quantesha patterson vs UAH
72
Winner Delta St. Delta 20-6,12-6 Gulf South
56
AUM AUM 12-14,5-13 Gulf South
Winner
Delta St. Delta
20-6,12-6 Gulf South
72
Final
56
AUM AUM
12-14,5-13 Gulf South
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Delta St. Delta 19 18 17 18 72
AUM AUM 11 19 12 14 56

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Philip Tang

Patterson Dominates In Road Win Over AUM

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Delta State University women's basketball team scored the first 12 points of the game and never looked back in a 72-56 victory in the final road game of the year over Auburn University Montgomery on Saturday afternoon. Quantesha Patterson led the Lady Statesmen with a 20 point, 12 rebound double-double. Patterson went 8-for-12 from the field in the win.

THE BASICS:
Score: Delta State 72 | Auburn Montgomery 56
Records: Lady Statesmen 20-6 (13-6) GSC | Warhawks 12-14 (5-13) GSC
Series: DSU leads 6-2
Location | Time: AUM Athletic Complex | 2 PM
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HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Delta State scored on the first three possessions of the game to take a 6-0 lead and force a timeout from AUM.
  • DSU's run was 12-0 over the first 5:45 of the game as they held AUM scoreless. 
  • AUM then responded with an 11-7 run to end the quarter as the Lady Statesmen led 19-11 after ten minutes.
  • Caitlin Carter for AUM slowly started to chip away at the Lady Statesmen lead, scoring 11 of their first 19 points.
  • Free throws from the Warhawks allowed them to cut the lead down to one, but an 8-2 run gave the Lady Statesmen a 37-30 lead at the half.
  • DSU came out quickly in the third quarter with a 9-3 run to extend the lead out to 46-33.
  • AUM's 9-2 run to cut the lead back down to eight points, but Nia Johnson answered with two buckets to push the lead to 54-42 at the end of the third quarter.
    Quantesha Patterson then got a four-point play to extend the lead to 60-44 with eight minutes left.
  • Johnson and T'kyra Hicks continued to score for the Lady Statesmen to keep the lead at 15.

TURNING POINT
  • DSU scored the first 12 points of the game and did not allow AUM to score until the 4:15 mark of the first quarter.
 
STAT OF THE GAME
  • The Lady Statesmen out-rebounded AUM 50-33 and DSU had 20 offensive rebounds.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
  • AUM was 10-for-10 from the free throw line in the second quarter.
  • Patterson ended up with 20 points and 19 rebounds, including 10 offensive rebounds in the contest.
  • Johnson had 16 points while Zyaire Ewing added 14.
  • Hicks was the final Lady Statesmen in double figures with 10.
  • DSU had five blocks while AUM had six.
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