Lady Bearcats Vanquish Fisk To Earn Outright Crown & Auto-Bid

HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. – The Rust College women's basketball program is going to the NAIA Tournament for the fourth time in the past five seasons as they dispatched Fisk, who would've claimed a share of the title with a win, by a final of 68-59 to four-peat as GCAC Regular Season champions.

The Basics:

• Score

  • (RV) Rust - 68

  • Fisk - 59

• Records

  • (RV) Rust (25-3, 17-1 Gulf Coast)

  • Fisk (18-8, 15-3 Gulf Coast)

• Location

  • Holly Springs, Mississippi – W.A. McMillan Center

• Series History

  • Rust Leads 33-5 (86.8%)

• Winning Streak

  • Rust (W2) | Fisk's Last Win: February 10, 2023 (63-61)

Rust Top Performers: 

• Niya McGuire has become the go-to point producer down the stretch of the regular season, easily leading all scorers on Saturday with 19 points on 8-of-16 (50%) in addition to a game-high nine rebounds, a team-best three steals plus an assist.

• Two other Lady Bearcats hit double-figures on the scoreboard as both Kennedi Green (4-for-8, 50%) and Amelya Hatch each logged ten points while splitting the contest's best assister recognition at three apiece.

• The other student-athlete for the Blue and White with three dimes was Diamond Sweats, who contributed nine points to go along with five boards.

Next:

• The Cats will enter the GCAC Tournament as the top seed and will open up the Quarterfinals on Thursday at 6 p.m. against the winner of the #9 Tougaloo vs. #8 Virgin Islands contest in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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