.CLEVELAND, Miss. - Delta State held off the Christian Brothers University women's basketball team to earn a 78-65 victory, on Saturday night, at Walter Sillers Coliseum.
The contest was the Gulf South Conference opener for both teams.
TIP OFF
Score: DSU 78 (2-2, 0-1) | CBU 65 (0-5, 0-1)
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- DSU held the Lady Bucs to just 2-13 shooting, in the first quarter, to take a 17-8 lead.
- A layup by Destiny Kiner trimmed the deficit to 22-13.
- DSU used its own 21-11 spurt to take a 43-24 lead at the break.
- The Lady Statesmen shot 14-29 in the opening half, while CBU was 7-28.
- CBU cut the DSU lead to 52-41, with 2:28 left in the third, but the hosts scored eight straight to close out the quarter.
- The Lady Bucs closed out the game with a 14-7 run, while outscoring DSU 24-18 in the quarter, but saw their comeback effort fall short.
KEY STATS | NOTEABLES
- SAU shot 26-53, including 6-12 from three point range. DSU also took advantage of a 20-26 effort from the free throw stripe.
- CBU finished 22-63, and knocked down 6-14 from long-range.
- The Lady Bucs were 13-17 from the free throw line.
- The contest saw 31 fouls called.
- DSU won the rebounding battle 39-24.
- CBU comitted a season-low 11 turnovers.
- Tae Leatherwood led CBU with a season-high 13 points.
- Ever Walker added 11 points and Chloe Crawford had 10.
UP NEXT
The Lady Bucs are scheduled to return to action on Monday, Nov. 27 when they travel to Clinton, Miss., to face Mississippi College. Tipoff is set for 5:30 PM.
