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Michelle Nicholls
Gavin Baker
52
NSUW NSUW 3-5
62
Winner La Salle LAS 1-8
NSUW NSUW
3-5
52
Final
62
La Salle LAS
1-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
NSUW NSUW 15 15 13 9 52
La Salle LAS 14 13 16 19 62

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Four Score in Double Figures for Women’s Basketball as MacGillivray Picks Up First Career Win

PHILADELPHIA – Four scorers eclipse double-digit points totals with sophomore Michelle Nicholls leading the La Salle women's basketball team (1-8) with 17 points as the Explorers took down Norfolk State (3-5), 62-52. The win marks the first of head coach Mountain MacGillivray's career.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • La Salle opened the first 4:31 of the game on a 9-4 run, seeing five points from Nicholls. The Spartans battled back to pull ahead, 15-14, heading into the second.
  • After the Spartans started the second frame on a 9-2 run over the first 5:44, the Explorers responded with 9-6 over the remainder of the frame.
  • In the third, La Salle opened the frame on an 11-2 run over the first 5:39 to regain the lead, 38-35. The Spartans battled back, tying things up at 43 at the end of the stanza.
  •  Entering the fourth quarter all knotted at 43, La Salle ran away with the game, outscoring the Spartans, 19-9. Senior Jeryn Reese scored eight of the team's points in the frame on 3-for-4 shooting.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
  • Joining Nicholls in double figures were junior Shalina Miller (14), sophomore Deja King (13), and Reese (12).
  • Nicholls shot 50% from the field, including 50% from beyond the arc.
  • Miller added 10 rebounds for her first double-double of the season.
  • La Salle held the turnover margin, forcing 26 Spartan give ups. The Explorers ended with a season best +12 turnover margin. Aiding the margin was a season high 16 steals.
  • Collectively, the team shot a season high 39.7% from the floor, including a season best 31.8% from long range.
  • The squad handed out 18 assists, which is a season high.
GAME NOTES:
  • La Salle hit a season best nine three pointers.
  • Sophomore Rayshel Brown had a career high five steals.
  • Aside from her career high in points, Nicholls as registered career marks in assists (4), and steals (3).
  • Rookie Kayla Spruill dished out a career high four assists – the first four of her career.
  • Reese's 12 points sit as a career mark.
  • Miller blocked a career best five shots, while collecting a career high three steals.
UP NEXT:
La Salle has a five-day break before hosting St. John's on Saturday. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m. with the game airing on ESPN+.
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