March 4, 2010
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DULUTH, Ga. — All-Southeastern Conference performers Jence Rhoads and Merideth Marsh led No. 5 seed Vanderbilt to a 65-64 overtime win over No. 12 seed Arkansas on Thursday night inside the Arena at Gwinnett Center.
Rhoads scored 21 points, including five in the extra period, to lead the Commodores in scoring for the team-high 13th time this season. The junior point guard and her backcourt mate Marsh both played the entire 45 minutes.
Marsh had 19, with her third three-pointer tying the game at 60-60 after the Razorbacks had taken an early lead on Charity Ford’s fourth three-pointer to open the period. Ford’s three was Arkansas’ only field goal in overtime.
Ford had a team-high 21 for Arkansas, while Dominique Robinson added 16 points. The Razorbacks trailed by four points with less than a minute to play before scoring twice in the last 36 seconds to create the fifth tie of the game.
Rebecca Silinski added seven points and a career-best six rebounds as the Commodores narrowly outrebounded the Razorbacks, 40-39.
Vanderbilt shot 38.1 percent from the field on Thursday, beating their season-low shooting percentage by one made basket. The Commodores connected on only 37 percent of their shots in a 39-55 defeat at LSU. Now Vanderbilt will get a rematch with the Lady Tigers in Friday’s quarterfinal, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. CT.
Vanderbilt and LSU have met in the SEC Tournament seven times in the past 11 years, with the Commodores winning six of those matchups. Last season in North Little Rock, Vanderbilt defeated LSU in the semifinals en route its sixth SEC Tournament championship.
