Women's basketball falls to USF, 68-61

[PonyPride]

From SMUMustangs.com:

SMU Falls To South Florida In Overtime

DALLAS (SMU)- The SMU women's basketball team fell to South Florida 68-61 in its regular season finale on Tuesday night in Moody Coliseum.

Chantae Embry led SMU (14-15; 8-10 American Athletic Conference) with 21 points, seven rebounds, and four assists. Tiara Young scored 14 points and grabbed seven boards, and Reagan Bradley scored eight points and added four assists, two rebounds, and a steal. Maya Chandler grabbed a season-high eight rebounds to add to her seven points and three assists. Amirah Abdur-Rahim turned in four points, five boards, three assists, two blocks, and a steal. T.K. Pitts finished with four points and two rebounds, and Jiya Perry scored a three-pointer and added two boards and as many assists.

Embry assisted Chandler, who made a three-pointer to tie the game at 61 with a little over a minute remaining in overtime. The Bulls used free throws and a three to go up five points with 20 seconds left and seal the victory.

Perry nailed a corner three to tie the game at 54 with 58 seconds left. Young finished at the rim to give the Mustangs the lead with 30 seconds remaining. The game went to overtime after the Bulls scored on the next possession to tie the game and Young's last-second three was unsuccessful at the buzzer.

Back-to-back buckets from Young and one from Chandler sparked six straight, bringing the Mustangs within one and forcing a South Florida timeout. USF made eight out of its last nine shots to take a 47-41 lead heading to the fourth.

Bradley beat the second-quarter buzzer to extend SMU's lead to eight at the half. SMU held USF without a field goal for over four minutes in the opening period. The Mustangs made four out of their last five shots to take a 17-12 lead into the second.

NEXT GAME
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
TICKETS
No. 11 SMU vs. No. 14 Tulane– Saturday, March 9– 6 p.m. CT- Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, Texas
TV: ESPN+

NOTES
Starters vs. South Florida: #13 Reagan Bradley, #1 Tiara Young, #10 Maya Chandler, #33 Chantae Embry, #23 Amirah Abdur-Rahim
Ninth with this starting lineup, 5-4 record with this lineup
SMU outrebounded its opponent for the 12th time this season
SMU recorded more assists than its opponent for the 14th time this season. SMU passed out 15 plus assists for the 16th time
SMU made more three-point field goals than its opponent for the 10th time
SMU tallied more second chance points than its opponent for the 13th time
A Mustang scored 20 plus points for the 13th time this season
SERIES HISTORY
Tuesday was the 18th meeting between the two programs. SMU trails the all-time series 18-1
ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Amirah Abdur-Rahim (#23, Sr., F)
4 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, 1 steal
Chantae Embry (#33, Jr., F)
21 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists
Third 20 plus point performance
Scored double-digit points for the 16th time
Grabbed five plus rebounds for the 12th time
Tiara Young (#1 Gr., G)
14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block
Scored double-digit points for the 25th time. Entered the night averaging 17.3 points per game (5th AAC)
Two rebounds away from 500 career
18th time with five plus rebounds
Reagan Bradley (#13, Gr., G)
8 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal
Made her 114th start at SMU
Two assists away from tying to No. 4 on SMU All-Time Assists list
Maya Chandler (#10, Sr., G)
7 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists
Season-high eight rebounds
T.K. Pitts (#2, So., G)
4 points, 2 rebounds