Lady Braves Extend Winning Streak to Three in 70-48 Win over UAPB

LORMAN, Miss. – The Alcorn State University women's basketball squad boasted a 51-42 rebounding advantage during its 70-48 victory over the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff Monday night at the Davey L. Whitney Complex.

Senior Henrietta Wells led all scorers with 15 points while fellow senior Brianna Luton and junior Tia Sanders each chipped in 13. Niya Head was the lone Lady Lion in double figures with 13.

Alcorn (4-13, 4-2 SWAC) held UAPB (4-12, 1-4 SWAC) scoreless for the first 5:39 of the contest, racing off to an 11-0 lead capped on a layup from senior Talisa Sherman. Lady Lions guard Malaik Muhammad knocked down a trey with 40 seconds to go before junior Tia Sanders responded on the other end with a buzzer-beating three to give the Lady Braves a sizable 20-9 advantage after the first.

Both teams went into a scoring lull in the second after senior Henrietta Wells converted a layup at 8:29 on a pass from freshman Jada Hargrove which made it 24-11 in Alcorn's favor.  Neither team made a field goal for nearly four minutes as each team sunk free throws before senior Tori Spann collected an offensive board and made a layup.

After the Lady Lions connected on a jumper, senior Brianna Luton swished back-to-back treys to put the Lady Braves ahead 40-19. UAPB's Tyjha McGee scored on a layup to bring the score to 40-21 at the break.

Alcorn utilized two different platoons while outscoring the Lady Lions 30-27 in the second half.

The Lady Braves travel east to face Alabama State Saturday at 3 p.m.

NOTES
- Alcorn outscored UAPB 24-10 on turnovers, 26-11 on second-chance opportunities and 8-4 on the fast break.

- The 70-point total tied a season high for the Lady Braves. This is the third occurrence this season that Alcorn finished with 70 points.

- This was Sanders' 13^th, Luton's seventh and Wells' sixth time scoring in double figures.

- The Lady Braves 19-point lead at the break marked their largest this season.

- Alcorn is now 9-1 in league play under Pruitt when scoring 70-plus points.

- Senior Tori Spann tied a season high with eight points along with six rebounds.

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