SPRINGFIELD, MO -- Southern University women's basketball team got off to a slow start and was never able to recover falling to Missouri State 72-43 in front of 2.,047 fans inside JQH Arena on the campus of Missouri State University.
Despite going back and forth the first few minutes of the game wasn't good enough for the Lady Jaguars dropping their third game in a row.
"We came out in a zone defense and I thought that kept them out of sync early. The problem was we didn't score many baskets on the offensive end. In the third and fourth quarters we played some man-to-man full-court pressure defenses was able to create some transition baskets, said
Carlos Funchess, SU Head Coach. The kids played hard we just need to find a way to generate some points in our half court offense. We will regroup and get ready for Missouri on Monday as we finish up non conference schedule."
In her second game back this season,
Amani Mcwain led the Lady Jaguars in scoring with 11 points, three rebounds, one assist, and two steals. Junior forward Raven White added seven points and a steal. Freshman center Tionna Lidge chipped in six points along with a team-high four rebounds in twelve moinutes of play. Senior guard Nakia Kincey finished the day with five points, three rebound and three assists.
The Lady Jaguars defense forced the Lady Bears to 17 turnovers, picking up eleven points off turnovers. SU played all twelve players with only nine landing in the scoring column. Southern shot 31 percent for the game (16-51) and 18 percent from behind the arc (3-17). SU shot 73 percent from the charity stripe finishing (3-11).
Missouri State finished the day with four players in double-digits led by Jasmine Franklin with 18 points and 10 rebounds in a twenty-six minutes of play. Sydney Wilson finished the night with 16 points and five rebounds. Brice Calip added 13 points and seven boards. Paige Rocca chipped in 10 points, shooting 4-of-5 from behind the charity stripe.
UP NEXT
Southern will close out non-conference play on the road at University of Missouri (Dec. 20th). Tipoff is slated for 2 PM on SEC Network at 7 PM at University of Missouri.
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