Lady Marauders win on the road over rival Kentucky State

 
FRANKFORT, Kentucky - The Central State Marauders earned another crucial SIAC victory with a 62-53 road win over rival Kentucky State on Saturday


With the win, CSU improves to 19-5 overall with a 13-3 conference mark. KSU falls to 7-17 on the year with a 6-10 mark in the SIAC.


Playing infront of a high capacity Kentucky State crowd, the KSU bench was a key factor in the Thorobrettes early success, outscoring the CSU reserves 15-4 in the first half. CSU went into the break trailing by one, 31-30.


The Lady Marauders regained momentum and took control in the third period by outscoring KSU, 22-11, to take a 10 point lead into the fourth quarter. Both teams went scoreless for the first three minutes of the final period. CSU converted just 3 of 17 field goal attempts but went a perfect 4 for 4 from the free throw line to help seal the victory.


CSU held a 21-9 edge in points scored off of turnovers and outrebounded KSU, 41-37.


Senior guard Sierra Harley led Central State with a game-high 18 points and 9 rebounds. Chervelle Cox finished the afternoon with 10 points and 7 rebounds.


Jordan Campbell led KSU's efforts with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

 
CSU will have a week off before traveling to play Tuskegee next Saturday at 1:30 pm cst.
 
 
 
Notes
With Saturday's results, CSU now leads the all-time series against KSU, 40-28.
 
LaTonya McDole entered her first game as CSU interim head coach on Saturday. McDole was officially announced as the interim head coach in a meeting with players and staff on Friday.
 
Prior to Saturday, CSU had not won in Frankfort, Kentucky since the 2012-13 season.
 
CSU is currently No. 10 in the D2SIDA South Region Poll.
 
CSU has two regular season games remaining.




Next Game
Opponent: Tuskegee
Date: Saturday, February 17th
Tip-Off: 1:30 pm
Location: Tuskegee, Alabama
 
 
 
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