BALTIMORE, Maryland -- Lexus Spears scored a game- and career-high 22 points on 10-of-17 shooting to lead Morgan State to a 75-67 non-conference victory over visiting Mount St. Mary's on Sunday afternoon at Hill Field House.
Spears also pulled down a game-high 14 rebounds and added two steals and a game-high four blocked shots, falling one shy of her career-high of five.
"The game plan for me is to always go out and play hard no matter who my competition is," said Spears on her performance. "Whatever comes easy is how I flow on defense and offense. I just keep reminding myself before each game that I can only be stopped by me. There aren't many defenders who can guard me, so I have to go out and play like I know and leave it all on the floor."
Adre'onia Coleman finished with a season-best 21 points and had seven rebounds, while Braennan Farrar added 18 points, eight rebounds, four assists and a game-high four steals in the victory.
The win was the Lady Bears' first this season over a Division I opponent and avenged last season's loss to the Mountaineers. Morgan State (3-3) now leads the all-time series against Mount St. Mary's, 8-7.
Mount St. Mary's (0-5) was led by Kayla Agentowicz, who finished with a team-high 18 points and grabbed a team-high six rebounds. Ashlee White came off the bench to score 12 points on 4-of-7 shooting, including 3-of-5 from three-point range and dished out four assists.
Morgan State began the game scoring the first seven points, but the guests responded with a 10-4 spurt to take pull within 11-10, following a layup from Jatarrikah Settle with 4:38 to play in the opening quarter. Coleman would then score eight of Morgan State's final 11 points in the quarter to give the Lady Bears a 22-16 lead after one quarter of play.
The Lady Bears would maintain the lead throughout the second quarter and took a 34-31 advantage on a layup by Spears with 13 seconds remaining in the half. However, Daly Sullivan would drain a three-pointer to end the half and tie the score at 34 all at intermission.
The Mount would score the first four points of the third quarter to take their first lead of the game at 38-34. Trailing 48-47, Morgan State would put together a 10-0 run to take a 57-48 lead. The Mountaineers would close out the period with a quick 5-0 spurt, capped off by a three-pointer from White prior to the buzzer to cut the Morgan State lead to 57-53 at the end of three quarters.
Less than three minutes into the fourth period, the Lady Bears would break a 58 all tie, by using a 13-2 run to take their largest lead of the game at 11 points (71-60). Mount St. Mary's used a 7-0 run, capped off by a three-pointer by Agentowicz to cut the deficit to four points (71-67) with under a minute to play, but that would be as close as the Mount would get.
The Lady Bears return to action this Wednesday, Nov. 29, when they travel to New Britain, Conn. to take on Central Connecticut State. Tip-off is at 7 p.m. The Blue Devils (0-4) will host Albany on Monday, Nov. 27, before facing Morgan State.
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Kevin C. Paige, MSU Athletic Communications
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS
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