Theresa Davis tallied a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds on Monday.
Morgan State 62, Winston-Salem State 43
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Jan. 18, 2010)-Kristina Rosario and Corin Adams both scored a game-high 15 points and Rosario added a game- and career-high 15 rebounds to record a double-double, while Theresa Davis also added a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds to lead Morgan State to a 62-43 non-conference victory over host Winston-Salem State on Monday evening at the C.E. Gaines Center.
Rosario's 15 points, fell one shy of tying her career-high, while the win improved the Lady Bears to 4-8 this season in non-conference games.
The victory also marked Morgan State head coach, Donald Beasley's first win in Winston-Salem in three tries. In his other three trips to Winston-Salem, the games were played at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum with regular season losses to Wake Forest (2005-06) and Winston-Salem State (2/7/09) and last year's MEAC Tournament loss to Maryland Eastern Shore (3/12/09).
Morgan State (7-9) held a slim 16-15 lead following a trey by the Lady Rams' Nikki Kee with 9:12 remaining, but the guests closed out the half by responding with a 16-8 run to extend its cushion to 32-23 at the intermission. The Lady Bears scored 13 straight points during the run with Rosario scoring the team's final eight points during the spurt.
The Lady Bears shot 11-of-12 from the free throw line in the opening half, connecting on their first 11 attempts, while host WSSU did not attempts a free throw in the first half. Morgan would finish the game going 17-for-20 at the charity stripe, while the Lady Rams shot 7-of-10.
Rosario led all players at the break with eight points and Davis added seven. MaLisa Bumpus led WSSU in the first half with six points on two three-pointers.
Winston-Salem State (2-15) pulled within 42-34 with 11:18 to play, but Morgan State used a 16-3 run to take a 58-37 lead to blow the game back open.
Bumpus led the Lady Rams with 13 points and Vontishia Woods grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds for WSSU, which has lost its last 13 games.
The Lady Bears tallied 17 steals with Adams recording a game-high six thefts and Georgien Williams adding four. Adams is now 11 steals shy of becoming the school's all-time leader in steals.
After 14 straight road contests, the Lady Bears will finally return home when they play host to Delaware State on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 2 p.m. at Hill Field House. The game will be the MEAC home opener for the Lady Bears and just the second home contest this season for Morgan State, which last played at home on Nov. 16.
