WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Lady Tigers of Texas Southern University gave a respectable showing at Wake Forest on Friday in a 73-56 defeat to open the 2017-18 basketball season.
The Demon Deacons used a 9-0 run to open the second period and stretch their lead to 26-12, which proved to be a comfortable margin as the Lady Tigers only once came within single digits of their Power 5 Conference hosts the rest of the way.
TSU's Kaitlyn Palmer scored 13 points on 5-of-13 shooting to lead the Lady Tigers, who began defense of their first ever Southwestern Athletic Conference title. Niya Mitchell chipped in 11 points and pulled in a game-high six rebounds in her TSU debut.
Tyra Whitehead led Wake Forest 23 points on 9-of-10 shooting from the field.
KEY POINTS:
• Joyce Kennerson scored 11 points for the Lady Tigers and surpassed the 900-point mark for her career. The junior guard has scored 904 points in her TSU career, and needs only nine more to surpass Denise Taylor for 15th on the school's all-time scoring list. Taylor concluded her TSU career in 1984.
• The Lady Tigers faced their first opponent from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the 2013-14 season, when they fell 100-59 to Maryland in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
NEXT UP:
The Lady Tigers travel to Lawrence, Kan., to face the Kansas Jayhawks on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. The game will be aired on ESPN3.
Courtesy: TSU Athletics
The Demon Deacons used a 9-0 run to open the second period and stretch their lead to 26-12, which proved to be a comfortable margin as the Lady Tigers only once came within single digits of their Power 5 Conference hosts the rest of the way.
TSU's Kaitlyn Palmer scored 13 points on 5-of-13 shooting to lead the Lady Tigers, who began defense of their first ever Southwestern Athletic Conference title. Niya Mitchell chipped in 11 points and pulled in a game-high six rebounds in her TSU debut.
Tyra Whitehead led Wake Forest 23 points on 9-of-10 shooting from the field.
KEY POINTS:
• Joyce Kennerson scored 11 points for the Lady Tigers and surpassed the 900-point mark for her career. The junior guard has scored 904 points in her TSU career, and needs only nine more to surpass Denise Taylor for 15th on the school's all-time scoring list. Taylor concluded her TSU career in 1984.
• The Lady Tigers faced their first opponent from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the 2013-14 season, when they fell 100-59 to Maryland in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
NEXT UP:
The Lady Tigers travel to Lawrence, Kan., to face the Kansas Jayhawks on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. The game will be aired on ESPN3.
Courtesy: TSU Athletics