Grambling State comes past Florida A & M-Minden Press-Herald

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By Leon Mitchell, Grambling State Athletic Communications

Tallahassee, Florida-Grambling State held a late increase from Florida A&M on Saturday afternoon to secure a 55-52 victory in the Al Lawson Center. With the victory, the Lady Tigers improved to 13-14 in total and 10-6 in the Swac game.

The Grambling State had a strong start and used an efficient first quarter to achieve a lead of 17 to 11. Kahia Warmsley Specify the tone early and score both inside and from the arch. The Lady Tigers expanded their advantage in the second quarter and exceeded the Rattlers with 15: 9 and took a lead of 32 to 20 in half -time.

Florida A & M (9-19 total, 6-11 swac) found a dynamic in the third quarter and found the deficit behind the game of Sydney Hendrix and Sabou Gueye. The Rattlers exceeded the Grambling State 17-14 and led the Lady Tigers to 46-37 to the last framework.

In the fourth quarter, Florida A&M made a strong thrust that exceeded the Grambling State 15-9. The Rattlers closed the gap to just three points in the last few minutes, but the defense of the Grambling State was strong.

The Lady Tigers forced the key strips in the track and secured victory when the last attempts by Florida A&M to bind the game were too short.

Warmsley led the Grambling State with 22 points on 8 von-16 shootings with 22 points, including 2 out of 5 from the three-point range. She also contributed five rebounds and two steals. Douthshine Prien 12 points and a few rebounds added while Lydia FreemanAnchored the color with 10 points and nine rebounds.

Florida A&M was headed by Hendrix, who ended with 13 points, while Gueye taught 12 points, nine rebounds and five blocks in strong defense efforts.

The Grambling State scored 37.5 percent (21 out of 56) from the field and was efficient on the free -wire line and knocked by 90.9 percent (10 out of 11). Florida A&M had a slight lead in the field target percentage of 38.9 percent (21-von-54), but fought three points and met only 20.0 percent (2 out of 10) of his attempts.