FAMU Lady Rattlers Stop Howard Bison 87-42 at Lawson

Courtesy FAMU ATHLETICS

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- The Florida A&M Women’s Basketball team snapped their two-game losing streak with an 87-42 win over Howard University, here Saturday afternoon at the Al Lawson Center in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference contest.

FAMU (9-11, 3-4 MEAC) was paced by Jasmine Grice as she scored a game high 34 points to lead all scorers. Kimberly Sparkman added 26 points as she connected on seven-of-nine three pointers from behind the arc, while Taneka Rubin finished with 11. Both Tierra Prothro and Rubin finished with eight boards each to lead the Lady Rattlers, while Sparkman dished out a four assists.

HU (7-11, 3-2 MEAC) was led by Victoria Gonzalez with 14 points and six boards to lead the Lady Bison.

FAMU jumped out to a 21-11 lead on a Grice free throw with 11:52 to in the first.

The Lady Rattlers would close out the first half with a 20-12 run as FAMU would go into the break with a 41-23 at the half.

FAMU finished the first half shooting 37.5 percent (12-of-32), while HU shot 34.5 percent (10-of-29).

The Lady Rattlers would open up the second half with an 11-6 run to take a 54-29 lead, capped off by a Grice jumper with 14:03 to go in the.

FAMU would extend their lead to 73-37 on a Grice layup with 6:56 to go in the game as the Lady Rattlers went on to win the contest 87-42.

The Lady Rattlers finished the game shooting 43.1 percent (31-of-72), while HU shot 31.0 percent (18-of-58).

FAMU will return to action on Saturday, Feb. 1 as they will host South Carolina State at the Al Lawson Center in a MEAC matchup in a 4 p.m. start.

COURTESY FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION