Pye Leads William & Mary over NSU, 74-59

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Taysha Pye scored 28 points to lead William & Mary over the Norfolk State women's basketball team, 74-59, Wednesday evening at Kaplan Arena.

The Tribe (1-6) secured their first win of the season as Pye and Emily Correal (18 points) combined for 46 points on the night. The loss dropped NSU to 4-3 on the season.

Junior Whitney Long was the only player in double figures for the Spartans, as she posted 24 points on 11-of-22 shooting with seven rebounds and three steals. It marked the second-highest scoring output of her career.

Sophomore Marian Brooks tallied nine points with 10 rebounds, while freshman Rae Corbo added eight points. Sophomore Recca Trice posted a game-high five assists for NSU.

Pye posted a double-double with 10 rebounds to go along with her 11-of-24 shooting, while Kaitlyn Mathieu also contributed a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Correal nearly added the third double-double for the Tribe as she grabbed nine rebounds.

William & Mary posted a 45-43 edge in rebounds, despite having a 16-rebound margin in the first half. NSU converted on just 4-of-11 free throws (36.4 percent) in the game, while the Tribe hit 15-of-25 (60 percent).

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Nicholls State Capitalizes on Very Off Game for the Lady Wildcats

THIBODAUX, La. - The Lady Wildcats struggled right out of the gate against the Colonels of Nicholls State (3-6). After B-CU took their first lead, NSU fired right back with a run to go into halftime up by 17. NSU kept their intensity and grew their lead in the second half, leading by as many as 31, ending in a 71-44 loss for the Lady Wildcats.

B-CU also took a major hit when starting guard Demetria Frank went down with a hard injury, leading all scorers when she left the game. The absence of her tough defense and scoring ability made a noticeable impact on the play of the Lady Wildcats.

Playing short-handed, the Lady Wildcats inexperienced bench was exposed as they found problems covering NSU's top scorer, KK Babin, who caught fire early in the game, going 5 of 10 from the perimeter to lead all scorers with 20, including 12 in the first half.

Jasmine Elum topped B-CU's scoring with nine points, while Demetria Frank and Sarah Bolden each had eight. Bolden and Cleniece Roberts each topped the team in rebounds with 9. Bolden also collected 4 steals.

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SC State Falls to UNC-Asheville, 84-69

Asheville, N.C.--SC State saw a nine point half-time lead turn into a 15 point loss as they fell to UNC-Asheville, 69-84, in women's basketball.  The non-conference matchup was contested at the Justice Center on the campus of UNC-Asheville.

Senior Whitney Wiley scored 15 points to lead the Lady Bulldogs.  Trinese Fox scored 10 points while Paris Alston dropped in six points and a team-high six rebounds as SC State fell to 3-4 on the season.

Kelli Riles and Kendall Shepard each scored a game-high 22 points as UNC-Asheville improved to 5-3 on the season.  Riles also pulled in a game-high 16 rebounds in the contest.

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