Lady Bengals improve to 3-0 with victory in home opener
Box Score The LSU Eunice Lady Bengal basketball team kicked off the home portion of its 2012-2013 season Monday night, improving to 3-0 on the year with an 85-61 win over visiting Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College inside the HPRE Center.
The Lady Bengals used sharp shooting to open up a first half cushion before pulling away in the second half.
As a team, LSU Eunice shot 49 percent from the floor, while shooting 12-for-24 (50 percent) from behind the three-point line in the win.
Defensively, the Lady Bengals held Mississippi Gulf Coast to 34 percent from the floor in the game, and a stymieing 2-for-19 from long distance.
“We really stressed taking their inside game away. They are a big team and their offensive philosophy is to get it into the post. We did an extremely good job fronting the post and getting the help-side when we needed it. That basically won us the ball game tonight,” head coach
Michael Bari said.
“We can shoot the ball, and if we shoot the ball we are going to have nights like this,” he added.
Freshman
Taylor Hurd led the Lady Bengals in scoring with 24 points, one of four players to finish in double digits. Hurd tallied most of her points from beyond the arc, and added two rebounds on the defensive end of the floor.
Sophomore
Lida Politopoulou, who came into the game the NJCAA leader in assists per game, notched 21 points and dished out four assists as she quarterbacked the LSU Eunice offense. Politopoulou grabbd four rebounds defensively and had one steal to round out her stat line.
The freshmen duo of
Meghan Cross and
Chesley Dubroc finished with 14 and 10 points, respectively, while Dubroc pulled down nine rebounds and had three blocks.
Feleshia Walters was the high scorer off the bench, finishing with an eight-point, eight-rebound effort, while
Kate Faulk added six points and five rebounds off the bench as well.
“We had a nice crowd tonight. They were vocal…it was fun,” Bari said of the packed house full of family, friends and fellow LSU Eunice student-athletes.
The Lady Bengals make the trek to Neosho, Mo. this weekend as they take part in the Don Wilson Classic on Friday and Saturday. LSU Eunice locks up with Crowder College on Friday night and takes on North Arkansas College on Saturday afternoon.
Both games can be seen on
Bengal All-Access.
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Coach Bari’s postgame interview -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z9w65RfD8E&feature=youtu.be
