CLEVELAND, Miss. -- The Delta State University women's basketball team dropped its first Gulf South Conference game of the season with a 77-63 loss to Union (Tenn.) University on Monday evening.

The Lady Statesmen trailed by three at the halftime break, but Union outscored DSU by eight in the third quarter to pull away. In the loss, DSU was 22-for-23 from the free throw line. Zyaire Ewing had 12 points and 16 rebounds for her sixth double-double of the season. T'kyra Hicks led all scorers with 19 points.
 
THE TIP-OFF:
Score: DSU 63 | UU 77
Records: DSU 7-4 (5-1 GSC) | UU 10-2 (5-0 GSC)
Series: Delta State trails the series 10-15
Venue | City: Walter Sillers | Cleveland, Miss.
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STATS OF THE GAME:

• Delta State out-rebounded Union 42-25.
• DSU was 19-for-55 from the field while UU was 27-for-57.
• Union was 9-for-21 from beyond the arc.
• Ke'Vonshaye Stackhouse scored 11 of her 13 points from the free throw line.
• This was the most points DSU has allowed in a game this season.
• The Lady Statesmen scored 20 points in the paint while Union had 32.
• Nine of the ten players for Delta State scored.
• The Lady Statesmen had a field goal drought of 3:50 in the third quarter.
• Both teams had multiple two minute scoring droughts in the quarter.

UP NEXT:

The Lady Statesmen return home after the New Year and host that team from down south in Mississippi College on Sunday, Jan. 2 at 2 p.m. at Walter Sillers Coliseum.