SAVANNAH, Georgia -- They came to Tiger Arena on Thursday night with confidence and determination. What they lacked in name, they made up with moxie.
“We broke down so many barriers,” Savannah State senior guard Ezinne Kalu said.
An enthusiastic crowd of 2,260 — one of the largest to see a Tigers women’s basketball — probably agreed.
SSU (4-1) led just about the entire way and, behind Kalu’s game-high 21 points, stunned the Florida Gators 68-58.
“We are a good school, and we have a good athletic program,” Tigers point guard Bria Dorsey said.
The win was a breath of fresh air for a well-documented, struggling athletic program. The football team lost all 12 games, and when the men’s basketball team recently lost to Louisville 87-26, the Tigers were the brunt of the joke after Cardinals coach Rick Pitino said he tried to keep the game competitive by playing “four white guys and an Egyptian” down the stretch.
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