Box Score

CARROLLTON, Ga. – Marion Lemonnier scored 17 points and Seandre Lee 14, all in the second half, to lead West Georgia to a 61-55 Gulf South Conference women's basketball victory over West Alabama Thursday at the The Coliseum.
 
West Georgia snapped a five-game losing skid and improved to 3-9 overall, 1-5 in GSC play. West Alabama's seventh consecutive loss drops the Tigers to 3-9 and 0-6.
 
The game featured 10 lead changes and was tied on four occasions. The Wolves led 34-25 at the half and built a 14-point lead in the early going of the second half.
 
West Alabama cut the West Georgia led to seven points with seven minutes to play, but back-to-back three-pointers by Taylor Turgeon and Lemonnier stretched the Wolves' lead back to double digits and effectively put the game away.
 
"I was pleased with the way we battled," UWA head coach Craig Roden said. "We outrebounded them and battled much harder than we did at Valdosta State or West Florida.
 
"We have to learn to play within ourselves, especially on the road, and not try to do things we aren't capable of doing," Roden said. "There is a certain speed that we have to play to be successful, and for the most part we played that speed tonight."
 
Anastasia Riabchenko rounded out double figure scoring for the Wolves with 10 points, making 5-of-7 field goal attempts.
 
Kelcia Bufkin scored 11 points to lead UWA scoring. Jada Williams and Quentinette Odom chipped in 10 each. Odom collected a game-high eight rebounds as UWA outrebounded UWG 33-20 in eh last of a three-game road swing.
 
"Two years ago when the won the conference we started 1-6 in league play and then lost our first game in February to go to dead last," Roden said. "Then what we were trying to do clicked in and we went on to win it all.
 
"We are not going to change what we do or how we prepare," Roden said. "We just have to get better."
 
The Tigers return home on Saturday to host Shorter. Tipoff is 2 p.m. at Pruitt Hall.