Griffin paces Coppin State past Mount Saint Mary’s
BALTIMORE, Md. – While a persistent drizzle and heavy mist fell outside of the Physical Education Complex Sunday afternoon, senior guard Amber Griffin brought the rain with a torrential downpour of timely buckets to help Coppin State defeat visiting Mount Saint Mary’s, 66-55, in a non-conference women’s basketball game.
Griffin had the game of her life in finishing with a career-high 21 points on 8-for-9 shooting from the field. Making the moment special for Griffin was that one of her close friends, senior Jordan Swails notched her fourth career double-double with 11 points and a career best 16 rebounds.
Janelle Lane and Genesis Lucas, playing for the first time since Nov. 16, scored nine points each for the Lady Eagles. Lucas finished with a career best six steals. She also dished a season best five assists. Keena Samuels continued her strong play with eight points.
In her last two games, Griffin is scorching the nets with 36 points on 60 percent shooting. It was Griffin’s third consecutive double digit outing. Her performance helped Coppin State extend its winning streak to two games and avenge last year’s defeat to the Mount.
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Savannah State falls to No. 8 Mississippi State
STARKVILLE, Miss. – The Savannah State University women’s basketball team (1-3) finished its three game stretch against Southeastern Conference opponents with a loss to host No. 8 Mississippi State University (5-0) 92-25 Sunday in Humphrey Coliseum.
Junior guard Chelsea Frazier, who played her first game for SSU, led the Lady Tigers with eight points, while junior center Tiyonda Davis led the team with seven rebounds and with four blocks and added three points.
The Bulldogs were led by Victoria Vivans with 27 points, while Teaira McCowan led the team with 12 rebounds and added eight points and Kayla Nevitt added 12 points.
The Lady Tigers return home to face in-state rival Georgia Southern Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Tiger Arena before returning on the road to face Alabama State on Saturday at 5 p.m. ET in Montgomery, Ala.
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Lady Pirates fall in home opener to James Madison
HAMPTON, Va. – Despite holding a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter, the Hampton University women’s basketball team fell 68-56 in overtime to James Madison on Sunday in its home opener in the HU Convocation Center.
The Lady Pirates fell to 0-6 on the season.
Sophomore forward Kaylah Lupoe led the Lady Pirates with 18 points and eight rebounds, going 7-for-16 from the floor and hitting all four of her free throws. Junior guard Malia Tate-DeFreitas added 15 points, five rebounds, and six assists.
Tate-DeFreitas passed Jericka Jenkins for seventh on the program’s all-time scoring list.
Junior guard Georgianna Gilbeaux added a career-high eight points on 3-for-5 shooting.
The Lady Pirates shot 36.7 percent (22-for-60) from the floor and made three of their 11 3-pointers (27.3 percent). But Hampton struggled at the free throw line, going 9-for-19 (47.4 percent).
Hampton scored 16 points off of 22 JMU turnovers.
JMU (4-1) shot 41.9 percent (26-for-62) from the floor and hit seven of 20 3-pointers (35.0 percent). Six of those seven shots from distance came after the half.
The Dukes also held a 48-33 edge in rebounding.
Ashley Perez led the Dukes with 22 points, while Jazmon Gwalthmey added 19 points and nine rebounds.
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