Jan. 31, 2006
Final Stats
WINSTON-SALEM, NC - A technical foul charged against the Winston-Salem State University bench, assessed with only eight-tenths of a second remaining on the clock allowed the Lady Broncos of Fayetteville State University to sneak out of Winston-Salem, NC with an important 73-72 CIAA Western Division women's basketball league victory.
Trailing in the contest by seven points with only 24 seconds remaining, the Lady Rams charged all the way back to tie the game on a Cherena Douglass put-back of a Shalonda Carter intentionally missed free-throw with only two seconds remaining in the game.
Following the put-back, the Lady Broncos in-bounded the ball but the WSSU bench rushed the floor in celebration, thus being assessed a technical foul and putting FSU's Tiffany Mitchell on the free throw line with a chance to win the game.
Calmly, the senior guard from Sanford, NC hit the first free throw, earning Fayetteville State the 73-72 win.
January has proven to be a difficult 31 days for the Lady Rams as WSSU dropped their seventh of their nine games over the first month of the New Year.
Leading the scoring for WSSU was Armstrong who tallied 16 points and five assists in the loss. Leading the Lady Broncos was Dominique Williams who recorded 14 points. Mitchell chipped in with 12, and the most important point of the game, the final free throw.
With the loss, the Lady Rams drop to 7-14 overall and fall to 2-8 in the CIAA (1-3 CIAA West). With the victory, the Lady Broncos improve to 10-10 overall and move to 5-4 in the CIAA (3-2 CIAA West).
WSSU will have three days off from competition before returning to CIAA play on Saturday, February 4, 2006 at 5:30 pm as they travel to Durham, NC to face the Lady Eagles of North Carolina Central University in one of the most heated rivalries in women's college basketball.
For additional information on WSSU women's basketball, contact the WSSU Office of Sports Information at (336) 750-2143 or log on to the Official Website of WSSU Athletics at www.WSSURAMS.com.
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