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With ten minutes to go in the first half of Monday night's women's basketball game against the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats, senior center and Jori Nwachucwu committed her second foul, which sent her to the bench early to stay out of more foul trouble.
Wildcats post players Sarah Bolden and Amanda Hairston took advantage pf the N.C. Central University front-court, combining for 36 points and 20 rebounds en route to a 64-53 victory over NCCU.
The lady Eagles got off to a good start, jumping out to an 11-5 lead before the Lady Wildcats clawed past them never relinquishing the lead after obtaining it.
"We got off to a good start tonight actually then we went thru a flat spurt," said associate Head Coach Antonio O. Davis.
Coming out of halftime down by 10 points, the Eagles began to make a run, cutting the lead to six points before Bethune-Cookman killed that rally with another run of their own.
"We missed too many lay-ups. That was pivotal. That would have killed some of their momentum," said Davis.
Statistically the Lady Eagles were not drastically overmatched in many of the categories except for field goal percentage. The Lady Wildcats shot 37.5 percent from the field while the Lady Eagles shot 28.3. They also lost the turnover battle 18 to 15.
"The turnovers were secondary. Tonight we needed our role players to step up and fill that void," said Davis.
The Eagles were led by Shanise Blanks on the perimeter, who scored a team high 17 points, and Nwachucwu on the interior, who logged her 9th double-double of the season with an 11-point, 11-rebound performance.
NCCU, who came into the game with a 2-18 record, will look to rebound against Howard University Saturday in D.C.
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