HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Southeastern Louisiana University women's basketball team fell to Southern Miss in the final matchup of its road trip Tuesday, 86-53.
Southeastern (1-3) took the lead in the early going of Tuesday's matchup, but Southern Miss (5-0) went ahead late in the first quarter and kept its lead from there.
Southeastern was led by
Natalie Huff and
Mia Ramos on the offensive end of the floor. Huff scored a season-high of 16 points, going 7-for-7 at the free throw line, while Ramos added 10 points on 5-for-7 shooting.
Huff also led the Lady Lions in rebounding, reeling in six boards. Huff and
Lihi Azouri each had two steals, totaling seven steals as a team, leading the game in that category.
The Lady Eagles had four scorers in double figures with Sakyia White, Jakayla Johnson, Meloney Thomas, and Carly Keats totaling 54 of the team's 86 points. Keats led the team in points, scoring 17 with three triples.
Both White (10) and Johnson (12) brought in double-digit rebounds to have a double-double night. After the Lady Lions held Southern Miss scoreless beyond the arc in the first half, the Lady Eagles drained nine three-pointers, going 39.1% from that range.
SLU will be back home on Saturday, hosting its first game since Southeastern's win over Centenary to start the season. The Lady Lions will play against Southland Conference opponent East Texas A&M in the University Center on Saturday, Nov. 22, at 1 p.m. The game will be available to watch on ESPN+. Fans can listen to Saturday's game on KSLU 90.9 The Lion, online at either
www.LionSports.net/listenlive or
www.LionUpRadio.org, via the following apps – Lions Gameday Experience, Live365, iHeart, Audacy, TuneIn and MyTuner Radio - or on Alexa speakers (skill must be enabled first). All you have to say is, "Alexa, play K.S.L.U."
SOCIAL MEDIA
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TICKETS
For ticket information, please contact the Southeastern Athletics Ticket Office at (985) 549-5466 or visit www.LionSports.net/tickets. Southeastern offers mobile ticketing as the primary source for securing tickets. All tickets will be available via e-mail in a PDF format for fans to download on their phone or print at home. Tickets can also be downloaded to Apple Wallet.
CLEAR BAG POLICY
Southeastern Athletics has instituted a clear bag policy for all ticketed events. For more information on the clear bag policy, visit www.LionSports.net/clear.
