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DK vs FAMU
61
Florida A&M FAMU 4-9,1-1 SWAC
77
Winner Southern U. SU 5-12,3-1 SWAC
Florida A&M FAMU
4-9,1-1 SWAC
61
Final
77
Southern U. SU
5-12,3-1 SWAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Florida A&M FAMU 16 13 20 12 61
Southern U. SU 16 20 22 19 77

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Willie D. Scott, Associate Director of Strategic Communications | Director of Media Relations

Southern Dominates Florida A&M On Saturday Afternoon

BATON ROUGE, LA -- Southerns' Aniya Gourdine records her first double-double of the season as she leads the Jaguars in a dominate performance over Florida A&M on Saturday afternoon. Final score from the Mini Dome was 77-61.

HOW IT HAPPENED

- The Jaguars and Lady Rattlers both scored 16 points each in the first ten-minutes of the contest, 16-16.  
- The Jags opened up the ball game by outscoring the Lady Rattlers 20-13 in the second to pull away closing the first half with a seven-point lead, 36-29.
- The Lady Rattlers battled back in the third quarter but the Jaguars still held on to a nine-point lead at the end of the third quarter, 58-49.
- The Jaguars never let up pressuring the Lady Rattlers to 21 turnovers to knock off FAMU by 16-points to pick up their second straight win in conference play. 

- Jaguars went 28-of-60 shooting from the field (46.7 percent) and 6-of-16 from 3PT (37.5 percent).
- SU was led by Aniya Gourdine (6-13 FG, 3-5 3PT, 3-3 FT) finished the day recording her first double-double oif the seaosn with 18 points, along with ten boards, eight assists and four steals.
- Aleighyah Fontenot (6-10 FG, 2-2 FT) picked up 15 points, three rebounds, three assists and three steals. Taniya Lawson (5-7 FG, 2-4 3PT, 1-2 FT) chipped in 11 points and two boards,
  while Tionna Lidge (5-7 FG, 3-4 FT) and D'Shantae Edwards (3-5 FG, 4-5 FT) chipped in 10 points each on the day.
- Seven Jaguars played scored in the contest with five finishing the night with double digits.
- FAMU shot 22-of-52 from the field (42.3 percent) and 7-of-17 from 3PT (41.2 percent). 
- Southern pulled down 30 rebounds, including 18 on the defensive side of the glass.
- The Lady Rattlers registered 26 rebounds, with 16 coming on the defensive end. 
- The Jaguars also went 15-for-20 from the free-throw line. 
- The Lady Rattlers sank 10-of-16 from the charity stripe.
- Southern University finished the night with fourteen steals and twenty assists.
- Florida A&M University came away with nine steals and fourteen assists.

UP NEXT
The Jaguars will host Grambling State University for the Bayou Classic on Hardwood on Saturday, January 18th at 2:30 PM. The game will be streamed live on Jaguar Sports Network.

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