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Box Score

Delta State University DSU 5-8, 3-4

Valdosta State VSU 10-4, 4-2

Delta State University DSU

5-8, 3-4

Final

Jan. 07, 2018

Valdosta State VSU

10-4, 4-2

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Delta State University DSU	10	11	9	16	46
Valdosta State VSU	15	16	14	16	61

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Jordan's 19 Not Enough As Valdosta State Downs DSU 61-46

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VALDOSTA, Ga. – Takisha Jordan scored 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds, but Valdosta State hit five first-half three-pointers and built a 10-point lead at the break that proved insurmountable as the Lady Blazers knocked off the Delta State University women's basketball team 61-46 on Sunday afternoon at The Complex in Gulf South Conference action.

THE BASICS:

Score: Valdosta State 61, Delta State 46
Records: Lady Statesmen (5-8, 3-4 GSC) | Valdosta State (10-4, 4-2 GSC)
Date: Sun., Jan. 7 | 1 p.m. CT
Location: The Complex | Valdosta, Ga.
Series: DSU leads 38-9
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TURNING POINT:

The Lady Blazers hit five first half three-pointers and build a 10-point first half lead that proved to be too much for Delta State to handle, as Valdosta State notched their fourth GSC victory.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

Delta State made 17 of its 48 shots, finishing at 35 percent for the contest. The Lady Statesmen went just 2-of-13 from three (15 percent) and 10-of-15 (67 percent) from the free throw line.
The Lady Blazers shot 38 percent (18-of-47) percent from the floor, and went 7-of-17 (41 percent) from three-point territory. VSU was 18-for-20 from the free throw line.
Valdosta State edged Delta State 32-31 on the glass, and had nine assists to Delta State's two.
DSU turned it over 13 times, while VSU turned the ball over 10 times.
The Lady Blazers outscored the Lady Statesmen 20-8 in the paint.
Takisha Jordan scored 19 points and pulled down nine rebounds for the Lady Statesmen. Alexis Ross chipped in 11 points.
Kenya Samone Dixon had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Madi Mitchell tallied 17 points and five rebounds for VSU.

INSIDE THE FLOW:

Both teams committed three early turnovers, and the Lady Statesmen scored on two of them to take a 6-5 lead with 6:22 to play in the first quarter.
Valdosta State responded with a 10-4 run to close the quarter, however, as Taylor Buie hit a three-pointer and Madi Mitchell tallied five points in the opening stanza.
The Lady Blazers continued the offensive pressure in the second quarter, putting up 16 more points to take a 31-21 lead at the break. VSU went 5-of-11 from three-point territory in the first half, while Delta State went just 1-of-6 from downtown.
Takisha Jordan posted nine points, four rebounds and one assist to lead DSU, and Kenya Samone Dixon had 11 points, including going 3-for-4 from the field and 2-for-2 from beyond the three-point arc at the break.
VSU used a 10-2 run out of the locker room to take their largest lead of 18 points, 41-23, with 3:30 left in the third quarter.
The Lady Blazers built a 20-point lead, 43-23 lead behind a 10-for-10 mark at the free throw line in the third, but DSU closed the quarter on a 7-3 run capped by an Erin Richardson three-pointer as DSU trailed 45-30 headed to the fourth.
An Alondrea Rush jumper and four straight from Takisha Jordan cut the lead to 12 with 2:28 to play for DSU, but Samone Dixon drilled a triple to take it back to 15 and VSU closed out the win 61-56.