Women's basketball loses consolation game in tournament


Another poor shooting performance resulted in a loss for the women’s basketball team Tuesday as it lost 90-79 to Quinnipiac in the consolation game of the Wyndham Miami Holiday Tournament in Coral Gables, Fla.

CMU (3-9) shot 32.1 percent from the floor for the game while 10 of its 25 made field goals came from 3-point range.

“Right now, we don’t seem to respect our opponents unless they’re in the Top 25,” said coach Sue Guevara after the loss. “We don’t come out with the same type of intensity and fire.”

Quinnipiac jumped out to an early 12-5 lead after the Chippewas shot 2-of-13 from the floor to begin the game. CMU quickly answered, tying the game at 12, after a pair of free throws and 3-point field goal from senior guard Heidi Warczinsky, who led the team with a career-high 20 points on 5-of-6 shooting from beyond the 3-point line.

The game remained close for much of the first half before Quinnipiac ended the first half with a 35-28 lead on 41.4 percent shooting. CMU shot just 8-for-38, good for 21.1 percent, from the floor.

The Chippewas’ shooting woes continued in the second half as Quinnipiac extended its lead to double-digits early and never looked back. CMU trailed by as many as 21 points, 80-59, with 3:22 remaining in the game.

“I don’t know where we get the attitude that we’re all that and a bag of chips, because we’re not,” Guevara said. “We’re not good enough of a team to have that type of mentality. We have to be the hungry dog and we’re not.”

Junior forward Kaihla Szunko recorded her third double-double of the season with 15 points and 12 rebounds while senior forward Britni Houghton added 12 points, nine rebounds and four steals.

With the four steals, Houghton leapfrogs Latsiha Luckett (2006-09), Betsy Yonkman (1983-86) and Vershaun Jones (1999-2002) to move into sixth place all-time for career steals at CMU with 187.

Senior guard Kathleen Neyens had 20 points for Quinnipiac (5-6), who shot 50 percent from the field and out-rebounded the Chippewas 40-34.

No. 17 Texas, who defeated CMU in the first round Monday, beat host Miami 76-65 earlier in the afternoon win the tournament.

The non-conference portion of the team’s schedule is now complete as it will open Mid-American Conference play against Eastern Michigan at 7 p.m. Jan. 6 in Ypsilanti.

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