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| C/F JAMIE FOREMAN AND HEAD COACH LEDAWN GIBSON (Courtesy: FAMU Athletics) |
The last time the Lady Tigers defeated the Lady Rattlers was during the 2007-08 season with SSU pulling out a 74-66 win over FAMU at Tiger Arena on January 4, 2008.
Before tonight, FAMU had won 12 straight against SSU and led the series 19-1.
SSU grabbed an early 11-4 first half lead, capped off by an Ezinne Kalu three pointer with 12:03 left in the half.
FAMU would cut SSU’s lead to 18-12 on a Patrice Collie field goal with 7:21 to go in the half, sparking an 8-6 run by the Lady Rattlers.
The Lady Tigers would end the first half with a 12-6 run as the FAMU would go into the break trailing SSU, 40-18.
FAMU finished the first half shooting 18.9 percent (7-of-37), while SSU shot 53.6 percent (15-of-28).
It was the tale of two halves as the Lady Rattlers outscored the Lady Tigers, 50-40 in the second half.
FAMU would cut SSU’s lead to 62-54 on a made jumper by Sparkman with 5:41 to go in the game, capping a 16-6 run by the Lady Rattlers.
SSU would outscore FAMU, 18-14 in the final five minutes for the 80-68 win.
FAMU (8-11, 2-4 MEAC) was paced by both Jasmine Grice and Tierra Prothro as they both finished with a double-double on the night with Grice scoring a team high 23 points and pulling down 10 rebounds, while Prothro pumped in 14 points and pulled down 16 rebounds.
SSU (11-8, 4-1 MEAC) had four Lady Tigers to score in double-figures with Kalu carding a game high 25 points to lead all scorers. Tiyonda Davis recorded a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds, followed by Kenyata Hendrix with 12 and Jasmine Kirkland with 11.
The Lady Rattlers will return to action on Saturday, Jan. 25 as they will host Howard University in a 4 p.m. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference contest.
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