Tornadoes News
12.09.2011 - Women's Basketball

TALLADEGA - The Talladega College women's basketball team broke a two-game slide Wednesday by blowing out Selma 81-47 at home.

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"They licked us and we licked them back," said Talladega head coach Romeo Lagmay. "We have some type of underground rivalry going on with Selma for some reason. We can't win over there. It was the same pattern last year. Last week we lost our focus. I think we were still upset about the fact that we lost to Faulkner. We should have put it behind us and we didn't."

Ebony Richardson led the way for TC with 29 points, three steals, three rebounds and two assists. Megan Iloff scored 20 points and pulled down seven rebounds, while Shakila Cole had 11 points and six assists.

Lagmay praised his team's ability to hold its composure throughout the heated battle.

"We knew it was going to be a little bit dirty, but I try to coach the team by winning with class," he said. "There are going to be teams like that that try to startle you and get you to do some dirty things. What we basically say is, if there's a dirty game we're going to clean it up."

Iloff and Richardson hit two early 3-pointers to put Talladega up 6-2, but the Lady Bulldogs managed to keep pace with a few fast break points.

With the score tied at 8-8, Cole led TC on a 10-3 run that put the Lady Tornadoes up 18-11. Selma battled back and cut the lead to three points, but Richardson responded with six straight points to push TC's lead to 28-19.

A four-point play from Richardson gave the Lady Tornadoes a comfortable 15-point lead at 38-23 with three minutes to play in the first half, and TC took a 46-27 lead into the locker room.

The Lady Tornadoes continued to pour it on in the second half, as TC's lead swelled to 33 points.

With 12 minutes to play, both teams were whistled for technical fouls.

"It was basically trash-talking out there," said Lagmay when prompted about the technicals. "For both coaches its our duty to make sure we're displaying some type of moral excellence. Whether we lose or not we have to be classy about it. These are both institutions of higher learning."

Marquita McMurray led Selma with 25 points, four steals and four rebounds. Terrica Craig had eight points and six steals, while Treasure Baker had eight rebounds, six points and two steals.

The Lady Tornadoes will travel to South Alabama (6-3) Saturday at 7 p.m.

"(South Alabama) is a good mid-major Division I team," Lagmay said. "It will give us a good idea of where we're at against a Division I. We played Mississippi Valley State and lost to them surprisingly to us, but we're going to play hard. We're the type of team that will play anyone, anywhere."