Friday, November 27, 2015

Langston defeats Dillard in Xavier Classic opener


NEW ORLEANS — Che'Ron Lewis' 19 points and 11 rebounds led NAIA No. 18 Langston to a 67-55 women's basketball victory against Dillard in Thursday's opening game of the Xavier Classic.
     

The Lady Lions (4-1) trailed 18-15 before scoring the final 12 points of the second quarter. Dillard (3-6) rallied to take a pair of 1-point leads in the fourth period, but Lewis scored baskets on consecutive possessions to put Langston ahead to stay, 50-47, with 5:43 remaining.
     

T'Keya Mason scored 16 points for Langston, and Alexus Johnson scored 15 before fouling out on a technical at 9:13 of the fourth quarter. Johnson entered as NAIA Division I's No. 2 scorer with 23.5 points per game.
     

Alena Evans had 14 points and 11 rebounds for Dillard. Keona Favis scored 12, and Shaelynn Moore had 11.
     

Hall-of-fame player Cheryl Miller is in her second season as Langston's coach.
     

Friday in the Xavier Classic, Dillard will play NAIA No. 16 Shawnee State at 1 p.m., and Langston will play NAIA No. 21 Xavier University of Louisiana at 5. Xavier beat Shawnee State 74-70 in Thursday's second game.

Date: 11/26/2015 Arena: Convocation Center
Time: 5:04 pm City, State: New Orleans, LA

VISITOR: Langston (4-1)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
NO PLAYER P FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OFF DEF TOT PF TP A TO BK S MIN
4 Johnson, Alexus F 5 11 0 2 5 6 2 3 5 5 15 2 1 1 1 19:28
11 Landry, Tangella * 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 3 0 0 19:50
13 Mason, T'Keya * 5 14 0 2 6 6 3 3 6 2 16 1 2 0 1 33:59
21 Patton, Jhordyn * 1 4 1 3 3 4 0 3 3 1 6 2 0 1 1 27:29
34 Lewis, Che'Ron * 8 14 0 1 3 5 2 9 11 2 19 4 1 2 1 36:17
3 Sobers, Micheda 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 14:45
24 Clark, Darreion 4 8 1 2 0 2 2 2 4 1 9 1 4 0 1 25:37
32 Carter, Sharron 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 22:35
TEAM 1 1 2 1
Team Totals 24 59 2 11 17 23 11 27 38 17 67 16 12 4 6 200

Total FG% - 1st: 9/32 0.281 2nd: 15/27 0.556 Game: 0.407 Deadball
3-PT FG% - 1st: 2/9 0.222 2nd: 0/2 0.000 Game: 0.182 Rebounds
Total FT% - 1st: 7/10 0.700 2nd: 10/13 0.769 Game: 0.739 (3,2)

HOME: Dillard (3-6)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
NO PLAYER P FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OFF DEF TOT PF TP A TO BK S MIN
45 Favis, Keona F 5 10 0 0 2 4 2 3 5 4 12 2 0 0 0 34:09
1 Lumar, Shantrell G 2 5 0 1 4 4 0 2 2 4 8 3 4 0 2 30:30
3 Moore, Shaelynn G 3 11 3 9 2 4 0 1 1 1 11 3 1 0 2 40:00
31 Evans, Alena G 5 16 0 0 4 6 3 8 11 3 14 4 1 0 1 35:10
32 Washington, Alyssa G 3 10 2 3 0 0 1 5 6 4 8 1 4 0 0 25:55
4 Burras, Bria 0 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4:02
5 Lee, Benita 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4:40
11 Ademosu, Rashida 1 2 0 0 0 2 4 3 7 4 2 1 1 0 0 10:13
21 Walker, Kaylynn 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 9:31
42 Reyes, Raven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5:50
TEAM 2 1 3 0
Team Totals 19 60 5 18 12 20 14 27 41 24 55 15 13 0 5 200

Total FG% - 1st: 6/30 0.200 2nd: 13/30 0.433 Game: 0.317 Deadball
3-PT FG% - 1st: 2/13 0.154 2nd: 3/5 0.600 Game: 0.278 Rebounds
Total FT% - 1st: 4/10 0.400 2nd: 8/10 0.800 Game: 0.600 (6,0)

Technical Fouls: LU (1) 4th 09:13 4 Alexus Johnson
: DU (2) 1st 00:07 Coach, 4th 02:06 Coach

OFFICIALS : Isaac Johnson Robert Brown Jean Credit
ATTENDANCE : 124

SCORE BY PERIODS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Langston 13 14 17 23 67
Dillard 11 7 21 16 55

Last FG: Langston 4th-01:55, Dillard 4th-00:30
Largest lead: Langston by 15 4th-01:21, Dillard by 3 1st-02:42
Score tied: 3 times, Lead changed: 9 times

Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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