Fourth Straight Win for Georgia State Women's Basketball
MONROE, La. -- Georgia State's women's basketball team held ULM scoreless over the final 6:30 to leave Monroe with a 52-43 victory over the Warhawks.
The Panthers have now won four in a row to improve to 5-8 in the Sun Belt player. With Saturday's win, GSU sweeps the regular-season series against the Warhawks.
Troy Women's Basketball Earns Win No. 20 with Blowout Victory at App State
BOONE, N.C. – Troy women's basketball got back into the win column Saturday afternoon thanks to a dominating second-quarter performance where they blew the game open with a 28-8 run. Troy's 81-61 victory gives them 20 wins on the season, the fifth time in head coach Chanda Rigby's career that the Trojans have won at least 20 games in a season.
The catalyst to the Trojans impressive second-quarter was the play of Japonica James and Amber Rivers. James got things started in the second with the first six points of the quarter while Rivers scored a quarter-high 8-points behind a pair of triples. The dominating quarter propelled Troy to shooting 50 percent from the field, its highest percentage of the year, on 30-of-60 shooting. James ended the afternoon with a team-high 20-points, her fifth 20-point performance of the season and second-straight, while Rivers had 18-points, her third career game at App reaching double-digits. Joining the Trojan pair in double-digit scoring were Jasmine Robinson who score 14, Alexus Dye who scored 11 and Tyasia Moore who scored 10. This was the first game that Troy has had five scorers in double figures since Dec. 15 at Chattanooga.
Williams’ Triple-Double Leads Coastal Over South Alabama, 76-73
CONWAY, S.C. – Senior guard DJ Williams scored 22 points, including the last four points of the game, as Coastal Carolina hung on the down the stretch for a 76-73 win over South Alabama on Saturday afternoon at the HTC Center that kept the Chanticleers with a share of first place in the Sun Belt Conference. The win was the sixth in a row for the Chanticleers, who improved to 21-3 overall, tying a school record for wins, and 11-2 in the league.
Senior guard Shaforia Kines had a career-high of 30 points for South Alabama, but it wasn't enough as the Jaguars slipped to 12-13 overall and 7-6 in the league.
@UTAMavsWBB Takes Sole Possession Of 3rd Place With Win At Little Rock
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Marie Benson recorded her seventh double-double (17 points, 14 rebounds) of the season to lead the UTA women's basketball team to a 62-46 win over Little Rock on Saturday afternoon at the Jack Stephens Center.
With the win, the Lady Mavs complete the weekend sweep and improve to 15-10 on the season and 9-4 in conference, while the Trojans fall to 10-14 overall and 8-5 in league play. The win also gives UTA the first season sweep of Little Rock in program history and moves the Lady Mavericks into sole possession of third place in the Sun Belt Conference standings.
Strong Offensive Showing Sends Louisiana Past Georgia Southern, 72-60
LAFAYETTE – Powered by a season-high 27 first quarter points, Louisiana's offense took complete control of Saturday afternoon's Sun Belt clash with Georgia Southern to snap a four-game losing streak with a 72-60 victory.
Five different Ragin' Cajuns (14-10, 7-6 SBC) scored in double figures to help prime the offense, the first time Louisiana has accomplished that feat since Nov. 30, 2018, against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. That quintet led the team to a 46.7 percent (28-for-60) shooting percentage, its third-best shooting performance this season.
Texas State Women’s Basketball Team Wins Second Straight Road Game
JONESBORO, Ark. - The Texas State women's basketball team (10-14, 3-10 Sun Belt) scored a season-high 83 points and had four players score in double figures when the Bobcats defeated Arkansas State 83-69 at the First National Bank Arena on Saturday afternoon.