The women’s basketball team was knocked out of the Conference USA Championships yesterday after suffering a tough loss to Memphis — the final score was 77-67.

The Mustangs left everything they had on the court; their efforts were strong, but not enough to avoid elimination.

Memphis, the tournament host, had quite the advantage coming in to the game — they were the No. 2 seed and had previously beaten the Mustangs at home in February 60-55.

Memphis had four players that ended with double digits in the game yesterday.

Senior Brittany Carter came off the bench and put up an impressive 18 points all while grabbing four rebounds on the run.

Forward Nicole Dickson had 17 points and six rebounds, and sophomore guard Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir ended with 16 points of her own.

Senior forward Jasmine Lee was strong under the basket, pulling down eight rebounds and putting up 10 points. As a team, Memphis scored 28 points in the paint — one third of their final 77-point effort.

Despite the loss, several Mustangs stepped up to bring the team within 10 points of the Tigers.

They opened the game strong, connecting on five out of their first 12 shots, and were able to hold Memphis to a mere three for 13 from the field.

Sophomore Akil Simpson posted her ninth double-double of the season, with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

Senior Samantha Mahnesmith ended her college career with a bang, leading SMU in scoring with 15 points. She was three for four behind the arc — placing her at a tie in fifth place at SMU of all time 3-point shots ­— she had 128.

Krystal Johnson came off of the bench to score 11 points, all while shooting 50 percent from the three.

Alisha Filmore, a key player for the team, only played 10 minutes the entire game — she was injured in a collision with Memphis’ Ramses Lonlack. In her few minutes on the court she had five points, two steals, two assists and a rebound.

Memphis capitalized on Filmore’s absence in the second half and forced the Mustangs to pay dearly for their eight turnovers that they committed — adding 12 points off of those steals and scoring eight fast break points. The Tigers scored 24 points throughout the game off of turnovers alone.

As a team SMU shot 40 percent from the field and connected on seven of their 16 attempted three-pointers — both significantly higher statistics than their season averages.

The ladies ended their season just below the .500 mark, with an overall record of 14-17.