CLEVELAND, Miss. – Zyaire Ewing's second double-double of the season led the No. 25 Delta State University women's basketball team (8-1) to a 79-59 victory over the University of Arkansas-Monticello (8-2).

Zyaire Ewing led all scorers with 21 points while Quantesha Patterson led both teams in rebounds with 15.
 
THE BASICS:
Score: #25 Delta State 79 | Arkansas-Monticello 59
Records:  Lady Statesmen (8-1) | Cotton Blossoms (8-2)
Series: Delta State leads 43-8
Location | Time: Walter Sillers Coliseum | 12 PM
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• At the 4:54 media timeout Delta State lead the Cotton Blossoms 8-3.Ewing and Ernesha Chatman lead the Lady Statesmen with 4 apiece.
• DSU held a 15-4 lead with 2:12 left in the first period. Delta State was led by Zyarie Ewing's 7 points.
• At the end of the first quarter the Lady Statesmen led the Cotton Blossoms 19-10. AUM was only 4-12 from the field and had 7 turnovers in the quarter. DSU scored 13 points off the UAM turnovers.
• Delta State led UAM by 10, 25-15 with 6:00 left in the 2^nd quarter.
• The Lady Statesmen still maintained a 10-point led as of the media timeout at 4:53 Ewing still led DSU with 7 points.
• Delta State held a 35-27 lead at the half. The Lady Statesmen were led by Ewing's 13 points. Ewing also had 2 steals in the first half. Jaida Muhammad led the Cotton Blossoms with her own 13 points. UAM led the half in rebounding 19-16.
• Thanks to two three pointers in a row from Nia Johnson, DSU extended their lead to 10, 43-33 with 6:15 left in the third quarter.
• At the 4:49 media timeout the Lady Statesmen led the Cotton Blossoms 48-37. Ewing led DSU with 15 points.
• With 4:06 left in the 3^rd quarter Delta State extended their lead to 13, their largest of the game, DSU led 50-37.
• Delta State led Arkansas-Monticello by 11 at the end of the 3^rd quarter.  Patterson and Ewing led DSU in the quarter with 6 points apiece. UAM shot their best FG% of the game going 6-13 in the quarter.
• A lay up by UAM's Mackenzie Hicks cut Delta States' lead to 9, 59-50.
• Delta State went on a 16-0 run starting at 8:02 mark of the fourth quarter to stretched the lead to 75-50.

 
TURNING POINT

• A low shooting percentage throughout the game by UAM allowed the Statesmen to hold the lead for most of the game.
• Although both teams had 15 turnovers apiece the Lady Statesmen scored 26 points off of UAM's turnovers while the Cotton Blossoms only scored 11 off of DSU's turnovers.
• A 16-0 run late in the fourth allowed the Lady Statesmen to pull away from the Lady Blossoms.

STAT OF THE GAME

• Ewing led the DSU in scoring throughout the game, finishing with a total of 21 points.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Ewing recorded her second double-double of the season and fourth of her career, scoring 21 points and grabbing 10 boards.
• Quantesha Patterson led DSU in rebounds with 15.
• Ernesha Chatman tied her career high in assist with 8.
• Delta State has won the last 17 contest against the Cotton Blossoms.

 
UP NEXT
The Lady statesmen will look to improve their conference record to 2-1 on Saturday December 21^st, when they take on their rival Mississippi College at 2 p.m.