Lady Lions drop 78-45 road decision to No. 6 Shelton State
In their final game action prior to the Christmas holiday break, the EMCC Lady Lions dropped a 78-45 road decision to sixth-ranked Shelton State during Monday's basketball action played at the Umphrey Center.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — In their final game action prior to the Christmas holiday break, the EMCC Lady Lions dropped a 78-45 road decision to sixth-ranked Shelton State during Monday's basketball action played at the Umphrey Center.
The women's rematch was much the same as it was during this year's first meeting two weeks ago (Nov. 29) when the visiting Lady Bucs dominated during an 85-47 road win over EMCC. Shelton State built upon a 19-12 lead after the opening quarter to move ahead, 38-21, by the halftime break.
To their credit, the visiting Lady Lions outscored Shelton State, 19-13, during the third quarter to reduce the double-digit deficit to nine points (49-40) on a Kyunna Thomas basket late in the quarter.
The 10-1 Lady Bucs proceeded to firmly reestablish command of the contest by outscoring EMCC, 27-5, during the final quarter on the way to the 33-point victory.
For the game, EMCC was outshot 54 percent to 34 percent by Shelton State while also being outrebounded by a commanding 47-26 margin.
Shelton State's Asia Barclay led all scorers with 17 points on 8-of-11 shooting. Taylor Smith (13), Maya Cunningham (12) and Ke'Ajia Williams (11) also scored in double figures for the Lady Bucs.
Now 4-6 overall entering the Christmas holiday break, the EMCC women were led by Markiema Lancaster's 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the field. Thomas and Jenessa Souza followed with nine and eight points, respectively, for the Lady Lions.
The East Mississippi basketball teams will begin the new calendar year by resuming MACCC action against Copiah-Lincoln on Thursday, Jan. 6. The women's contest will be played in Scooba and the men's game will be contested in Wesson. Both games are slated for 6 p.m. tip-offs.