Women's Basketball: WVU Finishes Tour 5-0
August 14, 2007 04:50 AM | General
August 14, 2007
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Cairns, Australia – West Virginia University’s women’s basketball team defeated Cairns B 95-41 Tuesday evening at the BBB Complex to wrap up its Australian summer tour a perfect 5-0.
Senior center Olayinka Sanni scored a game-high 22 points to lead six Mountaineers in double-digit scoring. Lateefah Joye capped an excellent tour with 18 points, eight rebounds and six assists against Cairns B. Other Mountaineers in double-digit scoring were LaQuita Owens (10), Sparkle Davis (13), Kelly Smith (10) and Ranisha White (14).
WVU raced out to a 22-4 lead in the first quarter to seal the game early. By the half, Sanni had 12 points, Smith had eight points including two 3-pointers and Joye had six points and six rebounds with three assists.
Taryn Priestly scored a team-high 12 points for Cairns B. Brittany Morgan chipped in 10 points. WVU shot 55.4% from the field and forced 27 Cairns B turnovers.
“This tour has been a great experience for everyone: the players, the coaches and our staff,” WVU Coach Mike Carey said. “The team really got to bond on this tour and we really got to work on our conditioning and certain lineup rotations. Because of this trip we’re a lot farther along than we were this time last year.
“I’d have to say those that benefited the most from this trip were Kelly Smith and Lateefah Joye. You could see Kelly got a lot out of this experience and really gained a lot of experience. I also liked what I saw from Lateefah. You can see she is more comfortable this year. It was also nice to get Chakhia some time and that was good.
“We’re really looking forward to starting our season this year,” Carey added.
WVU will spend tomorrow in Cairns sightseeing and will return to Sydney on Thursday. The Mountaineers will then return home to Morgantown on Friday night.
