MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Nine players scored as the Savannah State University women's basketball team (2-4) snapped its four game losing streak to defeat Alabama State University (1-5) 60-49 in Dunn-Oliver Acadome Saturday night.
Junior guard Kenyata Hendrix led the Lady Tigers with 14 points and added two assists, two blocks, three rebounds and three steals, while sophomore guard Lauryn Fields added 11 points with three rebounds, three assists and two steals. Fields 11 points and five made free throws were career highs.
Junior guard Rhianna Warren tied a career-high with nine points and with four field goals made, and added two rebounds, three assists and two steals, while junior guard Chelsea Frazier and sophomore guard Deyja Brown each added five points and four rebounds. Frazier's four rebounds were a career-high.
Junior center Tiyonda Davis added a season-high 13 rebounds and five blocks with a steal and four points. The 13 rebounds gives Davis 523 career rebounds, which moves her into fourth most in school history in the Division I era. Sophomore forward Shanikwa Buie added a career-high nine rebounds and four points and two steals.
As a team, the Lady Tigers shot 83.3 percent (15-for-18) from the free throw line and recorded 12 steals compared to four steals from Alabama State. SSU also shot 5-for-13 (38.5 percent) from the 3-point line and had four more rebounds (42-38) than ASU. Hendrix was perfect from the free throw line going 6-for-6, while Fields shot 5-for-8 from the charity stripe.
Brown's three pointer to start the game gave the Lady Tigers an early 3-0 lead, but the Lady Hornets scored eight of the next 10 points to take a three-point lead, 8-5, with 7:10 remaining in the first quarter. SSU scored the next five points after a layup by Brown and a three-point shot by Frazier for a 10-8 lead with 4:17 left.
After a free throw, a jumper, a layup and a three-pointer by Alabama State gave ASU a two-point lead, 16-10, with 2:14 remaining in the first quarter. But the Lady Tigers outscored the Lady Hornets by a point, 6-5, during the rest of the quarter and trailed ASU by five points, 21-16, after a quarter of play. Brown led SSU with five points, while Hendrix added four points and Davis and Buie each added four rebounds during the quarter.
The Lady Tigers scored the seven of the first eight points of the second quarter from a Hendrix three, a sophomore forward Destini Bush layup and a Fields layup to take a point lead, 23-22, with 5:47 remaining in the second quarter. Alabama State took a point lead after a layup, 24-23, with 5:24 remaining in the first half. The Lady Tigers finished the second quarter, scoring the final four points after two sophomore forward Jada Young free throws and a jumper by Buie to lead Alabama State by three points, 27-24, at the half.
Brown and Hendrix led SSU with five points each at the half, while Davis added seven rebounds and three blocks and Buie added six rebounds and four points.
Warren gave SSU an eight-point lead after a three-pointer and a layup to start the third quarter, 32-24, with 8:39 remaining in the quarter. A layup by Hendrix gave the Lady Tigers a 10-point lead, 34-24, with 7:01 left, but ASU scored 17 of the next 19 points to capture a five-point lead, 41-36, with 3:17 remaining. The Lady Tigers outscored ASU 9-3 during the rest of the quarter to lead by a point, 45-44, after three quarters of play. Warren and Hendrix led SSU with seven points each during the third quarter.
The Lady Tigers scored the first eight points in the fourth quarter to capture a nine-point lead, 53-44, with 5:55 remaining in the game. ASU's first points of the quarter didn't come until 3:41 remaining in the quarter with a layup to cut SSU's lead to seven, 53-46. The Lady Tigers outscored the Lady Hornets 7-3 during the rest of the quarter to capture the 11-point win.
The Lady Hornets were led by Britney Wright with a double-double, 13 rebounds and 14 points, and Danielle Clark and Kayla Tucker each added nine points, whilew Clark and Jasmine Peeples added six rebounds.
The Lady Tigers continue its six-game roadstand with a trip to Piscataway, N.J., to face Big Ten opponent Rutgers on Saturday, Dec. 12 at 4 p.m.
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