NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans women's basketball team dropped a Southland Conference contest to Sam Houston State by a score of 78-46 on Saturday afternoon at the Lakefront Arena.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: New Orleans - 46, Sam Houston State - 78
LOCATION: Lakefront Arena – New Orleans, La.
RECORDS: New Orleans (3-7/0-2), Sam Houston State (6-4/2-0)
HOW IT HAPPENED
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Dionjhae Thomas led the way with a Privateer-high 10 points to go with two rebounds, an assist and a steal.
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Asia Woods just missed a double-double with eight points and eight rebounds. She also recorded a single block.
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Mary Delgado chipped in eight points off the bench on three-of-seven shooting to go with a rebound, assist and block.
- New Orleans forced 17 turnovers and recorded three blocks.
- Sam Houston State jumped out to an early 21-9 lead after the first quarter. The Bearkats were able to hit 9-of-19 shots while holding New Orleans to just two attempts.
- The troubles continued in the second quarter for the Privateers as the Bearkats outscored them by almost a similar margin to the first, this time by a 21-8 score to take a 42-17 advantage into the half.
- New Orleans battled back hard in the third but Sam Houston State still held a 23-21 advantage in the period.
- New Orleans scored eight while Sam Houston posted 13 in the final quarter to get the game to its 78-46 final.
The Privateers led the game in second-chance points (12 to 3) and their bench scored 20 points.
FOR THE FOES
- Jenniffer Oramas paced the scoring attack for Sam Houston State out of the point guard position as she finished the contest with a game-high 19 points and six assists. She also chipped in two steals.
- Courtney Cleveland added 15 points on four-of-five shooting to go with eight rebounds. She went 7-of-8 from the charity stripe.
- The Bearkats finished the game with three double-digit scorers. Eight players scored overall for Sam Houston State.
- With her performance, Oramas reached the 1,000-point mark for her career. She is just the 17
th player in Bearkat history to reach the milestone.
COACHES CORNER
"We worked to get what we call kills which is three stops in a row and we know that Sam Houston is very aggressive on the offensive end so if our defense is on, it allows us to be more aggressive on offense and it turned after the first media timeout. We seemed to get offensive sensitive and stopped attacking with a sense of purpose and then we just didn't doing anything on the defensive end. It was a really tough night for the Privateers."
NEXT UP
The Privateers host North Dakota on their Kids' New Year game on Saturday, December 28 at the Lakefront Arena. Tipoff is set for 11 AM CST.
