HSSU Women's Basketball Downs Comets in Season Opener

SAINT LOUIS, Missouri  --  First game jitters were nowhere in sight as the Hornets took down the Comets of Cottey College 83-49.

Jay'La Davis (SR/St. Louis, MO) led all scorers with 17 points on 7-16 shooting. Sebit Gatluak (JR/Des Moines, IA) had a breakout first game for HSSU as she went 4-5 from behind the arc for 12 points while Takesia Barnes (SO/Memphis, TN) (9), Kambri Davison (SO/Tulsa, OK) (8), Kierra Weir (SO/Springfield, IL) (8), Jordan May (SO/St. Louis, MO) (6), Daijahnay Winston (FR/Chicago, IL) (6), Tarsheia Page (SO/Chicago, IL) (6), Marcia Hawkins (JR/Las Vegas, NV) (6), and Surina Finnie (FR/Memphis, TN) (5) all scored.

Kelsey Acton led the Comets offensive efforts with 16 points while Kasey Acton was right behind her with eight points.

Harris-Stowe jumped out to a commanding 10-0 lead just four minutes into the game. Davis would get a fast break lay-up at the last second to extend their lead to 22-5 after 10 minutes of play.

The Hornets kept their lead throughout the second quarter, hitting the 20 point lead mark when Barnes drained a three-pointer just 15 seconds into the new quarter. HSSU would find themselves with a 54-34 lead going into the half.

HSSU had complete control for the rest of the game; getting up by as much as 36 points after Davison drained her lone three-pointer of the game late in the fourth quarter. The Comet's Kelsey Acton would add in two free throws with 21 seconds left in the game to make the final 83-49.

Harris-Stowe will play against Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK on Tuesday, November 6 as an exhibition game before hosting Graceland University on Nov. 10.

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