Bryant Ties School Career Scoring Mark In St. Aug Win

Keyona Bryant
6'-0" Center, Senior
Hometown: Springdale, MD
Flowers High School
Major: Communications

RALEIGH, North Carolina – Senior center Keyona Bryant (Springdale, Md.) tied the modern school career scoring mark in Saint Augustine’s College’s 58-55 CIAA women’s basketball win over Fayetteville State University Monday (Feb. 13) at Emery Gymnasium.

The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Lady Falcons, now 12-11 overall, 7-6 CIAA and 2-5 in the Southern Division. The Lady Broncos are 10-12, 4-9 CIAA and 3-4 in the Southern Division with the loss.

The two schools split the season series. The Lady Falcons lost the first meeting 64-62 Feb. 4 in Fayetteville, N.C.

Bryant scored 12 points to tie former standout Valicia Brown with 1,522 career points. She needs one point to become the school’s modern career scoring leader, which she is sure to get Saturday (Feb. 18) at Livingstone in Salisbury, N.C. The starting time for that contest is 5:30 p.m.

Sophomore forward Umeka Benson (Charlotte, N.C.) added 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Lady Falcons. DaQuondra Cuthbertson paced the Lady Broncos with 13 points.

The victory margin would have been much larger had the Lady Falcons made their free throws. They were 19-for-42 for 45.2 percent.

Still, St. Aug led by 13 with 8:50 in the second half. Despite shooting 27 percent in the second half, the Lady Broncos rallied by forcing 24 of the Lady Falcons’ 40 turnovers in the half. The Lady Falcons’ lead was whittled to 56-55, but junior guard Jolisa Williams (Charles City, Va.) hit two clutch free throws with 24 seconds left in the game for a 58-55 Lady Falcons’ lead. FSU committed a turnover with 15 seconds left to ice the contest for the Lady Falcons.

COURTESY: THECIAA.COM