Sugar Bears End with Win

The Sugar Bears finished their season yesterday with an 81-77 victory over the McNeese State Cowgirls at the Farris Center.

The win for the Sugar Bears gives them a 21-8 record overall on the season and a 11-5 record in Southland Conference play.

The Sugar Bears 2009-2010 season proved to be the biggest single-season turnaround in Southland Conference history. The Sugar Bears were a disastrous 6-23 last season. The Sugar Bears turnaround was the biggest one in the nation this season and the biggest NCAA Division I turnaround since 2004. Overall, it’s the eighth-biggest turnaround in Division I women’s basketball history.

Megan Herbert

Freshman center Megan Herbert led the Sugar Bears with 19 points. Freshman forward Westin Taylor scored 18 points, all from three-point range. Taylor also led the team with nine rebounds. Freshman guard Micah Rice and sophomore guard Nakeia Guiden also scored in double-digits for the Sugar Bears. Rice had 14 points, with 10 of those coming from the free-throw line. Guiden scored 11 points.

Four Cowgirls also scored in double-digits. Sophomore forward Kendra Wells led the Cowgirls and all scorers with 28 points.  Sophomore guard Raiyawna Gatlin scored 14 points.  Sophomore forward Ja’Niqua Kendrix scored 13 points off the bench for the Cowgirls. Sophomore guard Candace LaCombre also added 12 points for the Cowgirls.

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