Gold Nuggets parade past Tougaloo, win 67-38 on road

XAVIER UNIVERSITY GOLDEN GIRLS POM SQUAD

TOUGALOO, Mississippi -- Xavier University of Louisiana got 14 points from Vinnie Briggs and 13 points from Whitney Gathright in a 67-38 women's basketball rout of Tougaloo on Monday.

The Gold Nuggets (15-13, 8-4) produced their largest winning margin of the season and moved back into second place in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference after Dillard lost 63-58 at Philander Smith.

Briggs led the Gold Nuggets in scoring for the second consecutive game and reached double figures for the 17th time this season. Gathright, who led Xavier with eight first-half points, reached double figures for the fourth consecutive game and a team-high 22nd time this season.

Xavier led 32-12 at halftime.

The Gold Nuggets allowed their fewest points in the first half of a GCAC road game since the start of the 2003-04 season, and their 20-point halftime lead was their largest in a GCAC road game since Feb. 21, 2009.

Sophomore center Kelsee Singleton grabbed eight rebounds for Xavier. It was her second-highest total this season and her most ever on the road.

Montoria Atkinson had 17 points and 12 rebounds for Tougaloo (2-19, 2-7), which has lost five straight.

Xavier outshot the Lady Bulldogs 41.7 to 33.3 percent from the floor and outrebounded them 34-30. The Gold Nuggets committed 15 turnovers and gained 28, and they made 14-of-16 free throws, including their first 11.

Xavier completed a two-game regular-season sweep of the Lady Bulldogs and beat them for the ninth consecutive time. Xavier leads the series 74-11.

Xavier's next game will start at 5:30 p.m. Monday at SUNO, which clinched a tie for the GCAC regular-season championship when Dillard lost. The Nuggets' next home game will start at 5 p.m. Feb. 28 against Dillard in the Crosstown Classic at XU's Convocation Center.

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Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director  
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