Perry's Last Minute Heroics Led to SUNO Victory

NEW ORLEANS - As the game began it seemed to be the start of a very fist clinching night, with the Lady Knights making their presence known inside the paint. Until Dillard's Jasmine Smith and Ariel Mitchell came into the picture, SUNO definitely had their work cut out for them in the first half trailing Dillard 34-25.

But the Lady Knights decided that moving up to the number two place in conference was more important than anything else. They fought back going on a 17-4 run to not only tie the game at 51-51 with a little over 6 minutes left, but to eventually take the lead and win the game.

Senior Margot Tracy went 6 for 6 during this period helping to expand the SUNO run. The score was 62-60 SUNO when Dillard's Brittany Smith hit a short jumper inside the paint to tie the game 62-62. SUNO threw the ball into their point guard April Perry who took it cross court and with 4 seconds left she hit the biggest shot of the night, 10 footer right outside of the paint; putting SUNO up by 2 and giving SUNO the W!

Janee Morton led SUNO in Scoring with 13 and Margot Tracy chipped in 12 points and 3 blocks. Rose Boatner grabbed 16 rebounds and also had 10 points. The hero of the night April Perry finished with 11 points and 7 assists.

SUNO now (7-2, 11-7) is in the number two spot in the GCAC and looking forward to Talladega College on Saturday February 4, 2012 at 5 in The Castle.

BATTLE OF GENTILLY GOES TO SUNO

The Battle of Gentilly came to an end last night as the Knights of SUNO beat the Dillard Blue Devils.

SUNO (7-2, 11-9) started out slow and allowed Dillard (1-7, 1-17) to take the lead going into the first half. At halftime Dillard was only up by 3, 36-33. The Castle got on its feet for the second half of this rivalry. Devin White, a senior from New Orleans was unstoppable contributing to the SUNO take over. His efforts gave SUNO just the intensity they needed to extend their lead and to finish off the Blue Devils.

Even with Dillard continuing to fight and make clutch shots, the Knights were just a force to be reckoned with. Leading SUNO to the final score of 73-63 was Devin White with 27 points, 13 rebounds and 6 blocks. Merlin Walker also had 12 points and 5 assists as well as Kevin Dukes chipping in 11 points and 5 assists.

The Knights look forward to Talladega College coming to the Castle on Saturday February 4, 2012 at 7:30.

Courtesy: Southern University-New Orleans Sports Information