#6 West Virginia Cruises Past Lady Eagles, 71-39

DURHAM, N.C. - North Carolina Central sophomores Chasidy Williams and J'Mia Pollock put forth their best efforts in the paint and on the boards, but Williams' 10 points and Pollock's eight rebounds could not push the Lady Eagles past No. 6 West Virginia on Tuesday, Dec. 21 in McDougald-McLendon Gymnasium. NCCU fell to the nationally-ranked Mountaineers 71-39.

Lady Eagles senior Shanise Blanks amassed eight points in the loss, while fellow senior Jori Nwachukwu earned five points, five rebounds and blocked two Mountaineers shots.

The Mountaineers' speed, size and defense held the NCCU offense at bay until the 14:42 mark.  Freshman Alesha Jenkins hit a layup to put the maroon and grey on the scoreboard.  By the Lady Eagles first two points of the contest, West Virginia led with 20 points.  In the first half, the old gold and blue led by as many as 23 points.

As a team, NCCU grabbed 33 rebounds, forced 22 turnovers and stole eight Mountaineer possessions.

The West Virginia offense was led by four student-athletes scoring in double-figures.  Liz Repella topped the Mountaineers with 17 points, while Korinne Campbell and Madina Ali scored 11 apiece and Asya Bussie earned 10 points.  Ali governed the rebounding game with 11 boards. 

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Lady Bears Fall Again at Home; Stopped by Missouri State, 66-39 

BALTIMORE, Md. (Dec. 21, 2010)-Christiana Shorter scored 10 of her game-high 16 points in the first half and added a game-high 10 rebounds to record a double-double and lead visiting Missouri State to a 66-39 non-conference victory over Morgan State on Tuesday evening at Hill Field House.

Morgan State (5-5), which last played 16 days ago, showed the signs of a squad that had been away from live game speed competition for a while. The Lady Bears shot a season-low 19 percent (14-of-72), including 4-for-24 (16.7 percent) from three-point range.

Missouri State (9-3) out rebounded Morgan State by 14 boards (55-41) with Shorter's 10 rebounds leading the way and Edie Whitney adding eight. The visiting Lady Bears also recorded 10 blocked shots with Tia Mays collecting six of them.

Morgan State was led by Briana Coardes, who came off the bench to score a team-high six points, while going 2-for-2 from the field, all from three-point range in four minutes of play. Manning also finished with six points in a reserve role and Dodson tallied six points. Jamesia (Jamie) Smith, making her first appearance as a Lady Bear, added five points. Theresa Davis led Morgan State with a team-high nine rebounds, giving her 502 for her career to reach the 500-rebounds plateau.

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