SLU WBB 2023

HAMMOND, LA. – The Southeastern Louisiana University women’s basketball team started out the weekend with a 72-50 win over UIW Thursday night in the University Center.

Southeastern (12-8, 7-3 Southland) and UIW (8-12 3-7 SLC) had an evenly played matchup in Hammond as the Lady Lions would shoot 28-of-56 from the floor.

Hailey Giaratano led Southeastern with 20 points while Natalie Kelly had 14 and Daija Harvey had 13. Giaratano and Chrissy Brown also stacked the leaderboard with eight rebounds while Kelly added seven rebounds. Harvey was 4-of-6 from three.

SLU started out slow as the Cardinals would take the lead 8-4 after a stalemate of not scoring in the first three minutes of the game. Southeastern would find a groove and stick with it, scoring 16 points in the second half of the first quarter, upping the score to 16-9 before the second quarter.

The second quarter opened up with a Giartano three-pointer at 9:31 as she would go 8-of-14 from the floor throughout the game. SLU would shoot 27 percent from the floor and have 3 out of 11 shots, those shots belonging to Cierra Cunningham after a jump shot at 5:18, and the first three-point shot from Harvey at 4:06.

After half, the third quarter went the way of the Lady Lions as they would shoot 53 percent from the floor and have eight field goals out of 15 attempts. Cunningham had a good shot off of an assist from Alexius Horne right at the beginning of the second half and the scoring would continue for Southeastern. Horne, Harvey, Giaratano and Kelly would all get a chance at the rim and upped the score 44-38 in favor of SLU.

The fourth quarter would be the best yet for the home team as the Lady Lions would 76 percent from the floor with a 10-of-13 completion and a 88 percent from the free throw line with 7-of-8. UIW’s Jorja Elliot cut the lead down to as close as four after SLU had led by six but from that point on, the Lady Lions would dominate the rest of the quarter scoring 28 points compared to the Cardinals 12. Southeastern would end with another home court win 72-50.

Southeastern will hit the road to head to Lake Charles to take on McNeese Thursday February 9 at 5 p.m. The Lady Lions will then come back home and will take on Nicholls at home Saturday February 11 at 1 p.m. Both games will be streamed on ESPN+ and live stats can be accessed on www.LionSports.net.

SOCIAL MEDIA

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CLEAR BAG POLICY

Southeastern Athletics has instituted a clear bag policy for all ticketed events, effective with the start of football season. For more information on the clear bag policy, visit www.LionSports.net/clear.

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