Posted: Feb 20, 2022

Lady Bearcats Falter At Philander Smith

Rust

(22-3, 6-1 GCAC)

Philander Smith

(19-5, 7-1 GCAC)

Final

Rust (22-3, 6-1 GCAC)

Philander Smith (19-5, 7-1 GCAC)

Game Leaders

Rust

Pts: Shay Johnson - 17

Reb: Jade Lewis - 8

Ast: 3 Players (#20, #00, #04) - 2

Philander Smith

Pts: Dasia Turner - 18

Reb: Dasia Turner - 11

Ast: 2 Players (#05, #15) - 4

Team Stats

Rust

Philander Smith

Field Goals

(19-64)

(18-51)

Field Goal %

29.7%

35.3%

Rebounds

Assists

Turnovers

Pts off Turnovers

2nd Chance Pts

Pts in the Paint

Fastbreak Pts

Bench Pts

Full stats

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Rust College women's basketball program could not clinch an outright GCAC Regular Season title, snapping its 12-game winning streak to Philander Smith (59-54) and needing a win over Dillard Monday night to earn a coin flip tiebreaker to determine the GCAC's #1 seed in the conference tournament.

Shay Johnson fell just shy of the game-high for scoring, nabbing 17 points on top of two steals and two assists.

Jade Lewis also surpassed double-digits with 12 points, leading Coach Jackson' group with eight boards and a 44.4% (4-for-9) field-goal percentage off the bench.

Katie Blackmon rounds out the double-figure scoring outputs for the ladies from Holly Springs, notching ten points and seven rebounds.

Next up is the Lady Bleu Devils on Senior Night with a chance at the team's second straight shared GCAC Regular Season Championship.

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