Lady Rattlers Nip South Carolina State, 79-65
Orangeburg, S.C. – The Lady Rattlers picked up back-to-back road wins as they defeated South Carolina State, 79-65 Monday evening at Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center.
FAMU (10-10, 5-3) was paced by Tameka McKelton as she scored a game high 22 points to lead all scorers. Jasmine Grice added 13 points, followed by Antonia Bennett with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Myeshia Simms rounded out the cast of Lady Rattlers in double-figures with 10 points.
SCSU (6-12, 2-6) had a trio of Lady Bulldogs to score in double-figures as Whitney Wiley scored a team high 19 points. Tiara Knots finished with 11 points, while Fannie Goodwin finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds.
Qiana Donald gave the Lady Rattlers a 5-3 lead on a pair of free throws with 17:07 to go in the first.
FAMU would then go on an 11-3 run to take a 16-6 lead, capped off by a Grice three pointer within the half.
The Lady Rattlers extended their lead to 17 points to make the score 35-18 as Mckelton sank a lay-up. FAMU would go into the break with a 40-28 lead over SCSU.
The Lady Rattlers finished the first half shooting a blazing 47.1 percent, while the Lady Bulldogs shot 33.3 percent.
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Late-Game Slump Dooms NSU at Coppin State, 64-55
Baltimore, Md. – Cold shooting late in the second half doomed the Norfolk State Spartans in a 64-55 loss to Coppin State Monday evening at the Physical Education Complex.
Numerous turnovers hurt NSU (8-10 overall, 1-7 MEAC) in both halves, many of them on travel calls, as the Spartans committed 29 total turnovers for the game. Despite shooting worse from the floor, Coppin State (7-12, 4-4) took advantage of 20 more free throw attempts than the Spartans.
Junior Tyisha Bridges led the team with 14 points, including a 7-of-7 effort from the free throw line, while junior Sarah Daily knocked down 13 points with four rebounds and two assists. Freshman Rae Corbo added eight points with six rebounds and four assists.
Sophomore Marian Brooks also had six rebounds to go along with six points, as NSU held a 39-34 advantage on the boards.
Coppin State received scoring efforts from the trio of Larrisa Carter, Shawntae Payne and Kyra Coleman. Carter had game highs of 18 points and nine rebounds, while Payne totaled 17 points with four rebounds, two steals and two blocks. Coleman, meanwhile, had 15 points and seven boards as the trio combined for 50 of the team’s 64 points.
Playing with just 10 players, the Spartans held a 16-3 advantage in second-chance points despite pulling just one more offensive board than Coppin State. NSU, however, had just three steals as the Eagles committed 16 turnovers in the game.
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Bison Snag Third Straight Win
Washington, D.C. - The Howard Lady Bison closed out their match with the Delaware State Hornets with a 51-46 win, extending their winning streak to three straight victories.
A host of turnovers and aggressive fouls, however, dominated the opening half as both teams combined for 23 turnovers, 17 fouls and seven steals. Likewise, both Howard (8-14, 5-4 MEAC) and Delaware State (5-15, 1-7 MEAC) failed to convert on many offensive opportunities, shooting 29.6 percent and 35.0 percent, respectively from the field.
Midway through the half, Delaware State went on to spark a series of 13 points to lead Howard by the largest margin of the game, 21-14.
Sophomore guard Cheyenne Curley-Payne would ignite Howard back into the game with a steal after blocking a Hornet 3-pointer as the shot clock dwindled. Upon the steal, Curley-Payne assisted Tamoria Holmes on a down court pass. Holmes went on to beat out a Hornet defender for a layup to push Howard within five points.
In attempts to break what was a balanced scoring second half, Kianna Conner of Delaware State converted behind the arc to inch the Hornets within two of Howard’s 41 points. A Hornet foul, however, led to two successful free throws for the Bison. DSU would stay in and hustle for an offensive rebound to put up another two points. Tasia Bristow added to the wealth and landed a key shot behind the arc to give DSU the lead, 44-43.
Scoring would remain low throughout the second half, like the first, as Howard only mustered ten points from the field. The final 18 points of the game would result in shots made from the free throw line, 11 of which came from Saadia Doyle.
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Dodson’s Jumper Lifts Morgan State Past Lady Aggies, 51-49
Baltimore, Md. - Morgan State senior Brittany Dodson, playing in her first game back since dealing with an injury two weeks ago, struggled from the floor, going 1-for-7 in 22 minutes of play. But it was her lone field goal that provided excitement and lifted the host Lady Bears to a 51-49 victory over visiting North Carolina A&T on Monday evening at Hill Field House.
