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Tennessee St. TSU 0-12,0-10 OVC

Murray St. MSU 8-8,5-6 OVC

Tennessee St. TSU

0-12,0-10 OVC

Final

Jan. 28, 2021

Murray St. MSU

8-8,5-6 OVC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Tennessee St. TSU	4	12	18	24	58
Murray St. MSU	16	15	29	17	77

Game Recap: WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | 1/28/2021 6:23:00 PM

Four Lady Tigers Score in Double Digits at Murray State

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FINAL STATS

Final Score: Tennessee State 58 – Murray State 77
Records: TSU (0-12, 0-10 OVC) MSU (8-8, 5-6 OVC)
Arena: CFSB Center
Location: Murray, Ky.

Murray, Ky. --- The Tennessee State University women's basketball team fell to Murray State, 77-58, Thursday night in the CFSB Center.

TSU got off to a slow start and struggled offensively for most of the night. The struggles saw the Lady Tigers fall behind by double-digits in the first quarter and TSU played from behind the rest of the game.

Tennessee State used a spurt to cut the deficit down to six points in the first half but that would be as close as the team could get.

Andreana Wrister led TSU with 15 points in the contest. London Fairs scored a season-high 12 points while Breannah McCullah registered a career-high 12 points and a game-high seven rebounds. Jaden Wrightsell also scored in double-digits with 11 points.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

TSU Leaders
- Points: Andreana Wrister – 15
- Rebounds: Breannah McCullah – 7
- Assists: Breannah McCullah – 4
- Steals: Breannah McCullah, Jasmine Broner, Aniyah Bailey - 1
- Blocks: Taylor Roberts - 2
TSU outscored MSU 24-17 in the fourth quarter.
TSU shot 75 percent from the free-throw line.

HOW IT HAPPENED

TSU scored the first two points of the game but went without a bucket for the next four and a half minutes.
During TSU's scoring drought, MSU posted 10 unanswered points to take a 10-2 lead at the first media timeout.
Jaden Wrightsell connected in the paint to end the drought but the Racers answered to increase the advantage to 12 points.
TSU's offensive struggles continued and after only going 2-of-14 from the field in the opening quarter, the Lady Tigers trailed, 16-4, after ten minutes.
TSU fell behind, 18-4, in the opening moments of the second period.
The Lady Tigers slowly started putting together a few successful possessions and outscored the Racers, 8-2, to cut the deficit down to, 20-12.
TSU pulled to within six on its next trip down the floor behind a bucket from Taylor Roberts.
Four straight points from Murray State, however, put the opponent back up by double-digits.
MSU closed the quarter with a 7-2 run to carry a 31-16 lead into the halftime break.
In the third stanza, the Racers stretched the lead to 39-19 with nearly five minutes ticked off the clock.
Heading into the final ten minutes of action, TSU was down 60-34.
The Lady Tigers scored the first six points of the fourth quarter to chop the Racer lead down to, 60-40.
Back-to-back triples from Andreana Wrister pulled TSU to within 19 with less than four minutes on the clock.
The deficit, however, proved too much to overcome.

GAME NOTES

Andreana Wrister scored in double-digits for the 10^thtime this season.
Jaden Wrightsell now has 567 total rebounds and ranks 11^thon TSU's all-time leading rebounders list.
Taylor Roberts was held to single-digits in scoring for the first time this season.
London Fairs had season-highs in points and made three-pointers with 12 points and four triples, respectively.
Breannah McCullah scored a career-high 12 points.
All of Wrister's 15 points were scored in the second half.