BALTIMORE, Md. (Jan. 6, 2020)-The Morgan State Lady Bears bounced back from Saturday's Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) season opening loss at Delaware State with a 77-47 victory at home over conference foe South Carolina State on Monday at Hill Field House.
 
Chelsea Mitchell finished with a game-high 21 points and pulled down a game-high 16 rebounds - 13 of which were on the offensive end - to record her sixth double-double of the season and lead the host Lady Bears to their fourth straight win over S.C. State. Dahnye Redd scored 11 of her 19 points in the second half and Ja'Niah Henson came off the bench to score 11 points, as Morgan State improved to 4-0 at home this season.
 
Morgan State (5-10, 1-1 MEAC), which ended a three-game losing skid, shot 46 percent (31-of-68) from the floor, and knocked down 13-of-15 (87 percent) from the free throw line. The Lady Bears outscored the guests, 42-24 in the paint and turned 27 S.C. State turnovers into 34 points.
 
The Lady Bears also held an advantage in second chance points (11-5), fast break points (18-4) and out rebounded the Lady Bulldogs, 42-22.
 
The Lady Bulldogs (2-13, 1-1 MEAC) took a brief 6-4 lead, following back-to-back three-pointers from Heniaya Moton and later evened the score at 12 all in the first quarter on a basket by Fama Gueye with 2:42 remaining. Morgan State countered by scoring the final six points of the quarter to take an 18-12 lead after one quarter of play. Morgan State all but put the game away in the second quarter, by outscoring the guests, 19-8 in the period to take a 37-20 lead at the intermission.
 
South Carolina State, which shot 38 percent (16-of-42) for the game, was led by Chrisana Scott, who came off the bench to score 12 points, while Jacquece Alston added 11.
 
The Lady Bulldogs will travel to Washington, D.C. to take on Howard on Monday, Jan. 13 at 5:30 p.m.
 
Morgan State will travel to the Sunshine State this weekend to take on the Florida A&M Rattlers on Saturday, Jan. 11 in Tallahassee, Fla., before heading to Daytona Beach, Fla. to visit defending MEAC Tournament champion, Bethune-Cookman on Monday, Jan. 13.