GAME NOTES: Delta State vs. Mississippi College (2.23.19)
CLEVELAND, Miss. -- Delta State University women's basketball (16-9, 11-7 GSC) welcomes
Mississippi College (7-17, 3-15 GSC) for the regular season home finale and Senior Day at 2 p.m. on Sat., Feb. 23 at Walter Sillers Coliseum.
The Lady Statesmen will close the regular season against the
University of Montevallo (11-14, 7-10 GSC) on Thurs., Feb. 28 at 5:30 p.m. in Montevallo, Ala., starting GSC Tournament play on Tuesday, March 5.
SENIOR DAY: Delta State will honor seniors
Alondrea Rush and
Frederica Haywood following the Mississippi College game. Rush has been a four-year starter for the Lady Statesmen, helping the Green-and-White to the 2015-16 GSC Women's Basketball Championship. Known as "Lil Bit Rush", the Horn Lake, Miss., native enters the MC game
3rd in career 3-pointers made, needing
2 to pass DSU Assistant Coach
Chelsey Rhodes (206) for
2nd. Rush also ranks
3rd in career 3-pointers attempted
(600) and
29th on the career scoring list
(1,154 points) at DSU. Haywood, who is graduate transfer from McNeese State, ranks
4th in the GSC, grabbing 8.8 rebounds per game while scoring 8.6 points per contest. The Mound Boyou, Miss., native has
9 double-figure rebounds games with a career-high 15 against Christian Brothers while her career-best points came against LeMoyne Owen (15).
LADY STATESMEN REWIND: The Lady Statesmen used a 14-5 run to erase a seven-point deficit in the final 2:41 of the game to defeat Valdosta State, 70-66 on Sat., Feb. 16 in Valdosta, Ga.
Nia Johnson's 17 points led the Lady Statesmen, who scored 21 points off the Lady Blazers' 17 turnovers en route to the win.
Kirstin Brown chipped in with 12 points and nine rebounds with
Frederica Haywood added 11 points and four rebounds. The win helped the Lady Statesmen split the two-game road trip, falling to West Florida 77-55 on Thurs., Feb. 14 in Pensacola, Fla. Johnson had 19 points and Brown added 15.
INSIDE THE MC SERIES: The Lady Statesmen and Choctaws meet for the 63rd time on the hardwood with DSU holding a 53-10 advantage in the series. The Green-and-White have won the last four meetings in the series, capturing a 57-51 win at AE Woods Coliseum on Sat., Dec. 15 in Clinton. The Lady Statesmen are 27-4 following a 57-38 win on Sat., Jan. 27, 2018 at Walter Sillers Coliseum.
LADY STATESMEN DOUBLE-DOUBLES: Quantesha Patterson has
5 double-doubles: @ Barry (18 pts. | 12 rebs.); @ Miss. College (18 pts. | 12 rebs.); @ Union (17 pts | 14 rebs.); @ Christian Brothers (11 pts. | 13 rebs. & 25 pts. | 13 rebs).
Frederica Haywood has
3 double-doubles: vs. Spring Hill (12 pts. | 11 rebs); vs. Montevallo (14 pts. | 12 rebs.) and Alabama Huntsville (14 pts. | 14 rebs).
Kirstin Brown has
1 double-double @ Arkansas-Monticello (11 pts. | 10 rebs.) and
Zyaire Ewing has
2 double-doubles vs. Lane (13 pts. | 10 rebs.) and AUM (20 pts. | 11 rebs.)
Double-Digit Scoring: Nia Johnson has scored in double-figure
18 times with a career-high
26 against Shorter (1.5.19).
Quantesha Patterson has scored in double figures a team-high
13 times, including a career-high
25 points against Christian Brothers (2.7.19).
Zyaire Ewing ,
Frederica Haywood and
Alondrea Rush have
8 double-figure scoring games followed by
Ernesha Chatman with
7 double and
Kirstin Brown with
6.
Windex Ladies: The Lady Statesmen have out-rebounded have out-rebounded their opponents in 18-of-25 games this year.
Frederica Haywood has a team-high
9 double-figure rebound games followed by
Quantesha Patterson with
6 double-figure rebound games, including a career-high
13 rebounds against Christian Brothers (2.7.19).
Zyaire Ewing has
3 games with double-figure rebounds while
Kirstin Brown and
Raven Johnson, have
2.
At Home: The Lady Statesmen are 9-2 at home with the only losses coming to then No. 1 Union and Valdosta State. The Lady Statesmen have a
+9.6 scoring and a
+6.7 rebounding margin at home this season.
Nia Johnson is averaging 14.9 points and 2.4 assists followed by
Quantesha Patterson with 12.4 points and 7.4 rebounds per game.
Frederica Haywood averages 10.3 boards and 9.2 points per game. The Lady Statesmen are shooting 43 percent from the floor and 29.9 percent from behind the arc.
Down The Stretch: Delta State has been clutch from the charity stripe in the final
5 minutes of games, shooting
80 percent (92-of-115). For the season, the Lady Statesmen are shooting 70.8 percent.
Alondrea Rush is shooting 87.5 percent (91.7 GSC) followed by
Ernesha Chatman's 83.3 percent.
Nia Johnson's is shooting 81.5 percent from the line down the stretch, including going 6-for-6 in the final 20 seconds in last Saturday's 70-66 win at Valdosta State.
