Lady Wolves never trail in victory over Southwest

WESSON, Miss. - The Copiah-Lincoln Community College Lady Wolves had a wire-to-wire win on Monday night over Southwest, 73-51. The win is the third straight for Co-Lin and moves the Lady Wolves to 12-8, 6-5 and drops the Lady Bears to 15-5, 8-3. The Lady Wolves are in sole possession of fourth place in the MACJC South Division with the 6-5 record. Co-Lin is on the road this Thursday, February 13 as the team travels to Utica to face the Hinds Lady Bulldogs. Fans can watch the game at www.colinathletics.com/watch or listen live at www.colinathletics.com/listen or on WMJU 104.3 FM. 

"We are glad to have all of our players back and together, during our three-game losing streak we weren't handling the ball well nor shooting well, we are doing that now and doing better on the defensive side," said Co-Lin head coach Gwyn Young. "We were able to attack tonight and pass the ball well...we still are not perfect by any means, but our energy was a lot better. It's still do or die for us so we have to keep winning ball games."

The Lady Wolves built a quick 10-point lead over the Lady Bears with a 9-0 run midway through the first quarter with seven of those points coming from TaMara Riley. Going into the second quarter, Southwest began to chip away at the Lady Wolves' lead, eventually cutting it to just one, 17-16. Co-Lin responded with a pair of baskets from Orien James and Sha'Quandra Carter to regain a five-point lead. The teams traded baskets for the remainder of the second quarter and the Lady Wolves took a 35-29 lead into the break. 

Coming out of the locker room the Lady Wolves poured in another five points to grow the lead to double digits. The Lady Wolves never looked back and ballooned the lead to as many as 24-points late in the contest as Co-Lin ran away with the win. 

Camryn Davis led the Lady Wolves with stellar play as the sophomore racked up 20 points on 9-for-13 shooting from the floor. Riley finished the night with 17 points after hitting three-of-three three-pointers. Carter rounded out the top scorers for Co-Lin with 13 points. Dashell Davis led Co-Lin with 9 rebounds, while Camryn Davis finished with eight. Darien Tubby had a great performance at point guard with 11 assists to lead the Lady Wolves. 

Jolie Williams led Southwest 13 points, while Alexus Marsh and Shylia McGee finished with 10 each. Williams and Sydni Tangle finished with seven rebounds. 

The Lady Wolves shot 44 percent (30-of-68) from the floor, 36 percent (5-of-14) from three-point range, and 80 percent (8-of-10) from the free-throw line. The Lady Bears shot 33 percent (18-of-55) from the floor, 14 percent (3-of-21) from downtown, and 80 percent (12-of-15) from the stripe. The Lady Wolves outrebounded the Lady Bears 41 to 38.