CLEVELAND, Miss. -- T'Kyra Hicks tallied 13 points, eight rebounds, and five assists, and the Lady Statesmen defense held the University of Alabama in Huntsville to 31 percent shooting en route to a 64-42 win on Monday night at Walter Sillers Coliseum. 

THE BASICS:
Score: Delta State 64 | Alabama-Huntsville 42
Records: Lady Statesmen 4-7 (4-7 GSC) | Chargers 5-4 (5-4 GSC)
Series: DSU leads 22-11
Location | Time: Walter Sillers Coliseum | 6 PM
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• In the game's opening four minutes, the two teams combined to shoot just 6-for-20 from the field as UAH took an early 7-6 lead.
• The Chargers followed with a 7-0 run behind back-to-back Holly Harris three-point baskets, but the Lady Statesmen battled to a 16-15 lead after the first quarter.  
• Shaniyah Buford rattled off eight straight points in the first two minutes of the second quarter for DSU, and the Lady Statesmen tallied a 10-0 run to take a 29-19 lead.
• The Lady Statesmen also held the Chargers without a basket for over five minutes as part of the 10-0 run.
• Neither team scored in the final two and half minutes of the first half as DSU took a 30-22 lead at the break. 
• The Chargers forced five Lady Statesmen fouls in the opening three minutes of the third as both teams started the third slowly. 
• The two sides combined for just five points in the first four minutes of the third quarter.
• Hicks hit a layup and was fouled to push the DSU lead back out to eight points at the close of the third quarter. 
• The Green and White put together another run, this one a 9-2 spurt, capped off by a Hicks three-pointer.
• UAH, during the DSU run, had another four-plus minute scoring drought.
• Buford scored the game's final five points to make it 64-42 in favor of the Lady Statesmen.

TURNING POINT

• A 9-2 run to open the fourth quarter, added to a four-minute scoring drought for the Chargers, turned the tides and allowed DSU to build a lead they did not relinquish.

STAT OF THE GAME

• Lady Statesmen outrebounded the Chargers 49-25, and held UAH to 31 percent shooting for the game. 

NOTABLES

• Buford tied her career-high with 23 points. 
• Hicks had 13 points, eight rebounds, which was a career-high, and five assists.
• Ewing registered another double-double (15 points and 17 rebounds), her ninth in eleven games. 

UP NEXT

Delta State travels to Memphis on Friday, Feb. 5 to take on the Lady Bucs at Canale Arena. Tip off is scheduled for 6 p.m.