The Wolf Pack women's basketball team saw their first live-action of the new season Monday, matching up with Tulane in an exhibition
NEW ORLEANS – The Loyola Wolf Pack women's basketball team took on the Tulane Green Wave in an exhibition matchup Monday, as the team gets closer to their official start to the season next week. Monday's contest, which the Green Wave won 79-54, was the first of two exhibitions against NCAA Division I programs, with Loyola set to travel to LSU Thursday night.
Twelve Wolf Pack players saw action at Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse, and at least nine played 15 or more minutes.
Tera Snell and Tay Cannon scored the first four points for the Wolf Pack, taking a quick 4-0 lead in the first 75 seconds. Kennedy Hansberry scored to make it a 6-2 lead, then Cannon's second made shot tied the game, 8-8. Sandra Cannady got on the board and Taylor Thomas' 3-pointer tied it once again, 13-13, with less than a minute left in the first quarter.
After taking a 15-13 lead into the second period, Cannon kept the score tied with the first points of the quarter, but Tulane extended its advantage to 21-15. Another 3 by Thomas cut the score to 21-18 and free throws by Liz Critton kept it a 3-score game, 23-20 with 6:40 until halftime. Kate Petrovic added another 3-pointer for the Wolf Pack, as the Green Wave went into halftime up 39-27.
Tulane outscored Loyola 40-27 in the second half to pull away with the win.
Cannon, who averaged nine minutes per game, played 22 minutes Monday night and led the Pack with 10 points. All-Conference selections a season ago, Hansberry (6 points, 3 assists, 3 rebounds), Thomas (8 points, 3 assists) and Cannady (8 points, 6 rebounds) all played more than 15 minutes, with Hansberry and Thomas in the game for 30 and 23 minutes, respectively. Petrovic added 8 points in 23 minutes, and Jazmene McMillan chipped in 6 points in 20 minutes.
First-year players Critton, MG Lymon and Sydni Tangle all played at least 10 minutes, and Lymon's 4 points led that group while Tangle had 3 rebounds to Critton's 2 boards.
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