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DeLAND, Fla. – Even with her 14
th double-double of the season, Kennesaw State women’s basketball senior
Sametria Gideon couldn’t help the Owls overcome the offense of the Hatters as Stetson handed the black and gold a 74-46 Atlantic Sun Conference loss on Thursday evening.
Gideon (Madison, Ala./Bob Jones HS) was good for 17 points and 12 rebounds as the Owls fall to 7-22 on the year and 3-14 in the A-Sun heading into Saturday’s regular season finale at Florida Gulf Coast. Stetson earned its 20
th win of the season to go with its eighth loss and moves to 13-4 in the league standings.
The Owls never led in the ballgame as Stetson took the early 4-0 lead on the Owls right out of the gate. Gideon put KSU on the scoreboard at the 16:58 mark with a pair of free throws to make it 4-2 before putting in the team’s first field goal of the game seven-minutes in on a layup.
Six straight points from the Hatters then put the home team up by double-figures for good with 12:06 to go in the first half. The Owls got back within 11 points on two separate occasions in the first half, both on three-pointers with
Ashley Holliday (Greenville, S.C./J.L. Mann Academy) and
Chelsea Mason (Bellevue, Neb./Bellevue West HS) each hitting one before the Hatters took the 39-20 halftime lead.
Holliday went on to cut a 22-point lead for Stetson down to 19 with a triple at the 16:28 mark of the second half before the Hatters took control of the ballgame, taking a 74-46 victory on their home floor.
Gideon’s 17 points were tops for the Owls offensively and her 12 rebounds led both squads on the boards. Holliday was the only other Owl in double figures with 15 as the two seniors combined for 32 of KSU’s 46 points.
Holliday also added four assists to her stat line to go along with her two three-pointers.
The Owls will have one regular season game remaining at Florida Gulf Coast this Saturday, March 2, at 7 p.m.
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Kennesaw State University is celebrating 30 years of intercollegiate athletics during the 2012-13 academic year.
Around the A-Sun
Jacksonville 67, Lipscomb 55
Northern Kentucky 57, North Florida 44
Florida Gulf Coast 89, Mercer 62
