ORANGEBURG, SC—South Carolina State women's basketball team snapped a 16-game losing skid Saturday (Jan. 11) posting an 68-62 win over visiting Delaware State inside Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center.

South Carolina State improved to 2-17 overall, 1-2 MEAC, while Delaware State falls to 3-13 overall, 0-3 in the league.

Three Lady Bulldogs scored in double figures with Shaunice Reed leading the way with a team-high 21 points, along with Angie Juste-Jean 15 points and four (4) rebounds in the way.

Heaven Harper recorded the games only double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds on the day.

SCSU dominated in several categories such as points in the paint (28-18), bench points (23-17) and rebounds 33-21.

NEXT UP: South Carolina State resume to Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play in an showdown with UMES on Monday (Jan.13) in the first of an doubleheader beginning at 5:30 pm inside Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center.

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South Carolina State University is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level intercollegiate athletic program. The university currently fields teams in 14 sports: women's volleyball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's indoor track & field, softball, men's and women's outdoor track and field, women's soccer and football with all teams competing in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), except for women's soccer.
 
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