Rocky River Lady Ravens downed by Lady Bulls 78-57

Andresia Alexander making a lay-up. (Paul Imirie)
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In a free wheeling high scoring contest the Lady Ravens where outgunned and overwhelmed by the bigger, stronger and deep bench strength of the Lady Bulls.

The Lady Bulls pulled out to a 18-6 advantage midway through the first period giving the visitors a very comfortable lead.  The deep bench of 10 players on the Lady Bulls side of the court showed quickly as they took a 28-14 lead after the first period.



The Lady Ravens played evenly in the second period, however, they were not able to make a significant dent and trailed at half-time 40-28 down by 12 points at the intermission.

Delayzha Dixon leading a fast break. (Paul Imirie)

The Lady Bulls came out in the second half determined to put away the pesky Lady Ravens led by Delayzha Dixon and Andresia Alexander who are both quick and athletic.  They accomplished their mission when another athletic guard, the Lady Bulls Nia Daniel turned her game up a notch to score 12 of her 27 points.  Also, the Bulls dominated under the boards to control the tempo of the game outscoring the Lady Ravens 23-12 in the third period for a 63-40 advantage.

In the fourth period the Lady Ravens would win the period scoring 17 points to the Bulls 15, however, this was not enough to make any kind of comeback against a very strong team.

The Lady Bulls are now 10-1 overall, and 3-0 in the Southwestern Conference.  The Lady Ravens are 7-2 overall, and 1-2 in conference competition losing their last two games against conference teams.

Mashya Scott scoring on a fast break. (Paul Imirie)

Junior Delaysha Dixon led all scorers with 30 points for the Lady Ravens.  While senior  Andresia Alexander contributed 15 points, and Mashya Scott 10 points in the contest.  For the lady Bulls Nia Daniel had 27 points, Kennedy Calhoun 19, and Lauren Ruggerio 12 points.

The Lady Ravens will travel to East Mecklenburg on Tuesday night to take on the Lady Eagles in another important conference match-up.

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