Lady Eagles open season with win at Presbyterian

CLINTON, S.C. – A new-looking North Carolina Central University women’s basketball team seized its first season-opening victory since transitioning to Division I under second-year head coach Vanessa Taylor as the Lady Eagles defeated the Presbyterian Blue Hose 55-44 on Thursday, Nov. 14 in Clinton, S.C.

NCCU (1-0) featured a lineup of four newcomers including senior transfer Jessica Freeman, who led the game with 18 points. She hit 7 of her 15 field goal attempts, 3-of-5 shots from three-point land and finished 1-of-3 from the charity stripe. Freeman was joined in double figures by junior transfer Racquel Davis who collected her first double-double in a NCCU uniform. Davis amassed 14 points during the victory along with a game-best 15 rebounds while finishing a perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line, as her four helped the Lady Eagles to a 15-of-20 (75 percent) combined effort.  

The tenacious NCCU defense forced Presbyterian (0-2) into 16 turnovers which the Lady Eagles converted into 18 points.

The Blue Hose were guided by 10 points each from Noelle Carter and Keyonna Allen.

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Late Second Half Push by Commodores Enough to Get by DSU, 73-67

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Taking on one of the top programs in the nation, the Delaware State women’s basketball team (0-2) more than held its own on the road against Southeastern Conference (SEC) foe No. 25 Vanderbilt (3-0), but the Lady Commodores erased an 11-point halftime deficit to come away with a 73-67 victory.

Raven Bankston finished with a team-high 17 (6-of-18) points, along with four assists, while Tierra Hawkins finished with her first double-double of the season by pouring in 12 (5-of-13) points and pulling down a game-high 14 rebounds.

With this performance, Hawkins is two points shy of 1,000 career points.

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