Taylor Lamb

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• January 31, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team’s streak of dominance inside the Hooper Eblen Center came to an end on Thursday night, as the Golden Eagles suffered their second conference loss of the season to a scrappy, upstart Austin Peay club, 71-65. “Obviously a disappointing night,” said head coach Kim Rosamond. “I thought Austin Peay was the tougher team tonight. They outhustled us, out-toughed us, and at times, just played a whole lot smarter than we did for three and a half quarters. The last three minutes, we showed a sense of urgency that we hadn’t showed the entire game.” Tech fell to 15-5 and 7-2 in the OVC with the loss, which saw the team post season lows for field goal percentage (35.8 percent) and 3-point field goal percentage (30 percent) in the Hoop, and get outrebounded by the Governors – a team not known for their prowess on the glass – 40-34.

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• January 24, 2019

MOREHEAD, Ky. – For the first time in 51 days, the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team added a loss to its overall ledger, as it received its first blemish in Ohio Valley Conference play at the hands of Morehead State on Thursday night. The loss ends Tech’s nine-game winning streak, which started with a victory over UNC Asheville back on December 18. It moves their record to 14-4 on the season and 6-1 in the OVC.

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• January 19, 2019

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – Two Saturdays. Two conference wins. Two very different paths to success. Last weekend, Tech (14-3, 6-0 OVC) shot 60 percent from the field and 54 percent from 3-point range in dropping 99 points on Eastern Illinois in an old-fashioned shootout. On this night, defense would take center stage, as TTU frustrated Jacksonville State (8-9, 2-4 OVC) for nearly the entire contest, holding the Gamecocks to just 49 points and 33.3 percent from the floor.

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• January 16, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Anacia Wilkinson was a dominant force in Tennessee Tech’s 76-65 win over Tennessee State on Wednesday night, finishing just one block short of a triple-double to help Tech complete the season sweep of TSU, and move to 8-0 inside the Hooper Eblen Center. Wilkinson picked up her second double-double in the last three games, leading TTU in scoring and rebounding with 12 and 10, respectively. She also tallied a career-high nine blocks, which tied the school record, and moved her into the top 10 on Tech’s all-time career list.

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• January 10, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Despite a slow start Thursday night, the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team found its stride in the second half to earn a 24-point victory over SIUE, 79-55, and move to 3-0 in Ohio Valley Conference play for the first time since 2012. Beating the Cougars ended Tech’s drought of almost five years to the day without a victory in the series, with the Golden Eagles’ last triumph coming on Jan. 11, 2014. It broke a streak of five straight for SIUE. As a result, Kim Rosamond’s team moves to an OVC-best 11-3 for the year, giving them their highest win total in any of the coach’s three seasons, and the program’s best start through 14 games since the 1989-90 team.

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• December 29, 2018

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – A smothering defensive effort in the fourth quarter allowed the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team to pull away from Tennessee Wesleyan, and light up the scoreboard, as the Golden Eagles moved to 5-0 in the Hooper Eblen Center with a 100-58 victory Saturday night. While TTU maintained a double-digit lead for the majority of the first three quarters, it was its full-court man defense in the fourth stanza that blew the game open. The pressure produced nine Tech steals and forced the Bulldogs into 11 second-half turnovers, which were converted into 18 points. “I thought the difference was on the defensive end,” said head coach Kim Rosamond. “We really ramped up our energy and effort, and I think pressing them for three quarters really started to wear on them. They started to get tired, and our depth showed up as a big positive for us.”

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• December 18, 2018

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – With over 1,000 raucous kids from the Upper Cumberland in attendance, the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team outlasted UNC Asheville in Tuesday’s matinee, 60-53, in a game that played out as a tale of two different halves. “I thought our first half was as good as we’ve played all year,” said head coach Kim Rosamond after saluting the home-court advantage created by the student population. “I didn’t like the way (the game) ended, how they made it this close, but this is a quality, quality win over a very good basketball team in UNC Asheville.” From a defensive standpoint, the first half was arguably the best of Rosamond’s tenure as TTU head coach.

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• December 04, 2018

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team took on an Arkansas team that used a combination of hot shooting and suffocating defense to deal the Golden Eagles their third loss of the season on Tuesday night. “Arkansas was a difficult matchup for us,” said head coach Kim Rosamond. “We knew they were a very explosive offensive basketball team, but tonight, I thought the difference in the game was how tough and efficient they were on the defensive end.“ “Their size and length at the guard position really frustrated us. They guarded us extremely well, switched on a lot of screens on the perimeter, and made it very difficult for us to get open looks. They did such a good job of keeping our penetrators in front, and didn’t allow us to attack the rim and get to the free throw line.”

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• December 02, 2018

WICHITA, Kan. – The turnover counts were high, the shooting percentages were low, and the game play was physical from start to finish, but when the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team had to buckle down in the clutch, it did just that, and was rewarded with a 55-45 road victory over Wichita State. “For our team to go on the road and shoot 35 percent from the floor, 20 percent from (three-point range), 67 percent from the free throw line, and still find a way to win says a lot about the toughness and growth of this basketball team,” said coach Kim Rosamond. “I just thought it was a tough, gutsy effort.” The victory is Tech’s first over a team from the American Athletic Conference since the Golden Eagles took down the same Wichita State program, 54-48, back on December 22, 2015.

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• November 24, 2018

CHARLESTON, S.C. – It wasn’t always pretty for the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team on Saturday afternoon – especially in the first half – but terrific free throw shooting and a strong second-half defensive effort made the difference, as Tech moved to 4-1 on the season with a 77-55 victory over Charleston Southern. Offensive struggles were the story for both teams in the first quarter, as the Golden Eagles and Buccaneers went a combined 9-of-41 from the field. Tech held its own, and managed an 18-18 tie with CSU thanks to a 12-for-13 effort from the free throw line (92.3 percent). The Golden Eagles’ success from the charity stripe was a theme throughout the game as they finished 30-of-39 for the contest (76.9 percent).

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• November 19, 2018

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – It took a little while, but the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team eventually found its groove offensively, using hot shooting in the second half and excellent performances from bench players to beat Western Carolina 77-58 on Friday night. The victory makes Tech 3-1 on the young season, its best start since 2010-11, and gives the Golden Eagles back-to-back nonconference wins for the first time since December 2015. Coach Kim Rosamond was pleased with her team’s victory, but acknowledged there was plenty for her team to work on going into this weekend’s tournament at Charleston Southern.

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• November 16, 2018

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Beating your old conference rival? Good. Being responsible for its first loss of the season? Great. Emerging victorious in the series for the first time in almost 14 years? It doesn’t get much better. The Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team experienced all of those feelings firsthand as it held off a second-half rally from Middle Tennessee on Friday night to claim the program’s first win over the Blue Raiders since December 9, 2004.

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• November 11, 2018

COOKEVILLE, Tenn – The final score showed a 10-point loss for Tennessee Tech women’s basketball against Xavier on Sunday night, but those who saw the game know the gap between the two teams was closer than that. Tech cut the Xavier lead to five points with less than two minutes left, but the Musketeers’ free throw shooting allowed them to swell the lead to its final margin.