Women’s Basketball Falls to Tuskegee

Peyton Horvaky Reporter Kate Zeller Reporter

The Spring Hill College women’s basketball team fell to in-state SIAC opponent Tuskegee University, 85-64, on Feb. 11.

In the first quarter, the Badgers painted 25 points on the board, leaving them right behind their opponent. The Lady Badgers were able to outscore Tuskegee in the third quarter, scoring 5 more points than the Golden Tigerettes. Redshirt Junior, Yolanda Nelson, put up 17 points for the Badgers in her 29 total game minutes and led the badgers in scoring. Tyashia Bostick, Redshirt Junior, scored 10 points for the Badgers while collecting two rebounds.

Although the game did not fall in the Badgers favor, the Lady Badgers constantly dominated in field goal percentage, reaching a peak of 56.3% field goals attempted in the third quarter. However, the Badgers were unable to take the lead in the end. By the end of the fourth quarter, Tuskegee was able to score 25 points, which resulted in the Golden Tigerettes 20th win of the season.

SHC women’s basketball coach Karen McConico commented on the game saying, “We knew today that we were coming and playing the number one team in the conference. I thought we did okay in some spurts, but our youth continues to show. We have 12 new players and 10 freshmen, so our youth is going to continue to play us.”

McConico added that a few upperclassmen players just came off of injury and they’re still trying to get into the flow of the routine.

The Lady Badgers had 35 turnovers while Tuskegee had 20. Coach McConico explained that this team has to work on consistency, but she has high hopes for the team to come together.

Samantha Hardison, SHC freshman guard, reflected on the game by saying, “I feel like we’re going to progress. . We are such a young team, so we have a lot of learning to do. But as the years come by, since we are so young, we are going to be with each other for a while. I think by next year or another year or two we’re going to be dominating everybody,”.

The women’s basketball team record is currently 3-20 with three games left in the season. The Badgers will take on Lane College on Feb. 15 and Central State University on Feb. 18.

For more information on SHC women’s basketball, visit https://shcbadgers.com/sports/ womens-basketball?path=wbball.