Dribbler’s Diary: Sour, Then Sweet

February 24, 2009

University of Alabama at Birmingham's Amanda Peterson tries to block SMU forward Brittany Gilliam's layup in the first half of the Mustangs' 81-51 win at Moody Coliseum Sunday afternoon. Gilliam is writing a weekly blog this semester for the Daily Mustang. (PHOTO BY LINDSEY PERKINS / THE DAILY MUSTANG)

SMU forward and journalism student Brittany Gilliam is writing a weekly blog this semester for the Daily Mustang. (PHOTO BY LINDSEY PERKINS / THE DAILY MUSTANG)

Posted by Brittany Gilliam

It was a huge weekend as we traveled down to Houston with another chance to reclaim the first place crown in Conference USA, yet it became a sour but sweet trip. We faced the No. 3 team, Houston, which defeated us with two seconds left to drop us out of first place.

I am still bitter from the loss because of my costly turnovers in the final three minutes of the game. Even though we never took ourselves out of the game, I had the chance to redeem our team. But we fell short when I overthrew the ball to teammate Haley Day for the last-second alley-oop. I was disappointed.

My teammates and I did not want to end the road trip with two losses, so we put together an impressive win over Rice on television and ended up sliding back into first, thanks to Tulsa defeating Houston. Whew! I feel so much better. I can sleep now.