MOBILE, Ala. – The Spring Hill College women's basketball team fell 77-58 to Kentucky State at the Arthur R. Outlaw Recreation Center on Saturday.
The Badgers (5-11, 4-6 SIAC) started strong with a 6-0 run that helped propel them to a 19-10 lead in the opening period. The Thorobreds (5-12, 4-6 SIAC) jumped ahead in the second quarter before SHC nabbed a 30-29 lead back in the closing moments of the half.
Kentucky State stormed ahead with 20-plus point showings in the final two quarters to defeat Spring Hill 77-58. The Badgers shot 39 percent from the floor to the Thorobreds 32.
Madison Dowling led SHC in scoring with a career-high 18 points.
Marta Duda recorded her fifth double-double of the season with 15 points and a team-leading 11 rebounds.
Game Details
Date: Jan. 18
Time: 2 p.m.
Venue (Location): Arthur R. Outlaw Recreation Center (Mobile, Ala.)
Results
Kentucky State 77, Spring Hill 58
Records: Kentucky State (5-12, 4-6 SIAC), Spring Hill (5-11, 4-6 SIAC)
They Said It
Head Coach Dan Presel
On the game
"Obviously disappointed. I thought in the first quarter we came out, that was probably one of our better first quarters of the season. A little short-handed, we had guys really step up early and play with really good energy. Just not able to maintain at all. 31 turnovers is unacceptable. They scored 25 of their points off turnovers. The other thing that got us was not being able to block out enough. They had 23 second-chance points, and that's the game. That's where they scored from, but we could never get enough half-court D set. They play kind of helter-skelter, a lot of trapping, a lot of press, nothing we hadn't seen. We just did not do a great job of making them pay for putting two on the ball by getting consistently enough good shots."
Up Next
Spring Hill hosts Central State at 5:30 p.m. Monday.
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