Wednesday February 2, 2002: Women's Basketball

New Orleans, LA

Baton Rouge Lady Bears wrapped up the first round of conference play tonight on the road, in New Orleans, versus the Delgado Lady Dolphins.  The Lady Bears would lead wire to wire to earn the 65-52  conference victory, in the Michael Williamson Center.

In the first quarter the Lady Bears would get on the board first with the first four points.  The Lady Dolphins would pull within one, 4-3 with 7:54 remaining but that would be as close as they would get all night.  The Lady Bears would go on an 18 to 8 run to close out the quarter with a 22 to 11 lead.

In the second quarter, the Lady Bears continued their dominate defense forcing the Lady Dolphins into multiple turnovers which led to transiton buckets for the Lady Bears.  Baton Rouge would outscore Delgado 15 to 12, in the second quarter, to take a 37 to 23 lead into the half.

In the third quarter, neither team was on fire on the offensive end as both teams would combine for only 19 points. The Lady Bears would outscore the Lady Dolphins 11 to 8 in the quarter to take a 17-point lead into the fourth quarter;48-31.

In the fourth quarter, the Lady Dolphins would find a bit of a rhythm on the offensive end outscoring the Lady Bears 21 to 17, but it was not enough as the Lady Bears would defeat the Lady Dolphins by the final score of 65 to 52.

Tonight, game was not the best game the Lady Bears have played all season, but they found a way to get the victory. This wraps up the first round of conference play, in which, the Lady Bears went 3-0.

The Lady Bears were led in scoring by freshman guard Alanna Donaldson with 20 points.  The Lady Dolphins were led in scoring by Korriana Reynaud with 20 points.

With the victory, Baton Rouge improves to 11-6, 3-0 while Delgado falls to 6-9,1-2 on the season.

Lady Bears Highlights:

Alanna Donaldson led the Lady Bears with 20 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 4 steals

Stephanie Stewart added 11 points, 3 rebounds and 1 steal

Tronayia Issac scored 8 points with 3 rebounds,1 assist and 1 block

The Lady Bears will hit the road again to start the second round of conference play at LSUE on Saturday February 5 at 2 pm in the HPRE Center.

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