Offensive inconsistency plagues women’s basketball in home loss to Rice

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Matt Brune | Staff Writer

With 4.7 seconds remaining in the game, the Mean Green women’s basketball team was down two and quickly pushed the ball up the court. Sophomore guard Terriell Bradley got the ball in the corner and hoisted a potential game winning three-pointer.

But Bradley’s shot fell just short, and Rice University walked away with a 51-49 come-from-behind win over North Texas (5-11, 2-3).

It was a heartbreaking loss for the Mean Green, as the team led by as many as 13 points late in the third quarter.

The run was swift, fast and lethal as the Owls (10-6, 1-4) scored 14 unanswered points to take a 34-33 lead late in the third quarter. Bradley made a layup to give the Mean Green the lead heading to the fourth, but the damage had already been done as the Owls put pressure on North Texas while seizing control of the game’s momentum.

The dominant stretch of play helped propel them to their first Conference USA win of the year.

“They made a run where they hit three or four threes in a row,” head coach Jalie Mitchell said. “And I think that gave them some momentum, and we didn’t take that back. We weren’t putting the ball in the hole.”

Senior guard Candice Adams came off the bench and played well, finishing with 11 points on 3-of-6 shooting from beyond the arc in 33 minutes of action.

Bradley was the team’s leading scorer with 15 points in the loss.

But despite strong performances from Adams and Bradley, the North Texas offense struggled as a whole. The Mean Green scored less than 50 points for the first time since the Nov. 11 season opener.

North Texas had a season-high 14 points in the second quarter, but shot just shot 33 percent from the field.

 

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