RICHMOND, Va. – La Salle women's basketball drops a road conference match up against the VCU Rams 66-50. The game was a tale of two-halves and the Rams found their rhythm in the second half to find the victory.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Right out of the jump ball, Makayla Miller took over offensively. The guard corralled the opening tip, drove to the bucket and converted an and-one to give La Salle the 3-0 lead four seconds into the game.
• The Rams, offense however, fired back and did not let the Explorers jump out to an even bigger lead. Timaya Lewis-Eutsey and Mykel Parham each had possessions to get VCU back on top.
• Jolene Armendariz, however, sunk her first bucket of the game from deep to put La Salle back on top 6-4 early.
• Although Lewis-Eutsey was able to find conversions offensively for the Rams, the La Salle defense kept the VCU season-leader in points, Sarah Te-Biasu, scoreless in the first half.
• Throughout the second quarter both offenses exchanged blows, making for a close, competitive half. The end of the second, the Explorers pulled away for one of the bigger leads of the game thus far.
• Molly Masciantonio took matters into her own hands on back-to-back possessions. A driving lay-up resulting in a VCU foul gave the guard a three-point play. The next possession Masciantonio went right back to it, driving to the bucket and putting La Salle up 28-24 at halftime.
• The third quarter started quick for La Salle with Miller driving to the bucket to get La Salle up 30-24. The Rams, would not stay down for long, however.
• Te-Biasu connected for her first points of the game, hitting a three-point shot bringing the Rams within three.
• A pair of free throws for La Salle later, VCU hit the game-tying shot thanks to Te-Biasu. The guard hit from deep for a second time as the momentum shifted to the Rams. One possession later, Te-Biasu repeated her performance and hit from three again, putting VCU up three.
• The remainder of the third quarter was a two-woman show by Te-Biasu and Lewis-Eutsey. The duo continued to be relentless offensively and helped bring the VCU lead to 13 by the end of the quarter.
•  Tiara Bolden continued to fight for the Explorers driving to the basket, drawing fouls, and making free throws, ultimately it was not enough in the end.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Makayla Miller and Tiara Bolden led La Salle in points this afternoon scoring 16 and 11, respectively.
• Miller is now riding a six-game streak of scoring double-digit points after her performance today.
• Today was a game of two halves, as the Explorers shot 71.4% in the first half and 57.1% in the second, not being able to sustain the same success they had in the first.
• Rebounding played a major role in the contest today. The Rams out-rebounded La Salle 45-28 by the end of the game, 32 of them on the defensive side of the floor.
• After riding a three-game winning streak, the Explorers have now added two losses back-to-back bringing the overall record to 6-12, and 3-4 in conference play.

 
UP NEXT:

•  La Salle will return home to Philly on Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 11:00 a.m. when they take on the Rhode Island Rams. Wednesday will also be Kids Day at Tom Gola Arena.