Women's Basketball Recaps: November 15
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Today’s Scores:
Samford 60, Alabama State 51
Lipscomb 62, Alabama A&M 58
Southeastern Louisiana 77, Alcorn State 59
Oklahoma State 70, Prairie View A&M 50
#4 Baylor 94, Southern 49
Furious second-half rally not enough for Alabama State to overcome Samford
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Ayana Emmanuel led all scorers with 22 points and ignited a Lady Hornets second half run, but it wasn’t enough as the Alabama State women's basketball team fell short to Samford 60-51 Thursday night.
Emmanuel also chipped in on the glass with seven rebounds, while Jayla Crawford and Tatyana Calhoun each added six points for Alabama State (0-3).
Samford (2-2) opened the game on an 11-2 run and took a 27-10 lead after one quarter before ending the first half with a 34-20 lead.
In the third period, Alabama State would score seven of their 15 points off Samford miscues, cutting the Bulldogs lead to single digits, 44-35, heading into the final quarter. Calhoun hit two free throws with 2:51 remaining in the contest to cut the Bulldog lead to four, but the Lady Hornets would get no closer.
Alabama State ended the night shooting 32.6 (15-of-46) percent from the floor and just 23.1 (3-of-13) percent from beyond the arc. They also shot 78.3 (18-of-23) percent from the free throw line and won the rebounding battle, 39-33.
Meanwhile, Samford shot 43.1 (22-of-51) percent from the floor and 26.3 (5-of-19) percent from beyond the arc. They also finished at 64.7 (11-of-17) percent from the free throw line. Samantha Fitzgerald led Samford with 21 points and two steals, while Olivia Crozier added nine points, nine rebounds and four assists.
- Alabama State Athletic Strategic Communications
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Lady Bulldogs fall in nail-biter to Lipscomb
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Carnethia Brown and DeShawna Harper each poured in 12 points for Alabama A&M, but the Lady Bulldogs let one slip to Lipscomb Thursday night, falling in a hotly-contested 62-58 tilt at Elmore Gymnasium.
Harper dished out three assists four AAMU (1-2), and Lazurea Saunders flirted with a double-double, grabbing a team-best nine rebounds and scoring eight points while swiping a pair of steals.
Lipscomb pressed the advantage early as a pair of Emily Kmec threes left the Lady Bulldogs in a 15-7 hole midway through the first. Alabama A&M fought back into it, as Harper buried a trey and scooped home a lay-up to key a 9-3 run that brought the Lady Bulldogs within a bucket heading to the second.
Alabama A&M took over in the second quarter, taking the lead and ultimately pushing it to six going into intermission. However, Lipscomb’s long ball chipped away at the Lady Bulldogs’ lead in the third and though the sides traded baskets down the stretch of the frame, a pair of Keely Morrow free throws left AAMU down 44-42 at the end of three.
Brown buried a three to give Alabama A&M a 46-45 lead 90 seconds into the fourth, but Lipscomb responded with four quick points to regain control. Brown connected again from deep to tie things up at 48 with 6:18 left, but Kmec and Morrow’s efforts were enough to fend off the Lady Bulldogs, who got no closer than two after a Kmec three-ball put Lipscomb ahead for good.
Lipscomb ended the night shooting 42.9 (21-of-49) percent from the floor and 30.4 (7-of-23) percent from beyond the arc. They also shot 68.4 (13-of-19) percent from the free throw line. Kmec led with 17 points, and Morrow added 11.
Meanwhile, Alabama A&M shot just 31.9 (22-of-69) percent from the floor and 21.9 (7-of-32) percent from beyond the arc, but won the rebounding battle 49-32.
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PVAMU falls at Oklahoma State
STILLWATER, Okla. – The Prairie View A&M women’s basketball team fell 70-50 to Oklahoma State Thursday night at the IBA Gallagher Arena.
The Lady Panthers started off timid, being held to only five points during the majority of the first quarter. The team trailed 12-8 as they headed into the second quarter.
The team began to pick up speed as they cut their deficit to two, trailing 16-14 with 7:33 remaining in the half. Both teams were tied 16-16 at the 6:27 mark. PVAMU scored a quick bucket in the final seconds of the quarter, but were down 26-19 as they went into halftime.
PVAMU came out fast in the third quarter, scoring back to back buckets. A quick shot by senior center Artavia Ford was followed by a three-pointer by senior guard Sierra Shepard to cut the deficit to six at 30-24. A mixture of foul trouble and OSU’s quick offense kept PVAMU trailing as they went into the four quarter down 54-35.
The Lady Panthers trailed by as many as 20 points in the fourth quarter, but showed spurts of energy as they tried to get it going on both parts of the floor. They ended up falling to the Cowgirls 70-50.
Senior guard Shala Dobbins led the team with eight points, one assist and two steals. Ford had seven points, two assists, two steals and one block. Junior guard Dominique Newman also contributed seven points, one assist and one steal.
- PVAMU Athletics Communications
QUICK HITS:
- De’Asia Brown scored 19 points for Alcorn State, but the Lady Braves were unable to slow down Southeastern Louisiana during a 77-59 loss Thursday evening. Kirdis Clark added 11 points and seven rebounds for the Lady Braves, and Diamond Hall netted 10 points and seven rebounds
- Alcorn was held to a 31.1 (19-of-61) percent mark from the floor. Morgan Carrier led SELA with 20 points and eight boards, and Celica Sterling chipped in 16 points.
- Southern fell to fourth-ranked Baylor 94-49 Thursday evening, despite 11 points from Courtney Parsons. The Jaguars were outrebounded 42-24 by the Lady Bears, who had seven players in double figures. Baylor shot 63.5 (33-of-52) percent from the field.