Kansas City
7-18,3-11Summit League
St. Thomas
10-15,5-10Summit League
Ugass Posts Double-Double in Loss to St. Thomas
2/11/2023 4:54:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Kansas City was unable to overcome the Tommies' paint attack
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After a back-and-forth first half, Kansas City Women's Basketball (7-18, 3-11 Summit) lost its spark against St. Thomas (10-15, 5-10 Summit), falling in an 80-57 game. Transition defense and points in the paint were both problems for Kansas City this afternoon. The Roos struggled inside, only scoring 24 points compared to St. Thomas' 52 points in the paint.
The Roos were in the game, finding themselves down only six points as the second quarter came to a close. Shortly after, St. Thomas would extend its lead, going on an 18-3 run in the second half. Kansas City struggled, shooting only 34.5% from the field as St. Thomas shot a 52.3% clip.
Manna Mensah led the Roos playing the entire 40 minutes, scoring 22 points. Mensah was supported by a strong performance from Tamia Ugass's second-career double-double, putting up 14 points and 14 rebounds on the afternoon.
KEY MOMENTS
- 1Q – 7:32 / 6-15 | Mensah attacked the lane hard and stopped for the step-back jumper to stop a 9-0 St. Thomas run.
- 1Q – 0:00 / 14-18 | Mensah hit the deep three-point shot from the wing, jumpstarting a Roo 10-3 scoring run to end the first quarter. She led the team, scoring 10 of the Roos' 14 first quarter points.
1Q | MENSAHHH with the 3? pic.twitter.com/MkTWuKDE8V
— Kansas City Women's Basketball (@KCRoosWBB) February 11, 2023
- 2Q – 6:20 / 18-22 | Mensah made space with the dribble off the offensive rebound for an open jump shot.
- 2Q – 0:34 / 26-30 | Ugass fought for three clutch buckets to end the second quarter. She scored the last six points of the half for the Roos.
- 3Q – 8:00 / 28-34 | Rain Green pushed the tempo, driving the lane for a layup to open up scoring for the Roos in the quarter.
- 3Q – 3:30 / 35-43 | Mensah pulled up from downtown for the three-pointer to snap a St. Thomas 9-3 scoring run. A couple plays later, Mensah attacked on a second-chance opportunity and made the and-one layup.
- 4Q – 6:38 / 45-63 | Mensah made the open jumper off an assist from Green. This basket stopped a St. Thomas 18-3 run.
- 4Q – 5:12 / 49-66 | Ugass made a powerful post move to get the open hook shot off the Mensah assist.
STATS TO NOTE
- Mensah and Ugass led the Roos in scoring, combining for 22-of-26 first half points.
- The Roos went into halftime with three players having two fouls (M. Mullens, A. Murphy, Z. Harrell). No players fouled out for Kansas City.
- KC gave up 16 turnovers allowing St. Thomas to score 23 points off turnovers.
- The Roos won the rebounding battle with a plus-four margin (38-34).
- Kansas City had 14 offensive rebounds that translated into 17 second chance points.
HEAD COACH DIONNAH JACKSON-DURRETT, QUOTED
"We're at a point in the season where you should have stacked habits and be disciplined. Unfortunately, we have not."
"You have to build your own confidence, you're in control of that. The more you get in the gym, the more you see the ball go through the hoop, the more your confidence builds."
UP NEXT
The Roos will head on the road to play North Dakota State, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Scheels Center in Fargo, N.D.
