wbb15
68
Mount St. Mary's MSM 2-9,0-2 MAAC
72
Winner Morgan St. Morgan 7-8,0-0 MEAC
Mount St. Mary's MSM
2-9,0-2 MAAC
68
Final
72
Morgan St. Morgan
7-8,0-0 MEAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Mount St. Mary's MSM 10 23 18 17 68
Morgan St. Morgan 20 19 13 20 72

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Kevin C. Paige, MSU Athletics Communications

Lady Bears Close Out 2024 Defeating Mount St. Mary’s, 72-68

Morgan finishes non-conference schedule going 5-0 at home.

BALTIMORE, Md. (Dec. 30, 2024)--The Morgan State Lady Bears closed out 2024 with a 72-68 non-conference victory over Mount St. Mary's on Monday afternoon at Hill Field House.
 
Morgan State improved to 7-8 with the win and finished its non-conference slate with a perfect 5-0 record at home. It marks the sixth time since the 2016-17 season that Morgan State has gone unbeaten at home during its non-conference schedule.
 
Tamaria Rumph came off the bench to score 17 points to lead four Morgan State players in double figures scoring, as Morgan State improved to 9-7 all-time against The Mount. Laila Fair added 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting, while adding five rebounds and three steals. Michaela Bogans and Jael Butler each finished with 14 points. Butler and Fair each recorded a game-high three blocked shots.
 
The hosts shot 50% (25-of-50) for the game and 54.5% (6-of-11) from three-point range. The Lady Bears connected on 16-of-25 (64%) from the free throw line.
 
Mount St. Mary's (2-9) knocked down 21-of-43 (48.8%) shots from the floor and was 8-of-19 (42%) from beyond the arc. The Mount finished the game hitting 75% (18-of-24) from the charity stripe.
 
A three-pointer by Giana Hoddinott brought The Mount within a point at 11-10 with 3:30 left in the first period. Rumph countered with a three-pointer for Morgan State, as the Lady Bears closed out the period with a 9-0 spurt to take their largest lead of the contest (10 points) at 20-10 after a quarter of play.
 
Trailing 39-33 at the half, the guests came out and scored the first six points to start the third quarter and even the score at 39 all. A basket by Rumph ended The Mount's run and put Morgan back in front, 41-39.
 
Garielle Kennerly knocked down a three-pointer to give the guests the lead back at 42-41. But the Lady Bears responded, scoring the next five points to take a 46-42 lead. The Mountaineers countered with a 9-0 run, capped off by another three-pointer by Kennerly, as the visitors held a 51-46 lead with 2:23 left in the third. Morgan closed out the period with a 6-0 run, as a three-pointer by Rumph gave Morgan a 52-51 advantage after three quarters.
 
Morgan scored seven straight points in the midst of a 9-2 run in the fourth, to take a 61-55 lead. The Mountaineers then scored the next six, capped off by a Kennerly three-pointer from the left elbow to even the score at 61 with 2:41 left in the contest.
 
The Lady Bears upped their lead to 68-64 on a layup by Fair with 23 seconds remaining and closed out the contest converting four out of six free throw attempts down the stretch for the 72-68 victory.
 
The Mount was paced by Anna LeMaster, who totaled a game-high 18 points and a game-high three steals. Kennerly added 15 points and Jo Raflo finished with 13.
 
Morgan State will now turn to Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) play for the remainder of the season. The Lady Bears will begin the New Year hosting South Carolina State in the MEAC opener on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 2 p.m. at Hill Field House. The Lady Bulldogs (1-15) last played on Sunday, Dec. 29 at Mississippi State, where they lost, 95-47.
 

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Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.
 
 
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