HAMMOND, La. – Junior forward Nanna Pool posted her fourth straight double-double and senior guard Symone Miller added a team-high 18 points, as the Southeastern Louisiana women's basketball team closed its three-game home stand with a 62-35 victory over William Carey in non-conference action Tuesday night in the University Center.
 
The Lady Lions (3-3) held William Carey (2-4) to 28.0 percent (14-for-50) shooting from the floor. The 35 points were the fewest allowed by SLU since an 81-30 victory over UNO during the 2011-12 season.
 
Pool finished with 17 points and tied a season-high with 15 rebounds. Miller finished 7-for-12 from the floor to lead Southeastern in scoring for the third time this season.
 
Southeastern shot over 50 percent from the floor for the second straight game, converting on 51.0 percent (26-for-51) of its field goal attempts. Senior guard Elizabeth Styles engineered the balanced offensive effort that saw nine Lady Lions score, finishing with a game-high nine assists.
 
Styles also keyed the defensive effort, finishing with a season-high four steals. Pool blocked a pair of shots, while senior forward Jameika Hoskins contributed with nine rebounds.
 
Freshman forward Shania Posey led William Carey with nine points. Junior forward Fredrikah Wilson and senior guard Tiffany Sims each had five rebounds apiece.
 
The game was evenly played for the first 10 minutes, as a Posey jumper knotted the score at 13 with 9:31 left in the opening half. From there, however, Southeastern ratcheted up the defense, holding the Lady Saders scoreless over the next eight minutes. The 13-0 SLU run propelled the Lady Lions to a 30-18 halftime lead.
 
William Carey would pull within nine early in the second half, as Wilson scored to cut the Lady Lion advantage to 36-27 with 15:16 remaining in the contest.
 
Southeastern would again put together a long defensive stand, as SLU held WCU scoreless for the next 9:16. The 18-0 run put Southeastern up, 54-27 with 6:49 left. The lead would grow to as much as 29 and the Lady Saders got no closer than 23 the rest of the way.
 
Southeastern will now play its next three games on the road versus Southeastern Conference competition. The Lady Lions will start the trip on Thursday with a 6 p.m. contest at Auburn. Thursday's game will be broadcast live in the Hammond area on KSLU-FM (90.9) and on the Internet at www.LionSports.net.