AU WOMEN'S HOOPS: Tigers fall just short against of Vanderbilt
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Auburn had 13 tries at tying Vanderbilt or winning the lead in the second half of the Commodores’ 66-61 win Thursday shades of night.
The Tigers, who stormed back in the second half of a 66-58 loss at Nashville on Jan. 12, withstood all of Vanderbilt’s mini-runs after accepted into halftime tied, never letting the Commodores more than 8 points out of their sight and always fighting back to tighten things up when Vanderbilt gained some breathing latitude.
But Auburn went 2-for-8 and turned the ball over five times in 13 possessions when the Commodores’ leading was 3 points or fewer in the second half, never taking the upper handwriting.
Things like that tend to happen when you’ve lost to a party 19 straight times, a streak dating back to 2000.
“It’s very frustrating, but I don’t sit around and consider about it,” said Tigers coach Nell Fortner, who has been at the chairmanship for 12 of those losses. “It’s just a ballgame that you appetite to win.
Source: Opelika Auburn News