BOWLING Eco-friendly, Ky. — WKU women’s basketball dropped a shut decision to Tennessee Tech on Sunday afternoon in E.A. Diddle Arena. The Lady Toppers fell 76-72 in a recreation that featured six ties and 5 guide improvements.
 
“In general, I was very pleased of the way they played tonight,” mentioned head coach Greg Collins. “I felt like it was a distinctive team tonight than it was just last 7 days. We hold getting better every week. Tonight, there a was a much much more experienced and poised group on the ground. We didn’t make the photographs we necessary to make and we failed to get the stops we needed to get. We failed to get any breaks, in some cases you need items to go your way, but over-all this group got far better now.”
 
Senior Meral Abdelgawad experienced 33 factors and 11 rebounds in the activity for her 2nd double-double of the season and a new profession high in factors. It was the most points scored by a Girl Topper because Dee Givens scored 41 at Ball Point out on Dec. 7, 2019. Abdelgawad shot 13-of-18 from the field and 2-of-2 from beyond the arc.
 
Macey Blevins joined Abdelgawad in double figures, putting up 11 details along with two helps and a job large 3 steals. Hope Sivori and Jaylin Foster each and every 8 details.
 
Abdelgawad scored the 1st points of the recreation 35 seconds into the activity and it would two of 12 factors the senior would score in the to start with quarter. The Lady Toppers pushed their lead out to as substantially as 12 in the quarter, but a 7- operate from Tennessee Tech to end the quarter brought the rating to 21-19.
 
The Golden Eagles expanded on that operate in the next quarter, getting a 22-21 direct. A jumper from Sivori put WKU back on major, but a three from Tennessee…