Women’s Basketball Garners First MEAC Tournament Win

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NORFOLK, Va. – The Lady Tigers continued their historic season with the program's first win in the annual Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament at Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia.

A trio of Lady Tigers led SSU to an 82-71 win over Morgan State Monday afternoon. Senior Ezinne Kalu poured in 22 points. Junior point guard Bria Dorsey scored 20 points, and junior Jasmine Norman followed with 19.

Kalu was named to the third team All-MEAC prior to Monday's games.

In their third year of competition within the MEAC, the Lady Tigers will move to the quarterfinals for the first year. SSU is slated to take on Florida A&M on Thursday, March 13 at 2:30 p.m.

SSU and Florida A&M spilt their two regular season games this season. The Lady Tigers beat the Rattlers 80-68 in Tiger Arena, but fell in Tallahassee 72-78 in their last meeting.

The winner of SSU and FAMU's match on Thursday will play the winner of Wednesday's Hampton and Howard game. Hampton won the regular season title with unblemished 16-0 conference record. The Lady Pirates are looking to four-peat in the 2014 tournament.

SSU dominated Morgan State in the opening half on Monday. The Lady Tigers poured in 50 points, and shot 56.8 percent from the floor. At the half, Dorsey, Norman and Kalu were all in double figures.

Kalu and Dorsey sank layups midway through the second half to lift SSU to their largest lead of the game, 69-44.

The Lady Bears did not go gently into the night, however. In the final seven minutes, Morgan State opened a 14-4 run to cut SSU's lead to 75-66 with 2:58 to play.

With 1:29 to play Dinah Jones scored on a layup and Forrest added two good free-throws to get Morgan State within six points, 71-76, of the Lady Tigers dwindling lead.

Kalu added two good free-throws and a layup, while Norman added a layup for a 6-0 SSU run that closed out the game with the final 11-point spread. Morgan State outscored SSU 37-32 in the second half.

Tracey Carrington led the field with 28 points. Forrest added 18, Danielle Robinson scored 11, and Jones added 10 for the Lady Bears.

2014 MEAC Tournament Bracket (Day 2)

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