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Women's Basketball

First Half Dominance Gives LSUE Runaway Win In Playoff Opener

Box Score

EUNICE, La. – Any coach will tell you that they want their team to be playing their best at the right moment – and that seems to be the case for LSU Eunice Women's Basketball.  The Bengals dominated from start to finish in a 91-57 win over Delgado CC on Monday in the second round of the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament.  The three-seed Bengals (15-10, 7-2 LCCAC) hosted the 14-seed Dolphins in the 19-team single-elimination bracket.
 
The win sets up a Quarterfinal matchup with six-seed Jones College in Eunice on Tuesday at 5:30PM.  The Bengals have fallen to the Bobcats in the Region 23 Semifinals the last two years.
 
It was a first half controlled by the Bengals thanks to a pair of double digit runs.  LSUE broke away from Delgado in the first quarter thanks to a 14-0 spurt, then would push its lead past 20 points with a 12-0 in the second.  Both bursts were triggers by LSUE's stifling trapping defense forcing multiple turnovers.
 
LSUE held 46-21 lead at intermission with Trinity Harold (Denham Springs, LA, Walker HS) scoring 11 of her team-high 16 points in the first half.
 
LSUE emptied its bench in the second half, giving starters valuable rest time heading into a one-day turnaround for the Quarterfinals.  The Bengals extended their lead past 30 points as seven different players hit a three-point basket in the second half. 
 
Every rostered player scored at least three points as Josie Ogea (Big Lake, LA, Bell City HS) and Deja Tanks (Lake Charles, LA, LaGrange HS) pumped in double-digit point efforts off the bench, both scoring 11 points.
 
Vanessa Duhe (Lacassine, LA, Lacassine HS) was the other LSUE player to score double figures, adding 10 points.
 
Delgado was led by 14 points from both Korriana Reynaud and Skylar Davis.

2022 NJCAA Region 23 Women's Basketball Tournament
February 25 – March 5 | Campus Sites, Mississippi College

First Round – Campus Sites

Friday, February 25
No. 14 Delgado 63, No. 19 Holmes 50
Saturday, February 26
No. 16 Northeast Mississippi 83, No. 17 Southern-Shreveport 40
No. 15 Mississippi Delta 64, No. 18 Hinds 53

Second Round – Campus Sites

Monday, February 28
No. 1 Pearl River 67, No. 16 Northeast 56
No. 2 Coahoma 70, No. 15 Delta 53
No. 3 LSU Eunice 83, No. 14 Delgado 67
No. 4 Southwest Mississippi 59, No. 13 Meridian 54
No. 5 Baton Rouge 52, No. 12 East Central 41
No. 6 Jones 44, No. 11 East Mississippi 39
No. 7 Copiah-Lincoln 68, No. 10 Mississippi Gulf Coast 56
No. 8 Itawamba 70, No. 9 Northwest Mississippi 64

Quarterfinals – Campus Sites

Tuesday, March 1
No. 8 Itawamba at No. 1 Pearl River
No. 7 Copiah-Lincoln at No. 2 Coahoma
No. 6 Jones at No. 3 LSU Eunice
No. 5 Baton Rouge at No.4 Southwest Mississippi
 
Semifinals – Mississippi College
Friday, March 4
Played at A.E. Wood Coliseum, Clinton
 
Final – Mississippi College
Saturday, March 5
Played at A.E. Wood Coliseum, Clinton
 
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Players Mentioned

Trinity Harold

#23 Trinity Harold

G
5' 9"
Redshirt Freshman
Josie Ogea

#1 Josie Ogea

G
5' 7"
Freshman
Deja Tanks

#40 Deja Tanks

F
5' 10"
Freshman
Vanessa Duhe

#44 Vanessa Duhe

F
5' 10"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Trinity Harold

#23 Trinity Harold

5' 9"
Redshirt Freshman
G
Josie Ogea

#1 Josie Ogea

5' 7"
Freshman
G
Deja Tanks

#40 Deja Tanks

5' 10"
Freshman
F
Vanessa Duhe

#44 Vanessa Duhe

5' 10"
Freshman
F