Lady Saints end season

Published 12:01 am Tuesday, March 4, 2014

LBWCC’s Tori Lowe scored 10 points Sunday. | File photo

LBWCC’s Tori Lowe scored 10 points Sunday. | File photo

LBWCC’s women’s basketball team ended its season Sunday in the ACCC basketball tournament at Wallace State Community College at Hanceville.

The Lady Saints fell to Lawson State 71-61 in the first-round game.

LSCC led only by one point at 25-24 at halftime, and the Lady Saints kept it close in the final 20 minutes, but didn’t prevail in the end.

Lawson State’s Tiarta Smith scored 27 points; Rickeytha Davis had 12 points and nine rebounds; and Kari Jones had 11 to lead LSCC.

LBWCC’s Ashante Stokes led the Lady Saints with 16 points off of the bench. Tori Lowe added 10 points; and Kamiaya Nalls and Keirra Holloway had eight each.

The Lady Saints ended their season 6-18 and their biggest losing streak came at five games twice this season.

For the men’s team, the Saints play on Thursday at 3 p.m. against the winner of Southern Union-Wallace-Selma.

LBWCC garnered the No. 1 seed going into the tournament thus earning a bye in the first round.