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AnnaGrace Mercer

Women's Basketball

Fall Scores Career High

Southern Nazarene defeated Southern Arkansas Thursday

Box Score MAGNOLIA, Ark. — Aminata Fall scored a career high 33 points and Southern Nazarene closed the game on a 27-8 run to knock off Southern Arkansas 74-58 to earn a Great American Conference road win.
 
With 9:25 left to play in the second half, the Muleriders (11-11, 7-9 GAC) led the Crimson Storm (10-11, 7-8 GAC) 50-47. SNU though, went on a 6-0 run to take a 53-50 lead over SAU. The Storm only allowed the Muleriders to score five more points the rest of the game and earned their seventh sixth GAC win of the season.
 
The Storm shot 46.9 percent in the second half going 15-of-32 from the field and owned the rebounding advantage 20-15. 12 of Southern Arkansas's 21 turnovers were in the second half. The Storm went to the charity stripe 14 times in the half and drained 11 of their attempts. SNU shot 3-of-5 from beyond the arc shooting 60 percent and limited the Muleriders to just 32 percent shooting in the second half.
 
Fall's 33 points led all scorers. She also grabbed 16 rebounds and shot 13-of-25 from the field while going 8-of-10 from the free throw line and blocked three shots. Kristin Milster scored 17 points on 6-for-13 shooting and brought in four boards. Callee Cox added 10 points and tied a season high for rebounds with eight while Danielle Gaddis tallied six points and two rebounds. 
 
SNU shot 37.9 percent from the field going 25-of-66 and 27.9 percent from downtown going 4-of-15. The storm went to the free throw line 27 times burying 20 of them and outscored the Muleriders in the paint 36-22. Southern Arkansas outscored SNU off the bench 42-11 but the Storm forced the Muleriders into 21 turnovers.
 
The first half was neck and neck as neither team could grab a large lead. SAU led at the break 33-30 as Allie Wade buried a 3-pointer on the Mulerider's last possession of the half. SNU only shot 29.4 from the field going 10-for-34 and went 1-10 from downtown shooting 10 percent. The Storm went to the free throw line 13 times in the first half shooting 9-for-12. Fall, scored 12 of her 33 points in the first half and pulled in 10 rebounds. She also blocked all three of her shots in the first half.
 
SNU will now travel to Arkansas-Monticello for a Great American Conference match up, Saturday, at 2 p.m.
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