Dodson, who came off the bench, finished with 11 points, including a perfect 9-for-9 from the free throw line, made her move to the basket hitting a jumper along the right baseline over A&T’s Jaleesa Sams, for the game’s winning basket.
The win completed a successful two-game home sweep for the Lady Bears (12-8, 6-2 MEAC) placing them in sole possession of second-place seat in the league standings at the halfway point of the conference schedule. It was also the second straight win at home over the Lady Aggies, who have now lost two of the last three meetings to Morgan State.
Theresa Davis came off the bench to lead Morgan State with a game-high 19 points on 6-of-7 shooting and added a team-high eight rebounds and three steals. Her eight rebounds gives her 569 for career and moves her past Corin “Tiny” Adams (564 from 2007-10) for ninth all-time at Morgan State.
The Lady Aggies (9-10, 5-3 MEAC) were led by Sabre Proctor, who finished with a team-high 18 points, hauled in eight rebounds and had four steals for N.C. A&T, who had their three-game winning streak snapped. Tracy King came off the bench with nine points, while Jaleesa Sams grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds.
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Lady Pirates Defense Suffocates Maryland Eastern Shore
Hampton, Va. – For the second straight game, the Lady Pirates used a suffocating defense en route to victory, beating Maryland Eastern Shore 47-29 Monday evening at the HU Convocation Center in front of a national ESPNU audience.
The Lady Pirates (15-6, 8-1 MEAC) matched their season low for points allowed – they held Delaware State to 29 points on Saturday – in picking up their third straight win. UMES made just nine field goals and 10 free throws.
Senior forward Quanneisha Perry led Hampton with 12 points and 13 rebounds for her seventh double-double of the season. Junior guard Jericka Jenkins added 11 points and eight assists.
Casey Morton gave UMES a 2-0 lead with a jumper at the 19:24 mark in the first half, before the Lady Pirates went on a 14-0 run to take a 14-2 lead in the first half after a pair of Jenkins free throws.
UMES (7-13, 4-4 MEAC) hit just two field goals in the last portion of the half. Hampton went into the intermission with a 28-11 lead, holding the Lady Hawks to 26.7 percent shooting.
The Lady Pirates forced UMES into 30 turnovers, a season high for Hampton, converting them into 27 points. Hampton shot 27.7 percent from the floor, making eight of 11 free throws in the process.
Hampton also out-rebounded UMES 42-37.
UMES shot just 23.7 percent from the floor, making just one of its four 3-point attempts. Morton led the Lady Hawks with seven points, while Chelsea Sanders pulled down a team-high six rebounds.
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Lady Wildcats Steals Lead to 64-53 Victory over NCCU Basketball
Durham, N.C. – In recent matchups, the three-point arc has not been the most favorable shooting point for North Carolina Central University. But in Monday night’s contest against Bethune-Cookman University in McDougald-McLendon Gymnasium, senior Shanise Blanks thrived from the long range.
Despite Blanks’ leading the Lady Eagles with season-high17 points, 15 from behind three-point arc, and a ninth double-double performance from Jori Nwachukwu, the Lady Wildcats were able to secure an 11-point win over NCCU, 64-53.
The Lady Eagles began the contest with a six-point lead, Blanks came off the bench sinking her first long range basket at the 15:24 mark. Within a matter of minutes, B-CU took its first lead of the game.
Kiara Redmon, who finished with six points, provided the first tying shot for the Lady Wildcats from the free-throw line, along with a jumper, supplying the first largest deficit of the night for a score of 21-14.
NCCU freshman Alesha Jenkins and Blanks’ three-point success delivered the second tie of the first-half, 24-24. Nonetheless, B-CU offensive leader Sarah Bolden paced the visitors on a 10-0 run to end the half at 34-24.
Along with Blanks’ season-high performance, Nwachukwu scored 11 points and seized 11 boards. Junior Blaire Houston and Chasidy Williams delivered seven points apiece for the Lady Eagles, while sophomore J’Mia Pollock blocked three Lady Wildcat shots.
Four Bethune-Cookman student-athletes scored in double-figures, Bolden led with 22 points, Amanda Hairston sinked 14 point, while Daniels and Jasmine Elum hit 10 points apiece. Daniels also guided the offense with seven assists.
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