Box Score SALISBURY, Md. - After becoming the first
Salisbury University women's basketball team to lose to Gallaudet
University in nearly a decade the Sea Gulls bounced back with a
87-48 win on Wednesday night at the Maggs Center in the final
Capital Athletic Conference regular-season meeting between the two
schools.
Gallaudet (10-9, 5-7 CAC) falls from fourth-place in the CAC to
sixth with less than three weeks to go before the conference
tournament. The Bison have four conference games left this season
to try and better their position in the standings. This is the
final season for Gallaudet in the CAC as the Bison will join the
North Eastern Athletic Conference next year.
The 39-point loss is the worst for the Bison this season as GU
has dropped two straight and five of the last six games. Earlier
this season, Gallaudet beat Salisbury 69-68 to snap a 22-game
losing streak to the Sea Gulls that dated back to February 24,
2000.
Things did not start right for the Bison as Salisbury (8-11, 5-6
CAC) jumped out to a 21-4 lead just over seven minutes in. Junior
center Nukeitra Hayes (Anderson, Ind.) hit
back-to-back jumpers and freshman guard Maddie
Morgan (Frederick, Md.) drained a three-pointer to pull
within 10, 21-11, to stop the Sea Gull run for a moment. GU could
only muster five more points before halftime as the Bison trailed
42-16 at the break.
This isn't the first time Gallaudet trailed by a large margin at
halftime against Salisbury as two seasons ago the Sea Gulls led
45-16 at the half and embarrassed the Bison with 55-point
loss, 96-41, on January 12, 2008.
Hayes tried to help Gallaudet close the gap in the second half
as she scored 17 of her season-high 24 points in the final 20
minutes of play. She added six rebounds and two blocks in the loss.
Junior center Easter Faafiti (Pittsburg, Calif.)
was held to eight points, four in each half, as she grabbed six
rebounds and made three steals. The Bison, who have been hampered
by injuries as of late, had to turn to different players for
offense on Wednesday. A nice surprise off the bench was the play of
freshman Katelyn Jurney (Tulsa, Okla.) who scored
nine points, all from three-pointers in the second half.
Gallaudet shot a dismal 28.6 percent from the field in the first
half before it finished with a 38.5 percent (15-for-39) for the
game. The Bison also committed a season-high 33 turnovers (19 in
the first half) which led to 38 Salisbury points.
The Sea Gulls didn't show any mercy as the SU starting five
players finished the game on the floor. Guard Glen Charlton scored
two of her team-high 18 points on a jumper with 45 seconds left in
the game. Forward Kylie Hall had a double-double with 16 points and
10 rebounds.
Gallaudet is slated to travel to Frederick, Md., this Saturday,
February 6, to play Hood College at Fort Detrick at 4 p.m. in
another CAC game, weather permitting.
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