Lady Bucs Rout Meridian 96-39

Meridian, MS- The Shelton State Lady Bucs moved to 6-0 on the season after a 96-39 win over the Merdian Lady Eagles.

Freshman Janiyah Bone hit five 3's in route to a 22-point performance. Laylah Davis also drained five 3's and ended the game with 20 points. Lameria Thomas scored a career high 15 points.  Julie Nekolna posted 14 points and 9 rebounds, and Makala Hobdy stuffed the stat sheet with an 11 point, 9 assist, 8 rebound game.

Janiyah Bone hit all five of her 3's in the 1^st quarter as the Lady Bucs (6-0) jumped out to a 32-4 lead after the 1^st quarter. Makala Hobdy also had 6 in the quarter as Shelton State posted their 2^nd highest scoring quarter of the season. "The ability to shoot a basketball is an absolute game changer," said head coach Madonna Thompson. "We are still searching for that full 40 minutes, and I feel like we got closer to that tonight." The Lady Bucs 2^nd quarter struggles continued as they scored only 12 points in the quarter but held the Lady Eagles to just 8 to carry a 44-12 lead into halftime.

The second half saw freshman Laylah Davis score all 20 of her points, going 5-6 from the free throw line to go along with five 3's. The Lady Bucs outscored Meridian by 15 in the 3^rd quarter (25-10) and 10 in the 4^th quarter (27-17) to wrap up the 57-point victory.

The Lady Bucs return to action on November 22^nd and 23^rd as they travel to Poplar Bluff, MO to take on 7^th ranked Three Rivers and 4^th ranked Wabash Valley in the Three Rivers Classic.