Houston-Southern Miss Postgame Notes

March 7, 2008

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2008 CONFERENCE USA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
No. 4 Seed Houston vs. No. 5 Seed Southern Miss
Friday, March 7, 2008 - UCF Arena
FINAL SCORE: Southern Miss 71, Houston 67

TEAM RECORDS AND SERIES NOTES

No. 5 seed Southern Miss improves to 18-12 win the win. The Lady Eagles concluded Conference USA play with an 8-8 record.
No. 4 seed Houston finishes the season at 15-16. The Cougars finished league action with a 9-7 record.
Houston still leads the all-time series with Southern Miss, 10-9.
Southern Miss is 7-10 all-time in Conference USA Tournament games.

HOUSTON GAME NOTES

Freshman forward Courtney Taylor scored a career-high 21 points and brought down 11 rebounds for her eighth double-double of her career.
Houston's seven wins away from home this season surpassed the team's road-win total (4) from the previous two seasons.
Tye Jackson had four points in the game to give her 1,197 for career. She currently ranks fifth on Conference USA's all-time active career scoring list.
The Cougars won the rebound battle 37-31 and have won the battle of the boards in 15 games this season.

SOUTHERN MISS GAME NOTES

Southern Miss overcame a 17-point (39-22) halftime deficit en route to the win. It was the largest halftime deficit the Lady Eagles overcame this season to post a victory.
The Lady Eagles have won four of their last five games.
Sophomore forward Pauline Love scored 18 points in the game to mark the team-leading 17th time in her career that she has led the team in scoring.
Junior forward Kendra Reed had 17 points in the game to give her 1,284 for her career. She currently ranks ninth all-time on the school's all-time career scoring list.
Reed went a perfect 6-of-6 from the free-throw line to give her 339 charity shots for her career. That ties her for seventh-place all-time on the school's free-throws made list.

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