BATON ROUGE, LA-- Senior guard
Amani Mcwain lights up the three-point line for the Lady Jaguars as they rout Prairie View 89-52 on Wednesday night inside F. G. Clark Activity Center in front of 1,852 fans on the campus Southern University.
SU finished the night with a season-high 18 steals led by senior forward
Taneara Moore with four. Late in the fourth quarter SU went on a 12-point run to extend their lead to 40-points over the Lady Panthers.
Southern had four player in double-digits led by
Mcwain with 24 points and six rebounds in a team-high 24 minutes of play. Aleighyah Fontenot added 14 points and four assists. Junior guard Diamond Hunter finished with 12 points, three rebounds and two blocks. Nakia Kincey chipped in 11 points and two boards.
"We made them uncomfortable tonight with our pressure defense on the perimeter and taking away the easy baskets, said
Carlos Funchess, SU Head Coach."
The Lady Jaguars defense forced the Lady Panthers to 33 turnovers, picking up 23 points off turnovers. SU played all 17 players with 12 landing in the scoring column. Southern shot 47 percent for the game (33-70) and 46 percent from behind the arc (13-28). SU shot 59 percent from the charity stripe finishing (10-17).
Prairie View was led by junior guard Diana Rosenthal with 18 points, eight rebounds and six steals. Baton Rouge native Kennedy Paul finshed the night with ten points, five rebounds and two steals.
UP NEXT
Southern will be back in action on Saturday, January 8th inside the Lawson Center on the campus of Florida A&M University. Tipoff is slated for 2 PM.
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