SUNO Lady Knights Closeout 2015 With 65-45 Rout of Spring Hill

NEW ORLEANS -- Southern University at New Orleans led from start to finish as the Lady Knights won for the fourth time in five games, defeating Spring Hill College 65-45 at The Castle on New Year's Eve.

SUNO was able to avenge a 61-75 loss to the Lady Badgers 15 days ago and earn a split of the season series between the two schools. Rayvin Miller led three Lady Knights in double figures with 19 points to go alongs with six rebounds and six steals. Micah Brooks posted a double-double with 13 points and 10 assists and Jophiea Irvin added 10 points and six boards. Ashair Shakir narrowly missed a double-double of her own with 9 points and 10 rebounds in 18 minutes off of the bench.

The Lady Knights led 18-11 after the first quarter and 32-25 at the half, though both teams stuggled offensively. SUNO made just 36 percent of their first half shot attempts (0-11 on three pointers) and the Lady Badgers shot 33 percent from the floor.

The third quarter was where the Lady Knights were able to pull away for good, outscoring Spring Hill 16-6 and building a 48-31 advantage. The Lady Badgers would get no closer than 14 points the rest of the way.

Former Lady Knight Alishia Drayton Lewis, a member of SUNO's 2013 tournament team, led Spring Hill with nine points.

"This was a good win for us", said SUNO head coach Roshaun Ambrose. "Now that we have our full roster together we've been able to start showing more of who we can be when we play to our potential. The good thing is I don't think that we're close to reaching that level, so there's more to teach at practice and we want to continue to improve throughout our conference schedule. If we do that we have a good chance of being there at the end. It won't be easy, but I believe in the group that we have."

SUNO (4-6) goes on the road to face Concordia-Selma on Jan.4 before returning home to begin GCAC play on Jan. 9 against Philander Smith.

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