Lady Aggies Defeat Louisiana- Lafayette, 95-78
Despite turning the ball over 27 times, the Aggies defeated Louisiana-Lafayette, 95-78, in the first game of the Sue Gutner Classic at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center Tuesday evening. The Aggies (4-4) will play host LSU Wednesday night at 7 p.m.
Senior Tu'wauna Cook led the Aggies with 25 points on 8-for-11 shooting from the floor and 5-for-6 shooting from 3-point range. Freshman Amber Calvin came off the bench to score a season-high 18.
When the Aggies did take shots on offensive possessions, they made most of them. For the second straight game, the Aggies shot better than 50 percent from the floor.
The Aggies also had their best shooting night from 3-point range in school history (10 or more threes taken) as they hit nine of the 12 3-pointers they attempted. The Aggies also out-rebounded their opponent by double figures for the second straight contests.
The Ragin' Cajuns (2-7) were able to cut the Aggies lead to nine on three separate occasions during the first half, and trailed 49-36 at the half. But by the second half the Aggies were in full control. Their lead ballooned to as much as 26. Alexis Green came off the bench to lead the Ragin' Cajuns with 24 points.
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Long's Career Night Leads Spartans Over Savannah State, 57-45
Sophomore guard Whitney Long scored a career-high 30 points, 16 in the first half, to lead the Norfolk State women's basketball team to a 57-45 win at Savannah State at Tiger Arena on Tuesday night.
Long was 9-of-15 from the field for the game and 11-of-12 from the free-throw line. She also had four rebounds, two assists and one steal in 32 minutes of play.
Long got things started for NSU (2-5) by scoring the first four points of the game. The Spartans led for most of the first half, but a jumper by Brittany Gilbert with 7:17 left in the half tied the game at 20-all. Marian Brooks answered on the other end with a layup to regain the lead for the Spartans with 7:02 left.
SSU (7-4) took a one-point lead, 28-27, after a layup by Kymberli Stamps, but NSU went into the break with a three-point advantage, 31-28.
Things were close in the second half, but the Spartans were able to limit the Lady Tigers to just 17 points in the second half and forced 12 SSU turnovers.
For the game, NSU shot 40.5 percent (17-of-42) from the field and was 22-of-31 from the charity stripe. SSU hit 20 of its 53 shots from the floor and only went to the free-throw line five times for the game (2-of-5).
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