 points). Voorhees stormed back with a 19-4 run to close the first half, cutting the Lady Night Hawks lead down to 3 with TU taking the 34-31 margin into the locker room.

Voorhees tied the game at 34 with a three point basket to open the second but TU junior guard Miracle Watts responded with a three of her own to give Thomas the lead right back. The teams exchanged baskets throughout the early going of the second half with VC taking a 48-47 lead at the fourteen minute mark. TU retook the lead 51-50 with 12:45 and the teams once again exchanged leads over the next five minutes before Voorhees opened a 63-57 lead with 6:05 on a transition lay-up off a TU turnover. Watts made it a three point game with a three at the 5:45 mark and hit her second in a row thirty five seconds later to tie the game at 63. With 4:50 to play a put back by Roberts gave TU their first lead since the 12:45 mark. A steal and lay-up by Watts made it an eight point game with 2:45 to play. The Lady Night Hawks sealed the six point victory by making their free throws down the stretch, only missing one attempt in the final minute. Watts finished the game with a team high 28, while Brit dropped 23.

The Lady Night Hawks will next travel to Brunswick, Ga. to face College of Coastal Georgia on Saturday November 30^th at 2PM, in their final non-conference match prior to opening up Sun Conference play on December 7^th at the TU Gymnasium.