Nov. 26, 2008

BEAUMONT - The Lamar University women's basketball team steamrolled Texas Southern at the Montagne Center Wednesday night, never trailing in a 79-52 win over the Lady Tigers.

The Lady Cardinals opened the game with a lay up and free throw by Brittney Williams on their second possession to take a 3-0 lead, and never looked back. A three pointer by Emily Spickler at t he 18:30 mark of the opening half put Lamar up 8-5, and started a 19-7 run that put the game out of reach.

Lamar opened up a 20 point lead a 42-22 with 2:09 to play in the half on an Ang Green jumper and held on to that margin heading into the break after Nikki Williams buried a jumper to and the scoring in the first half.

In the second half the Lady Cardinals continued to overwhelm the TSU defense, opening with a 12-4 run that stretched the lead to 28 points at 56-28. Lamar continued to dominate the game throughout the half, taking their largest lead at 32 points on a Darika Hill three pointer with 6:14 to play.

Hill and Brittney Williams led the way to the LU offense with 17 points apiece, while Hill led the team with eight rebounds and three blocks. Nikki Williams also had a solid performance scoring 12 points on 4-6 shooting from the field, while passing out seven assists.

AS a team the Lady Cardinals shot 46.9 percent from the field while holding Texas Southern to 37.3 shooting while winning the rebounding battle 43-37. A key factor in the game was also turnovers, as TXU gave it away 27 times, 13 of which were Lamar steals, while the Lady Cards turned it over 19 times.

The win improves Lamar's record to 2-1 on the year, while TSU falls to 1-2. The Lady Cardinals will be back in action on Tuesday afternoon at 5 p.m. when they host the Alcon State Lady Braves at the Montagne Center.