Zyaire Ewing - CBU
51
Delta St. Delta 14-3,7-3 Gulf South
55
Winner Ala.-Huntsville UAH 8-8,4-5 Gulf South
Delta St. Delta
14-3,7-3 Gulf South
51
Final
55
Ala.-Huntsville UAH
8-8,4-5 Gulf South
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Delta St. Delta 12 17 13 9 51
Ala.-Huntsville UAH 20 11 15 9 55

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Fred Sington

No. 15 Lady Statesmen Fall At Alabama Huntsville

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Zyaire Ewing collected her eighth double-double but the No. 15 Delta State women's basketball team dropped a 55-51 decision to the University of Alabama Huntsville (8-8, 5-5 GSC) on Thursday at Spragins Hall.
 
Ewing scored 14 points and collected 16 rebounds for her 11th game with double-figure rebounds.

THE BASICS:
Score: Alabama Huntsville 55 | Delta State 51
Records: Lady Statesmen (14-3, 7-3 GSC) | Chargers (8-8, 5-5 GSC)
Series: Delta State leads 21-8
Location | Time: Spragins Hall – Huntsville, Ala. | 5:30 PM
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HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Alabama Huntsville held an early 8-3 lead before a 3-point play by Aliyah Herod cut the deficit to 8-6 with 5:33 left in the opening quarter.
  • The Chargers went on an 8-2 run to take a 16-8 lead following a 3-pointer by Aryn Sanders with 3:04 left in the first quarter.
  • UAH took a 20-12 lead into the  first-quarter break after a Kailyn Wilson basket with 31 seconds to play in the first quarter.
  • The Lady Statesmen went on a 9-2 run to slice the UAH lead to 22-21 following an Ewing layup at the midway point of the second quarter.
  • A Chatman basket kept the Lady Statesmen within on, 24-23, with 4:30 left before UAH responded with a 7-0 run to build a 31-23 with 2:09 remaining.
  • Kirstin Brown, Wilson and Chatman scored during a 6-0 run to close the first half, trailing 31-29.
  • Layups by Quantesha Patterson and Ewing to open the third quarter and give DSU a 33-31 lead.
  • Ewing gave the Lady Statesmen a 35-33 lead only to see the Chargers score the next five points to take a 38-33 lead with 6:59 left in the third quarter.
  • Alexis Woods' jump shot closed the third quarter scoring with UAH holding a 46-42 lead.
  • Wilson drained a 3-pointer to make the score 53-51 at the 3:28 mark only to Selena Pruitt's baseline jump shot push the lead to 55-51.
  • Both teams would go scoreless for the remainder of the game.
 
TURNING POINT
  • UAH went on a 5-0 run to break a 48-48 tie and take a 53-48 lead with 4:23 remaining.  
 
STAT OF THE GAME
  • The Lady Statesmen were outscored 38-26 in the paint.
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
  • Ewing recorded her eighth double-double of the season after scoring 14 points and 16 rebounds.
  • The Lady Statesmen played without starter Nia Johnson (13.9 ppg.) and reserve Shaniyah Buford, who sat out the game due to illness.
  • Wilson posted a career-high seven points while Patterson was held to a season-low seven points and four rebounds.
  • Sanders scored 24 points and Holly Harris added 12 points to lead UAH.
UP NEXT
Delta State remains on the road to play GSC leader and seventh ranked Lee University on Saturday at 1 p.m.
 
 
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