Grambling State Lady Tigers were on a three-game winning streak found out the Southern University Lady Jaguars had other plans. The Lady Tigers inability to score baskets because of the Lady Jaguars defense with active hands and sliding their feet on defense prevented their offense from getting into a rhythm to score points.
The Grambling State Lady Tigers ‘ 20% field goal percentage in the first half allowed the Lady Jaguars to increase their lead to 20 points. The Lady Tigers went more than 7 minutes without scoring a basket and quickly saw their team fall behind. The Lady Jaguars’ offense went on a 25-6 scoring run, capping off a dominating first half with a DaKiyah Sanders three-point shot at the buzzer.
Lady Jaguars shot 45% from the field and 60% from behind the arc with DaKiyah Sanders scoring 15 points 5-6 from the field, 2-3 behind the three-point line adding 4 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals, Aleighyah Fontenot scored 12 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals, Tionna Lidge scored 10 points and 5 rebounds, and Soniyah Reed had 10 points to round out the four players scoring double digits in the game.
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The Lady Jaguars’ defense held the Lady Tigers’ shooting percentage at 28.3% in the game, due to the inability to score points in the paint, generating easy baskets and possible opportunities, sending the player to the free throw line. Kahia Warmsley had a rough time scoring points, going 3-14 from the field and 1-6 behind the three-point line, scoring 9 points. Arianna Mosley scored 10 points, going 4-8 from the field and 0-1 behind the three-point line. The Lady Tigers’ long scoreless stretches got too far behind to extend their 3-game winning streak.
The Grambling State Lady Tigers will face off against Bethune Cookman Lady Wildcats on Feb 27th at 6 pm, and The Southern University Lady Jaguars will face off against Florida A&M Lady Rattlers on Feb 27th at 5:30 pm.