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11
December 2002
Lions,
Lady Lions Fall to Northwest Shoals
HANCEVILLE,
AL-- The Wallace State Lions, playing on the road this
week, dropped a non-conference game against Northwest
Shoals 90-82.
Blake
Matthews led the Lions scoring 26 points and pulling down
eight boards in Tuesday’s game against Northwest
Shoals. Other Lions in double figures included Milton
Nance with 14 points and Dayton Miller with 10 points.
Freddie Copeland and Chad Bull each scored eight points
and had eight rebounds. Mario McGrady scored seven points
and had seven rebounds. Northwest Shoals leading scorer
was Timothy Kelley with 21 points.
The
Lions are off until January 4 when they take on Motlow
State at home.
In
a game that went in similar fashion to the men’s
game, the Wallace State Lady Lions were edged out 86-77
at Northwest Shoals in their non-conference game. Devita
Cole, with 15 points and eight rebounds, led the Lady
Lions’ effort. Amber Terrell scored 12 points and
had eight rebounds. Mallorie Kerby came close to a double-double,
scoring nine points and getting 10 rebounds. The Lady
Patriots top performer for the evening was Sheree Thompson
who scored 20 points and had 13 rebounds.
The
Lady Lions split at the Okaloosa-Walton Tournament this
past weekend, winning 87-75 in their game against Chipola
and posting a 92-75 loss against Okaloosa-Walton Community
College.
In
the Chipola game, Mallorie Kerby led the team with 14
points. Amber Terrell had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Tara
Pascley also scored 13 points and Sumer Vaughn scored
12 to round out the Lady Lions in double figures.
Melissa
Bartlett was the Lady Lions leading scorer against Okaloosa-Walton
with 15 points, her season high after missing the first
three games of the season due to commitments to the Wallace
State volleyball team’s post season schedule. She
also had six rebounds in the game. Lori Smith had 11 assists,
three steals and three points.
The
Lady Lions play Gadsden State at Gadsden next Thursday
and then are off until January 4 when they also play Motlow
at home.
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Kristen
Holmes
Media Relations
Wallace State College
P.O. Box 2000
Hanceville, AL 35077
256/352-8118
E-mail: Kristen.Holmes@WallaceState.edu
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