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March 1, 2006 ORANGEBURG, SC - The UMES Lady Hawks won a hard fought contest against South Carolina State (SCSU) Wednesday night. The Lady Hawks, who erased a 12-point first half deficit to get the win, took a 65-58 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) decision against the Lady Bulldogs at the Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center. The maroon and gray win ensures at least a fourth-place MEAC finish for the Lady Hawks. UMES (14-12, 11-6 MEAC) got a game high 28 points from senior Toni Kennedy (Baltimore, Md.). Freshman Tiffany Reid (Philadelphia, Pa.) chipped in with 11 points while senior Jamila Griffith (Barbados, West Indies) pulled down a game high 13 rebounds. Kennedy, whose 28 points tied her career high, also finished with four steals on the defensive end. Kristi Veltkamp (Hudsonville, Mich.) and Reid added seven rebounds each while Rachael Goodwin (Memphis, Tenn.) dished out seven assists. Melaney Denson's double-double of 13 points and 12 rebounds led SCSU (12-14, 9-8 MEAC). Monica Adams had 12 points while Latoya Dent chipped in with 10. The Lady Hawks owned a 52-40 rebound advantage over the Lady Bulldogs and held SCSU to just eight field goals in the second half. UMES also held the Lady Bulldogs to 19% shooting from beyond the arc and outscored SCSU 37-20 in the second period. The Lady Bulldogs held the advantage in the first half, however, as they ended the period on a 13-5 run en route to a 10-point lead at the break, 38-28. The Lady Hawks got on track in the second half and outscored SCSU 19-8 to take a 47-46 lead, their first advantage since 12:34 in the first half.
The Lady Bulldogs scored the next four points but UMES jumped out to another run, this time a 14-2 spurt, to put them up by nine points with just under three minutes left in regulation. Rachael Goodwin hit a pair of free-throws to seal the come from behind win for the Lady Hawks. UMES faces off against Howard in a decisive regular season finale this Saturday, March 4. The senior day contest, which will decide the 3-4 seeds for next week's MEAC tournament, is slated for a 2 pm tip off at the Hytche Center. |
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