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NORFOLK, Va. - The Spartan women's basketball team (2-5) plays its final home game of 2014 - as well as its first game in 10 days - when Marshall University (5-2) of Conference USA comes to Joseph Echols Hall for a 6 p.m. matchup on Tuesday.
Last Time Out:
Rae Corbo scored a season-high 25 points, and NSU used a strong second-half performance to overcome a six-point halftime deficit to win its MEAC opener, 68-63, over Morgan State in NSU's last game on Saturday, Dec. 6. The Spartans used a 15-0 run early in the second half to turn a nine-point deficit into a six-point lead. The outcome wasn't decided, though, until
Jazamine Gray banked in a 3-pointer for a 66-61 NSU lead with 1:22 to play. Corbo then went 2-of-2 from the line with 20 seconds remaining to clinch the win.
Kayla Roberts posted her first career double-double, with 11 points (all in the second half) and a career-high 17 rebounds. Gray and
Kieera Basey scored eight points each.
About Marshall: The Thundering Herd is 5-2 after an 84-41 over Salem International last Wednesday in Huntington, W.Va. Chukwuka Ezeigbo led Marshall with 19 points and 10 rebounds in that one. Marshall is led by 6-0 guard/forward Leah Scott, who is averaging a team-best 16.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per game while shooting 57.5 percent from the floor. Norrisha Victrum chips in with 12.6 points per game, A.J. Johnson averages 8.7 points, and Ezeigbo checks in at 8.3 points and a team-leading 9.6 rebounds. Marshall was picked to finish last in the 14-team Conference USA preseason poll.
All-Time Series vs. Marshall: The teams have played just once previously, with Marshall taking an 80-61 win over the Spartans during the 2000-01 season.
Corbo Earns 1st MEAC POTW Honor: Redshirt senior guard
Rae Corbo secured her first-ever MEAC Player of the Week honor for the week of Dec. 8 after scoring 25 points against Morgan State. Corbo, who shared the honor with Hampton guard Malia Tate-DeFreitas, scored her season high 25 on an efficient 6-of-9 shooting from the floor and 10-of-12 from the free throw line. She also hit 3-of-5 from behind the arc. Corbo was a three-time MEAC Rookie of the Week selection as a freshman in 2010-11, but this is her first time earning Player of the Week accolades.
