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66
Winner Life LU
62
Fisk (Tenn.) FISK
Winner
Life LU
66
Final
62
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Life LU 12 22 12 20 66
Fisk (Tenn.) FISK 15 13 14 20 62

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Billy Mangum

Tullis' Double-Double Leads Women's Basketball Past Fisk

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ---- The Life University women's basketball team held on to win a 66-62 road victory over Fisk University Tuesday night as Tierra Tullis tallied her first career double-double.  
 
NOTES
• Life U improved to 7-5 on the year.
• Tullis finished with a team-high 19 points and 11 rebounds. She added four steals with two assists as well.
 
STANDOUT PERFORMERS 
Tianna Tullis also finished in double figures with 12 points.
Tierra Lindsey added 10 points with three rebounds.  
Cheyenne Daphney totaled three blocks and seven rebounds with six points. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED 
• Five minutes into the first quarter, Fisk held a 10-7 lead over Life U.
• Brown cut the lead to one, 12-11, minutes later, however Fisk answered back with a three of its own to lead 15-12 after the first ten minutes.
• Fisk jumped out to a nine-point lead, 25-16, four minutes into the second quarter, however Life U responded with an 18-0 run to take a commanding 34-25 lead after the layup from Tullis in the paint. Fisk hit a three just before the halftime buzzer as Life U went into the break ahead 34-28.
• Life U used a 6-2 run halfway through the third to extend the lead to ten, 43-33, after a three from Tullis.
• Fisk responded with a 9-1 run to cut the lead to two, however Brown hit a layup just before the buzzer to give the Running Eagles a 46-42 advantage heading into the final quarter.
• Life U held the lead in the final quarter, and lead by as many as 18, 67-49, after a layup from Glenn with 2:35 left in the game. A 13-0 run from Fisk cut the lead to five with 23 seconds remaining in the game. Tullis and Teasley sealed the game at the line with a free-throw each to give Life U the 66-62 win.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• Life U finished 27-for-70 from the field, 38.6%, while Fisk shot 24-for-79, 30.4%. The Running Eagles shot 4-for-15, 26.7%, from beyond the arc as Fisk finished 7-for-25, 28%.
• Life U shot 8-for-18, 44.4%, from the free-throw line as Fisk finished 7-for-16, 43.8%.
• Life U scored 30 points in the paint and 19 points from the bench. Fisk totaled 17 bench points and 20 points in the paint.
 
UP NEXT 
• The women's basketball team will return to action on Saturday, January 4, as they return to Mid-South Conference action and host No. 15 Lindsey Wilson in the Eagles' Nest at 2 PM.
 
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