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Women’s basketball falls short against Memphis

After winning their first conference game on Thursday, the Wichita State women’s basketball team dropped their second conference game of the season to the Memphis Tigers on Sunday. This is Memphis’s first conference win of the season after they defeated the Shockers 50-49.

It all came down to the wire for the Shockers. As Memphis led 50-47 with less than a minute remaining, the Shockers needed a three-pointer to tie the game. The closest the Shockers came to pulling off an upset was when Asia Strong scored a second chance layup with seven seconds remaining. After Strong’s layup, the Shockers could not recover the ball with 3.