Box Score FAIRFIELD, Ala.– The Delta State University Women's Basketball team defeated Lane College 45-35 in an defensive struggle on Saturday afternoon. A strong seventeen point 3
rd quarter pushed the Lady Statesmen ahead for the victory.
Alondrea Rush led all scorers with her season high 21 points.
THE BASICS:
Score: Delta State 45, Lane College 35
Records: Lady Statesmen 2-2 | Dragons 1-2
Series: Delta State leads the series 7-0
Location | Time: Knox Gymnasium | Fairfield, Ala. | 4 p.m.
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TURNING POINT
- In a defensive struggle, DSU did not allow Lane to score more than 11 points in any quarter.
- After four lead changes in the first quarter, DSU did not relinquish the lead from the second quarter on.
- An 9-0 run in the third pushed the Lady Statesmen lead to 17 points which was the highest in the game.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Alondrea Rush led the way in the stat sheet again. She had 21 points, two assists, and two steals.
- Zyaire Ewing earned her first double-double of the season with 13 points and a career high 10 rebounds. She and Raven Johnson were the only ones in the game with double digit rebounds.
- Johnson had a game high 11 boards.
- As a team, DSU picked up 45 boards while Lane earned 40.
- The Lane Dragons shot a woeful 1-13 from beyond the arc for just 7.7%.
- DSU struggled from the free throw line shooting just 55% a cool 11-20.
- Rush was the only one who shot well from charity 7-10.
INSIDE THE FLOW
- There were a combined 38 fouls called in the ball game with Lane committing 25 of them.
- Lane outscored DSU in the paint 18-10.
- The Green and White committed 23 turnovers in the game.
NOTABLES
- This was the lowest scoring game for the Lady Statesmen. It was the first time that DSU did not score in the 60s.
- This was the lowest scoring total for a Lady Statesmen opponent since Christian Brothers scored 30 points at Walter-Sillers Coliseum on December 10, 2015.
- DSU has still never lost to Lane College and is now 7-0 all-time against them.
- Only other coach to have played Lane was Coach Lloyd Clark.
UP NEXT
- Delta State have a week off for Thanksgiving and return home on Tuesday, November 27 to take on Spring Hill.
