WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Rams fall short of CAA title

NEWARK, Del. – T.J. Jordan and Tiffany Green
each scored 15 points, and No. 14 Old Dominion
rallied from 18 points down to win its 17th consecutive
Colonial Athletic Association tournament
championship 71-64 over VCU Sunday.

Jazzmin Walters contributed 12 points and
Shahida Williams, the tournament’s Most Outstanding
Player, scored 10 for the top-seeded
Lady Monarchs, who improved to 50-0 in CAA
tournament games since joining the league prior
to the 1991-’92 season.

Krystal Vaughn (Baltimore, Md./Lake Clifton-
Eastern) and D’Andra Moss (Atlanta/Norcorss)
scored 16 points each and Radoslava Bachvarova
(Varna, Bulgaria) added 15 for VCU, which had
already set a school record for victories, easily
surpassing the 21 it achieved during the 1986-’87
season. The Rams had won six straight games
before competing in the championship game for
the first time.

Old Dominion trailed 38-30 at halftime but
quickly tied the game at 41.

After the Lady Monarchs built a 50-45 lead, VCU
responded with a 5-0 run to tie the game at 50.
From there, Old Dominion scored 7 of the next 9
points – 4 by Green and 3 by Jordan – to extend
its advantage to 57-52 with 4:55 left.

VCU never got within 3 points the rest of the
game.

Bachvarova’s third 3-pointer of the first half gave
VCU a 34-16 lead with 6:04 remaining.

But Old Dominion came right back with a 14-2
run to close to 36-30 before falling behind by 8
points at halftime.

The Rams shot 56 percent from the field,
including 6 of 9 from 3-point territory.

Old Dominion won for the 23rd time in 24
games and defeated the Rams for the third time
this season and for the 30th time in 31 games.

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By the numbers

VCU (25-7): Vaughn 16. Bachvarova
15, Waller 9, Jones 4, Rorie 4, Taylor
0, Moss 16, Pinkney 0. Totals: 23 11-14
64. 3-pointers: Bachvarova 3, Waller 2,
Moss 2.

ODU (29-4): Williams 10, Pym 6, T. Green
15, Walters 12, Jordan 15, Parker 5, Nuzzo
0, Canady 8, S. Green 0. Totals: 24 20-28
71. 3-pointers: Walters 2, Jordan.