South Alabama 83, Louisiana 60
MOBILE, Ala. - The University of South Alabama women's basketball team earned an 83-60 win in convincing fashion of the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns on Thursday afternoon at the Mitchell Center in front of 2152 people on pack the house day.
The Jaguars caught fire early from behind the arc, and Shaforia Kines was the catalyst. Kines went 3-for-3 from three in the first quarter and led the Jags on a 13-0 run which helped establish a 10-point lead heading into the second. From there the Jags stayed hot and didn't take their feet off the gas, shooting a stout .557 from the floor, and .500 from three for the game.
Little Rock 60, Coastal Carolina 47
LITTLE ROCK- A big night from Kyra Collier led the Trojans to a 60-45 win over Coastal Carolina Thursday night in Conway, S.C.
Collier led all scorers with 19 points while Tori Lasker was exceptional from beyond the arc, hitting four of her five three-point attempts to tally 15 points on the night while also pulling down eight rebounds. Ronjanae DeGray put in a solid performance, scoring 16 points and grabbing six rebounds.
Appalachian State 75, Arkansas State 67
BOONE, N.C. - Appalachian State University women's basketball (10-7, 4-2 SBC) continued its success at home with a 75-67 triumph over Arkansas State (8-10, 3-4 SBC) on Thursday evening inside the Holmes Center.
Madi Story registered a game-high 25 points on an efficient 11-of-17 shooting from the field. The redshirt-senior once again came through in the second half with 15 points, highlighted by 11 in the third period. Adding to her stellar performance was a season-high 10 rebounds, which gave the Maiden, N.C. native her first double-double of the season.
Troy 78, ULM 56
TROY, Alabama – After dropping its first Sun Belt Conference game of the season on Saturday, the Troy women's basketball rebounded with a 78-56 win over ULM Thursday in Trojan Arena.
Kayla Robinson led the charge from start to finish scoring the team's first five points and knocked down 7-of-14 shots to tie ULM's Arsula Clark with a game-high 20 points on the night. For Robinson, it was her eighth career game with 20 or more points.
UTA 81, Georgia Southern 48
ARLINGTON, Texas – Redshirt Junior Brooke Alexander scored a team-high 17 points as the UTA women's basketball team cruised to an 81-48 win over Georgia Southern Thursday afternoon on Kids Day at College Park Center.
The Lady Mavs shot 52.6 percent (30-of-57) from the floor, 55 percent (11-of-20) from long distance and went 10-of-14 (71.4 percent) from the charity stripe, while the Eagles hit just 16-of-59 (27.1 percent) shots from the field and 6-of-28 (21.4 percent) attempts from behind the arc.
Georgia State 57, Texas State 34
SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State women's basketball team (9-10, 4-3 Sun Belt) produced a season-low 34 points in a home loss to the Georgia State Panthers (10-8, 4-3 Sun Belt) on Thursday night inside Strahan Arena by a final tally of 57-34.
The 34-point output on the offensive end of the floor was the lowest single-game effort since a 90-24 setback at No. 3 Baylor on Dec. 6, 2016 and the least amount of points ever scored in a conference game by the Bobcats. The defensive effort from GSU marked the fewest points allowed since holding Morris Brown to 30 points in an 89-30 win on Dec. 14, 2002.