Lady Wolves’ impressive second half leads to win

MOORHEAD, Miss. – The Lady Wolves of Copiah-Lincoln Community College moved to 2-0 on the season with a dominating 63-36 victory over Mississippi Delta Community College (0-2, 0-0) on Monday night. The Lady Wolves played lockdown defense throughout the second half as they held the Lady Trojans to just 17 points in the final 20 minutes.

"This was a good road win for us," said Lady Wolves head coach Gwyn Young "We need to improve things offensively…for example we didn't shoot well tonight and we block out and rebound on the other end of the floor, but overall I'm very pleased with win."

The contest was back-and-forth in the opening quarter of play, but the Lady Wolves pulled away in the second with an 11-2 run.

The Lady Wolves took a 31-22 lead into the locker room at the half. Co-Lin put the game on ice in the third quarter as the Lady Wolves fired off a 16-3 run. The offensive explosion gave Co-Lin a 16-point lead going into the fourth quarter.

Co-Lin essentially shut out the Lady Trojans in the fourth as the Lady Wolves held them to just six points to secure the win.

Co-Lin was led offensively by freshman T'Kyra Hicks. Hicks netted 18 points and hauled in six rebounds. Alexus Holt added another 12 points for the Lady Wolves while Diamond Smith and Karry Callahan added eight and seven points respectively. Callahan was all over the court for the Lady Wolves as she led the team with eight rebounds, six steals, and four blocks.

Mississippi Delta was led by Alexis Augustus with 10 points, the Lady Trojans only double-digit scorer. Augustus also brought down a team high seven rebounds.

Co-Lin shot 31 percent (19-for-61) from the field, 32 percent (6-for-19) from the three-point line, and 68 percent (19-for-28) from the foul stripe. The Lady Trojans finished the night shooting 26 percent (15-for-57) from the field, eight percent (1-for-13) from beyond the arc, and 50 percent (8-for-16) from the free throw line.

The Lady Wolves are back in action Thursday, November 9 at 6:00 p.m. as Co-Lin travels to Clarksdale, Miss. to take on the Coahoma Community College Lady Tigers. Follow @colinathletics on Twitter for updates.