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LWC Women beat Talladega 69-67 By Charlie Balcom Independence, MO - In a back-and-forth affair that came down to the final possession, the Lindsey Wilson women's basketball team was able to hold on for a 69-67 upset win over Talladega (Ala.) on Thursday evening in the first round of the 2016 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball National Championship Tournament held at the Silverstein Eye Centers Arena. The fifth-seeded Blue Raiders led 68-64 before Talladega's Tajanee Wells drained a deep contested three with six seconds to go to make it a one-point game. After Teanna Curry made one-of-two at the free throw line, the fourth-seeded Tornadoes got one final shot off at the buzzer, but Talladega's shot hit off the glass and the side of the rim before landing safely on the ground as the Blue Raiders held on for the victory. No. 18-ranked Lindsey Wilson (27-6) awaits the winner of Westmont (Calif.), the top seed in the Duer Bracket, and eighth-seeded Huston-Tillotson (Texas) in the second round on Friday night. It marks just the fourth time in program history that the Blue Raiders have advanced to the round of 16 at the national tournament. Lindsey Wilson now holds a 4-10 all-time record in the competition. The Blue Raiders got off to a hot start, grabbing an early 7-1 lead over the Tornadoes (23-6), five points coming from Kayla Styles alone. Lindsey Wilson had a strong interior defense to start the contest, standing straight up to defend shots inside the paint which helped limit Talladega to 1-of-5 shooting to start the contest. Lindsey Wilson held a six-point lead at 18-12 after a three by Malerie Martin, but the Blue Raiders were unable to score the final 1:48 as the No. 18-ranked Tornadoes scored four straight to make it an 18-16 contest at the end of the first quarter. The Blue Raiders shot 44 percent from the field in the opening 10 minutes, hitting just two shots from three, and did not attempt a single free throw. Talladega shot 37 percent in the opening frame but went to the charity stripe 10 times, making seven shots. The second quarter began with the Blue Raiders creating even more separation, eventually building their largest lead of the night at 31-21 after an offensive rebound and put back by Billie Hearn. Lindsey Wilson held the Tornadoes leading scorer Shakeena Benton, who averaged 17.1 points per game coming into the day, without a field goal until a third of the way through the second quarter. The Blue Raiders employed a mixture of zone and man-to-man defense while the Tornadoes used a series of screens to attempt to free up three-point shooters, but Talladega could not make the open looks as they finished 4-for-16 from beyond the arc. As soon as the Blue Raiders got their largest lead, Talladega quickly erased it with a 7-0 run halfway through the second quarter. The scoring dry spell was partially induced by the Blue Raiders' leading scorer Chanel Roberts getting into early foul trouble, only playing two minutes and 25 seconds in the opening half. Lindsey Wilson did not get a fifth Blue Raider on the score sheet until Courtney Sandlin made a free throw with 2:17 to go before the half as Styles, Hearn, Curry and Malerie Martin accounted for the first 34 points for Lindsey Wilson. Hearn scored seven of her nine points in the second quarter, including a spin move and layup that put Lindsey Wilson up 37-30 before the Blue Raiders took a 37-32 lead into the break. The Blue Raiders shot an even 50 percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes, but were just 2-of-5 from deep and made 7-of-15 shots from the charity stripe. Talladega made 33 percent from the floor, hitting 2-of-9 three pointers but made up the points with a 12-for-16 performance from the free throw line. Both teams had nine turnovers in the opening half. Roberts started the third quarter and scored her first points of the game on a pair of free throws at the 9:20 mark. Talladega's tenacious defense held Lindsey Wilson scoreless until the 6:38 mark when Styles hit a pair of free throws to make it 41-36. During the dry spell on the offensive end, Hearn blocked a shot that gave her 86 for her career, moving her to second all-time in program history. The Tornadoes continued to chip away and took their first lead of the game at the 4:39 mark of the third quarter to make it 43-42. From that point on it was a knock down, grind out battle as the teams were never separated by more than four points. The Tornadoes continued to frustrate the Blue Raiders with their defense, but Talladega was unable to counter with consistent offense on the other end of the floor. Lindsey Wilson started to take a slim two-to-four point lead, but the Tornadoes always seemed to have an answer, often using mid-range jumpers and quick, clever passes to find the open player. Kayla Richardson, who averages 9.5 points per game, scored her first basket on a long inbounds pass she ran down and put in for a layup to make it 63-61 with 1:46 to play. Talladega promptly responded with a three pointer to take a 64-63 lead on the ensuing possession. Trailing by one with just over a minute to play, Styles crossed over her opponent and drove the lane, hitting a layup to put Lindsey Wilson ahead 65-63. Following a Talladega miss, Roberts drove the baseline and hit a layup, her lone field goal on the night, to make it a 67-64 contest with 40 seconds to go. After a Talladega miss and a Richardson free throw, the Tornadoes responded with Wells' three to cut it back to a one point contest at 68-67. Curry made her free throw and the final Tornado shot was off the mark as Lindsey Wilson held on for the 69-67 win. Styles finished as the leading scorer with 22 points to go along with seven rebounds and a career-high five assists. Hearn had a team-high eight rebounds and added nine points. Martin (13) and Curry (10) also finished in double figures. Sandlin finished with just seven points but was a perfect 3-for-3 from the floor. Wells led the Tornadoes with 17 points. Tasheiba Henry and Sashanique Youngblood, both who average less than six points per game, finished with 15 and 14 points, respectively. The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Year in Benton was limited to just 11 points in the game. Lindsey Wilson joins four other teams from the Mid-South Conference in the round of 16: Campbellsville (Ky.), Cumberland (Tenn.), Pikeville (Ky.) and Shawnee State (Ohio). This story was posted on 2016-03-18 08:27:25
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