Feb. 5, 2007
PENSACOLA, Fla. - The West Florida Women's basketball team halted a two-game losing streak with a 75-65 win Monday night at the UWF Fieldhouse over Gulf South Conference rival Alabama-Huntsville.
The Chargers opened the game with an 8-0 run and would hold on to a nine point lead for the first five minutes of the game, until the Argonauts went on a 23-5 run of their own to take a 28-19 lead with 4:38 left to play in the half.
West Florida was able to maintain the lead in the final minutes of the half, however, Alabama-Huntsville cut the lead to as close as one point before the Argos took a four point, 34-30, half time lead.
The Chargers Jessica Russell led all scorers with nine first half points. For the Argos in the first half, Tara Russ (Lake Park, Fla./ Kings Academy) led the team with eight points, while teammate Jessica Ivey (Jay, Fla./ Jay HS) and Dominique Boykins (Houston, Texas/ North Shore HS)each accumulateed seven points in the half. Defensively Abena Bosia (Orlando, Fla./ Coloumbus State) had a big first half collecting six defensive rebounds, eight total rebounds in the half.
The second half started similar to the first half with Alabama-Huntsville opening the second period with a 9-5 run, which tied the game at 39 with 15 minutes left to play.
The Argos would respond over the next two minutes scoring 11 unanswered points. During the 11-0 UWF run Bosia picked up three points, two rebounds, and a steals.
The teams would battle back and forth for the final 12 minutes of the half with West Florida taking their largest lead at 70-51 with 4:32 remaining in the game.
Boykins led the Argonauts with 15 points from the field, while teammates and Laura Davis (Spanish Fort, Ala./ University of Alabama) Ivey and Russ all picked up 12 points. Bosia was a point short of a double-double with 12 rebounds and nine points.
For the Chargers, Russell led all scorers with 19 points and team leading scorer Kristen Banes scored 14 points.
West Florida will travel to Carrollton, Ga., on Tuesday, Feb. 12 to face West Georgia. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m. Follow the game with live on stretch internet on the women's basketball page of www.goargos.com.
