women vs Hofstra

[indianmustang]

64-53 SMU with 6 minutes left

[indianmustang]

66-56 5:49 left in game

[George S. Patton]

SMU 70-58 with 4:30 to play. Dodds with 20 points

[George S. Patton]

75-66 with 2:17 to play

[George S. Patton]

75-68 with 22 seconds

[indianmustang]

77-68 with 13 sec left

[George S. Patton]

77-70 final

We improve to 9-2. Dodds had 22, Wills had 16

We shot 45 percent for the game. Defense was up and down. Hofstra shot 53 percent but we forced 32 turnovers.

[Tipoff96]

Thanks for the updates! Congrats Mustangs. I'll take 9-2 into the Christmas break any old day.

[MustangFan]

(The official release)


Dodds, Wills Put Women's Basketball Back On Track

Bench adds 21 points, 14 rebounds in 77-70 win


HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (SMU) - The SMU women's basketball team got 22 points from senior post Janielle Dodds and 16 from sophomore forward Delisha Wills en route to a 77-70 win at Hofstra University.

The victory - SMU's ninth in the last 10 games - improves the Mustangs' record to 9-2. Hofstra fell to 2-7.

The Ponies got a major boost from their bench, as Elbie Gates, Brittany Gilliam, Haley Day, Alice Severin, Katie Gross and LaShandra Hill combined for 21 points, 14 rebounds, seven steals and five assists.

Senior guard Katy Cobb chipped in with eight points and tied her career high with seven assists.

SMU will return to the court Dec. 29 when the Mustangs and Texas Tech Lady Raiders - each of whom received votes in the newest Associated Press Top 25 poll - face off in Lubbock in a game that can be heard on KKGM (1630 AM). The Mustangs defeated Tech, 72-61, last year at Moody Coliseum.


SMU, the only Division I athletic program in Dallas, Texas, sponsors 17 sports and has been ranked as the top school in its conference for 10 straight years in the Director's Cup overall athletic rankings. More information about SMU and its coaches, athletes and teams is available at www.SMUMustangs.com.