December 20, 2010
SAVANNAH, Ga.- The Savannah State women's basketball team remained undefeated at Tiger Arena with a 53-32 victory over South Carolina State before a crowd of 180 fans.

With the scored tied at six, SSU scored 12 unanswered points to take a 18-6 lead with 9:54 on the clock.
A free throw by SCSU's Paris Alston and a layup by Cherisha Floyd made the score 18-9 but the Lady Tigers answered with a 7-2 spurt to grab their biggest lead of the half, 25-11 with 2:41 on the clock.

Savannah State, who shot 55.6 percent from the field in the first half, led 25-13 at intermission.
The Lady Tigers pushed their advantage to 17 points early in the second half and used a 6-0 run to pull ahead 38-17 with 14:42 remaining.

Leading by 21 at the 6:42 mark, SSU got bench points from Artisma Samuel and Brittany Cade to build a 48-24 cushion with just over four minutes left.

The Bulldogs had six unanswered points to get within 18 with under a minute left but a 3-pointer by Jasmine Kirkland with 32 seconds remaining pushed SSU's margin back to 21 points.

Courtney Long led SSU (5-6) with 13 points while Darice Fountaine added 10 rebounds.

Alston had 8 points and 8 rebounds for the Bulldogs (3-5).

Savannah State ended the game shooting 50 percent from the floor and making 6 of 10 3-point attempts. SSU out-rebounded the Bulldogs 48 to 37.

South Carolina State, who defeated the Lady Tigers 37-33 in Orangeburg on November 21, shot 18.6 percent from the floor and missed all 13 3-point attempts.