Lady Bengals improve to 3-0 in conference play; 22-1 overall after win in New Orleans
The LSU Eunice women's basketball team wrapped up the first wave of Miss-Lou Conference play Wednesday night, traveling to New Orleans to come away with a 65-48 road victory over Delgado Community College.
The Lady Bengals, ranked No. 22 in the latest NJCAA Top 25 poll, improve to 22-1 on the year and 3-0 in Miss-Lou Conference play.
LSU Eunice led wire to wire in the win, using a 14-2 run to close the first half to push what was a two point lead into a 12-point halftime advantage before growing9 the lead to as high as 20 points in the final stanza before the eventual final score.
"Our starters went out and showed great leadership. I thought we rectified our rebounding issues by blocking out. I think we made more of a concerted effort there, and they were able to score some easy baskets and we were able to get everyone in today," head coach Yolanda Moore said.
LSU Eunice has now gone a third of the way through the conference schedule, playing each team two more times on the schedule.
"(Our team) understands these games mean a little bit more to everybody and that you can't look at records because this is conference play and everyone is going to bring their best effort," Moore added.
Overall, the Lady Bengals finished the night shooting 42 percent (21-of-51) from the floor, 40 percent (6-15) from three-point range, and 61 percent (11-18) from the free throw stripe.
Sophomore Meghan Cross led a trio of Lady Bengals with double figure scoring nights, finishing with 14 points (all in the first half), also grabbing eight rebounds and four steals.
Fellow sophomore Regan Maricle notched 14 points while adding nine assists, six steals and three rebounds. Baylie Lee tallied 11 points of her own along with six rebounds and an assist to round out the top scorers.
Brooke Richard finished with eight points, adding three rebounds and an assist, while freshmen Ashlyn Wiemann and Taylor Holzmeier each notched six points. Wiemann added two assists and a rebound while Holzmeier grabbed four rebounds and two steals.
Misha Mouton tallied four points off the bench in the second half, adding four rebounds, while Taylor Maricle notched three points to round out the scoring, adding two rebounds, a steal and an assist.
Kadija Garner led Delgado with nine points, while BriShane Haynes, Shakire Braxton and Nytiana Joseph each tallied eight points in the loss.
The Lady Bengals continue conference play on Saturday afternoon, traveling to Baton Rouge Community College to begin the second round of conference action. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. and can seen on Bengal All-Access and heard on KVPI 92.5 FM.
