NEW ORLEANS — Ebony Hargrove made 3-of-3 3-pointers
in the first five minutes Saturday to spark Rust to a wire-to-wire 62-52 Gulf
Coast Athletic Conference women's basketball victory against Xavier University of Louisiana.
The Lady Bearcats (17-2, 6-0) won their eighth in a row
and for the 12th time in their last 13 games to remain tied with Talladega atop
the GCAC. Rust completed a two-game regular-season
sweep of the Gold Nuggets (11-10, 2-4), who lost for the sixth time in eight games.
Kyla Duncan had 13 points and eight rebounds for XULA,
Shaelynn Moore
scored eight, and
Essence Wells and
Maya Trench had three steals apiece.
Shay Johnson scored 15 points, Hargrove 13 and Lisa Crawford 10
for Rust. Katie Blackmon had nine points and 11 rebounds, and Johnson had six assisrs.
XULA will compete a four-game home stand with a 5:30 p.m.
Monday matchup with Philander Smith, the GCAC's third-place team at 6-1 and 19-4 overall.
