Lady Statesmen advance to GSC semifinals
CLEVELAND, Miss. – The GSC Player of the Year, Chelsey Rhodes, scored 21 and Delta State junior Mary Carol Davis collected her first career double-double as No. 2 seed Delta State cruised past seventh-seed Christian Brothers, 58-42, Tuesday in the 2015-16 VisitSpaceCoast.com Gulf South Conference quarterfinals.
BY THE NUMBERS
| Teams |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Christian Brothers (11-16) |
11 |
2 |
14 |
15 |
42 |
| Delta State (20-6) |
10 |
16 |
15 |
17 |
58 |
| Game Leaders |
UWG |
DSU |
| Points |
Samantha Reeves | 22 |
Chelsey Rhodes | 21 |
| Rebounds |
Samantha Reeves | 7 |
Mary Carol Davis | 10 |
| Assists |
Samantha Reeves | 3 |
Alondrea Rush | 5 |
KEY MOMENTS
Samantha Reeves gave CBU an 11-8 lead with 2:13 to play in the first quarter, but Delta State responded with a 10-0 run. The Lady Statesmen, ranked No. 1 in Division II for scoring defense, held CBU to only two points, 16-2, in the second quarter, helping to put the game out of reach. Delta State’s lead never got below 19 the rest of the game.
NOTABLE
-Delta State won its 12
th straight GSC Tournament first round game and improved to 26-2 all-time in the opening round.
- DSU has now held opponents to single digits in 23 quarters this season.
UP NEXT
Delta State will meet No. 3 Shorter in the GSC Tournament semifinals Friday, March 4 at 2:30 p.m. CT in the Pete Hanna Center in Birmingham.