(RICHMOND, VA) After falling on the road to George Mason on Sunday the Women’s Rams returned to the Siegel Center on Wednesday as they faced Duquesne Dukes. Wednesday's game was Educational Day as students and faculty of various schools in the Richmond area packed out the Siegle Center (5,324 in attendance). The record crowd saw the Rams win 64-51. Sara Te-Biasu led the Rams with 26 Points & Amaya Hamilton led the Dukes with 14 Points.
Sara Te-Biasu's 3-pointer with 8:01 remaining in the 1st Quarter put the Rams up 9-2. The Dukes responded as Amaya Hamilton hit a pair of 3-pointers to cut the Rams lead (11-10, with 3:06 remaining in the 1st quarter). Following the 6-0 run by the Dukes, Lucia Sotelo's layup extended the Ram's lead. Timaya Lewis-Eutsey's jumper with 57 seconds in the 1st quarter put the Rams up 15-12 heading into the 2nd quarter.
Megan McConnell's 3-pointer in the 1st minute of the 2nd quarter tied the game at 15. Jerni Kiaku hit 1 of 2 free throws as the Dukes took their 1st lead of the game (16-15, 8:15 remaining in the 2nd quarter). With 6:15 remaining in the 2nd quarter with the game tied 18-18, Sara Te-Biasu & Mary-Anna Asare connected on a pair of 3-pointers apiece to put the Rams up 24-18. Precious Johnson's jumper put the Dukes within 2 (24-22 3:01 remaining). Samantha Robinson’s layup with 15 seconds left capped a Rams 8-0 run as the Rams led 30-22 at halftime.
Duquesne’s Naelle Bernard's layup in the opening seconds of the 3rd quarter cut the Rams lead to 3. Precious Johnson's layup with 3:24 left in the 3rd quarter got the Dukes within 2 points (35-33, 03:24 left in the 3rd quarter). Jerni Kiaku’s layup with 57 seconds left in the 3rd quarter cut the Ram's lead to 1 to close out the quarter.
Jerni Kiaku’s layup in the first minute of the 4th quarter put the Dukes up 38-37. Kiaku's layup with 8:13 remaining in the 4th quarter gave the Dukes a 42-40 lead. Samantha Robinson and Sara Te-Biasu, who scored 12 of her 26 points in the 4th quarter helped spearhead the Ram's 9-0 run as the Rams led by 7 with 5:13 remaining in the 4th quarter. Te-Biasu hit 3 of her 7 3-pointers in the final 4 minutes as the Rams held on to win 64-51.
The Rams (18-3, 7-2 A10) will face George Washington at home on Sunday, February 4th. The tip-off for the game is scheduled for 1 pm.
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After today’s game, we spoke with Head Coach Beth O’Boyle and Mary-Anna Asare
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