Anderson's Second Half Effort Lifts Women Over Wolfpack

RENO, NV. (Dec. 2, 2003) Behind another solid performance from sophomore forward Ambrosia Anderson, BYU's women's basketball team picks up a 63-53 win over Nevada, Tuesday.

Anderson came off the bench for a team high 15 points to lead the Cougar effort with teammate Kali Taylor adding her season high 11 points to the road victory.

BYU got off to another quick start, leading by 10 points at the 14:05 mark, and extending that lead to as many as 17 midway through the first period of action. The Wolfpack stayed with the visiting Cougar team cutting the lead to single digits, 34-26 at halftime.

Nevada played a stronger second half, holding the Cougar lead under 10 points for most of the final 20 minutes of play, down by just six 59-53 with 2:46 remaining in the contest. BYU was then able to pick up their final four points from Julie Sullivan and Nancy Seljaas both scoring from the free-throw line.

Jocelyn Mancebo led all scores with 16 points while April Bankston tallied a game-high 11 rebounds in the Wolfpack's losing effort despite out rebounding the Cougars 43 to 37.

BYU, now 3-2 on the season, travels to northern California for a match up against Santa Clara, Thursday night.

Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
Brigham Young vs NEVADA
12/02/03 7:00 p.m. at Reno, Nev. (Lawlor Events Center)
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VISITORS: Brigham Young 3-2
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
04 DOOLEY, Kestlee..... *  2-5    0-1    0-0    0  1  1   1   4  3  1  0  2  27
15 OVERDIEK, Jennie.... *  1-3    0-2    1-2    0  2  2   1   3  0  0  0  2  21
25 TAYLOR, Kali........ *  4-10   2-5    1-2    2  1  3   1  11  4  1  0  1  26
40 CHAMBERLAIN, A...... *  2-4    0-0    2-4    0  5  5   3   6  0  1  1  1  19
51 CHEESMAN, Danielle.. *  4-13   0-0    1-6    2  1  3   4   9  2  3  0  2  19
01 SELJAAS, Nancy......    2-4    1-2    2-2    0  0  0   2   7  0  0  0  0  15
13 GOOLD, Tiari........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  1  0  0   4
14 SULLIVAN, Julie.....    0-5    0-1    3-4    1  2  3   2   3  2  3  0  1  17
23 HANSEN, Heather.....    0-1    0-1    0-0    1  0  1   1   0  0  1  0  1   4
24 HANSEN, Hollie......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  0  1  0  0   4
30 BROWN, Melissa......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
32 KOZLOWSKI, Kristen..    2-3    0-0    1-2    2  2  4   2   5  0  1  0  1  11
33 ANDERSON, Ambrosia..    6-9    1-2    2-2    1  3  4   1  15  1  2  0  2  23
35 JOHNSEN, Melinda....    0-1    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  2  0  1  0   9
   TEAM................                         5  4  9
   Totals..............   23-58   4-14  13-24  14 22 36  18  63 14 15  2 13 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-31  .419   2nd Half: 10-27  .370   Game:  .397  DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-9   .222   2nd Half:  2-5   .400   Game:  .286  REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half:  6-9   .667   2nd Half:  7-15  .467   Game:  .542     4
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HOME TEAM: NEVADA 0-4
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
04 BANKSTON, A......... *  3-11   0-0    2-3    3  8 11   2   8  0  2  2  2  32
23 PRESLAR, J.......... *  3-8    0-1    0-2    2  2  4   4   6  0  4  0  0  25
24 MANCEBO, J.......... *  5-11   2-5    4-4    1  3  4   3  16  3  4  0  1  35
30 SALTMARSH, K........ *  1-1    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   2  0  1  0  1  10
52 HENRY, S............ *  2-4    0-0    0-0    3  2  5   1   4  1  1  1  0  23
02 QUICK-RATH, T.......    1-5    1-2    0-0    0  1  1   0   3  0  2  0  0  13
03 DAHL, H.............    1-3    0-0    0-0    1  1  2   0   2  1  1  0  0  11
10 GRAHAM, T...........    2-6    1-2    2-2    0  6  6   2   7  2  4  0  1  26
33 YOUNG, A............    1-1    1-1    2-4    0  2  2   3   5  0  1  0  1  17
44 MAGEE, J............    0-2    0-0    0-0    1  1  2   2   0  0  1  0  0   8
   TEAM................                         2  4  6             2
   Totals..............   19-52   5-11  10-15  13 30 43  17  53  7 23  3  6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  9-23  .391   2nd Half: 10-29  .345   Game:  .365  DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-4   .500   2nd Half:  3-7   .429   Game:  .455  REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half:  6-8   .750   2nd Half:  4-7   .571   Game:  .667     1
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Officials: Melissa Barlow, Kent Johnson, Michol Murray
Technical fouls: Brigham Young-None. NEVADA-None.
Attendance: 627
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Brigham Young.................   34   29  -   63
NEVADA........................   26   27  -   53
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