Hot-Shooting Lady Hornets Sting Lancers for Victory
DOVER, Del. – The Delaware State women’s basketball team (3-8) turned in arguably its best all-around performance of the season on Tuesday afternoon with a convincing 88-63 home victory over the Longwood Lancers (3-8), headlined by a season-high five players scoring in double figures, including a career-high 25 points (7-of-16) by guard Mikah Aldridge.
With this win, the Lady Hornets not only tallied back-to-back double digit home victories for the first time since 2012-13, but the triumph was DSU’s second in the last three games.
Aldridge, who is averaging 17.4 points per contest in her last six games, scored 13 of her game-high 25 points in the second half. For the Cleveland, Ohio native, she had a feeling she would have a good game, considering it was her 20th birthday.
From long distance, Delaware State set a modern day school-record with 11 3-pointers made, thanks in large part to Aldridge (4), sophomore Bri Justice (3), junior Aaliyah Davis (2) and freshman Ivana Negron (2).
Playing in just her second game of the season, Davis has made an immediate impact, especially from beyond the arc going 4-for-6 (.666).
On the glass, the Lady Hornets registered a season-high 51 rebounds, including 41 on the defensive end. In addition to Pollard’s 13 snags, fellow freshman Bobbi Floyd nearly missed out on a double-double with nine points (3-of-7) and a career-high 11 rebounds.
Delaware State returns to action after the Christmas Holiday on Wednesday, Dec. 30 (3 p.m.) at home against Hofstra. Delaware State is 1-1 all-time against the Pride.
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Kelly, Lady Hawks tumble against Old Dominion
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – In their final home game of 2015, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Women’s Basketball fell to the Old Dominion (ODU) Lady Monarchs, 69-52, inside the William P. Hytche Athletic Center.
With the loss, UMES dropped to 3-10 overall while the Lady Monarchs moved to 4-7 on the season.
Defensively, UMES held the Lady Monarchs under 40-percent (19-of-54) from the floor, but ODU made clutch three-pointers as they finished 40-percent (8-of-20) from downtown.
Senior center Taryana Kelly registered her first double-double of the season, third overall, finishing with a career-high 15 points and a season-high 11 boards in 35 minutes of action, which was also a career high. Taylor Thompson chipped in season-high 11 points and two boards in the loss.
Other notable performances included Ciani Byrom recording 12 points, five rebounds, and a career-high five dimes. Thus, becoming the first true freshman to post five-plus assists since teammate Mariah McCoy did the feat in Feb. 2014.
For the Lady Monarchs, Jennie Simms notched a game-high 19 points on 7-of-13 shooting. Destinee Young added 16 points and a team-high nine boards while Keyana Brown chipped in 12 points on 3-of-6 shooting from behind the arc in the victory.
Maryland Eastern Shore hits the road for their final tune-up before resuming conference play as they head back to Greensboro, N.C. to face UNC-Greensboro on Monday, Dec. 28. Tipoff is set for 5 p.m.
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