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Bulls rally, but lose to Ball St.

By ANTONYA ENGLISH

© St. Petersburg Times, published December 3, 2000

TAMPA -- Denetrice Stinson and Aiya Shepard combined for 48 points, but it wasn't enough as South Florida fell to Ball State 84-80 in the consolation game of the USF Classic on Saturday night.

No. 14 Auburn walked away from the Sun Dome with the tournament title, defeating Arkansas-Little Rock 106-37 in the championship game.

South Florida (1-3) trailed by 20 with 9:52 remaining. But led by 11 consecutive points from Stinson and a couple of key three-point baskets, the Bulls pulled to within four with one minute remaining.

Ball State (4-2) held on, hitting 7 of 10 free throws in the final 55 seconds to seal the win.

"There is no dying in this ballclub," USF coach Jose Fernandez said. "They (Ball State) played 10 people 20-plus minutes. We're just so limited in a lot of things we can do right now (with just nine players). We can't get up and pressure and press full court and then get back."

Stinson, who is limited to 25 minutes per game because of back problems, finished with a game-high 25 points and had nine rebounds. Shepard added 23 points and six rebounds. Ball State had four players in double figures, led by Johna Goff with 21.

South Florida led 40-39 at halftime, but Ball State opened the second half with a 20-4 run. The Bulls improved on a dismal shooting performance Friday (31 percent), hitting 43 percent from the field, but only 11-of-26 from three-point range.

"This is a young team," Fernandez said. "We'll get better, that's for sure."

Auburn's Carol Smith, who scored a team-high 18 in the title game, was tournament MVP. The all-tournament team included USF's Shepard, Larita Spencer and Muci Haris of Arkansas-Little Rock, and Tamara Bowie of Ball State.

Top 25

NO. 8 IOWA STATE 81, DePAUL 65: Angie Welle scored 24 points while playing only 22 minutes and Tracy Gahan added 13 points and 12 rebounds. Iowa State shut down DePaul scoring leader Lenae Williams and was never threatened after building a 25-point halftime lead in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

NO. 9 LOUISIANA TECH 54, INDIANA 53: Ayana Walker had 20 points and 16 rebounds in the Houston Classic. Amber Obaze and Takeisha Lewis each added 12 points for the Techsters. Jill Chapman led Indiana with 21 points and Tara Jones had 20. Heather Cassady missed a short shot as time expired.

NO. 12 OREGON 62, SANTA CLARA 54: Angelina Wolvert scored 18 points and Jenny Mowe had all 16 of her points in the second half for host Oregon. The Ducks went on an 11-2 run in the last 31/2 minutes of the first half to tie, then had a 14-1 burst early in the second half to take control.

NO. 21 XAVIER 89, WIS.-GREEN BAY 74: Nicole Levandusky scored a career-high 30 points and had eight steals for visiting Xavier.

NORTHERN IOWA 74, NO. 24 ILLINOIS 70: Nadine Brandt hit three three-pointers in the final 2:09 and Katie Sorrell sank two critical free throws for host Northern Iowa. Northern Iowa rallied from a four-point deficit to beat a ranked team for the first time.

State

UT-CHATTANOOGA 72, FSU 67: Senior Levys Torres had 15 points and 12 rebounds for the visiting Seminoles, but UTC scored nine in a row to break a 57-57 tie with 3:30 left.

MIAMI 71, ST. BONAVENTURE 51: Freshman Chanivia Broussard scored a game-high 18 points for host Miami.

JACKSONVILLE 60, HIGH POINT 57: Freshman forward Yolisha Jackson had 13 points and eight rebounds and senior forward Angela Walker had a double double for visiting Jacksonville. Walker had 12 points and 12 rebounds.

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