Brittany Washington Archives - Alabama Sports https://alabamasports.net/tag/brittany-washington/ Your stop for college and high school sports Sun, 17 Jan 2021 03:35:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://alabamasports.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-NSN-Favicon-32x32.png Brittany Washington Archives - Alabama Sports https://alabamasports.net/tag/brittany-washington/ 32 32 Stillman women sweep weekend at Blue Mountain https://alabamasports.net/stillman-women-sweep-weekend-at-blue-mountain/ Sun, 17 Jan 2021 03:35:58 +0000 https://alabamasports.net/?p=946 Stillman Athletics  Chris Megginson BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. – Stillman College improved to 2-2 on the road Saturday with a 53-47 win at Blue Mountain College. With […]

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BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. – Stillman College improved to 2-2 on the road Saturday with a 53-47 win at Blue Mountain College. With the win, Stillman improves to 2-4 in Southern States Athletic Conference West action.

De’Asia Marsh picked up where she left off Friday, coming up with a steal and basket in the first minute to give Stillman the first points of Saturday’s game. Stillman opened the game with a 6-0 run. Blue Mountain managed to tie the game at the end of the quarter, 12-12.

Blue Mountain took a brief lead with 4:30 left in the first half, but Marsh scored four points in the final 75 seconds to tie the game, 23-23 at halftime. Marsh finished with 14 points on 6-of-12 shooting to lead Stillman for the second-straight night.

Zikira Williams, who scored 11 points, gave Stillman a 25-23 lead to open the third quarter and the Tigers maintained its lead the rest of the way. Stillman held Blue Mountain to 26.9% shooting in the second half and 29% in the game.

The Toppers’ closest margin in the second half was, 28-27, following a Kandice Ricks free throw. Zaria Jenkins helped stretch Stillman’s lead to seven points, 39-32, at the end of the third quarter. Stillman’s largest lead of the game, 41-32, came on a Devyn Lockhart basket to open the fourth quarter.

Jenkins was third in scoring for Stillman with seven points, while Brittany Washington and Imani Wimbish-Gay each scored six. Jenkins led the Tigers with six rebounds.

Ricks finished with 17 points and eight rebounds to lead BMC, followed by Jada Taylor’s eight points and seven by Mallory Russell.

Stillman (2-4, 2-3 SSAC West) is next scheduled to travel to New Orleans, Jan. 22-23, for a two-game set against No. 25 Loyola University.

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]]> Stillman tops BMC for first win in 2021 https://alabamasports.net/stillman-tops-bmc-for-first-win-in-2021/ Sat, 16 Jan 2021 03:09:42 +0000 https://alabamasports.net/?p=934 Stillman Athletics Chris Megginson BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. – A trio of double-digit scorers led Stillman College to its first win of the season Friday night, 48-45, […]

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BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. – A trio of double-digit scorers led Stillman College to its first win of the season Friday night, 48-45, at Blue Mountain College.
De’Asia Marsh scored 15 to lead Stillman, while Brittany Washington hit four 3-pointers to score a dozen points. Zikira Williams added 10 points and six rebounds.
Zaria Jenkins scored on the Tigers’ first possession of the game, but Blue Mountain answered with a 10-2 run to build an early lead off a pair of Kandice Ricks 3-pointers. The Toppers lead grew to as many as eight points, 15-7, in the first quarter before Stillman took over.
Wimbish-Gay scored to close the first quarter and make it a six-point game, 15-9. The basket sparked a 17-0 run by Stillman, as the Tigers shut out Blue Mountain in the second quarter. Stillman led 24-15 at halftime.
Ricks and Mackenzie Lane pulled the margin within four points, 26-22, early in the second half, but another Washington 3-pointer helped keep some distance. Wimbish-Gay later hit a 3 late in the third quarter to keep it a six-point game, 34-28, with 10 minutes to play in the game.
Marsh scored five-straight to open the fourth quarter, building Stillman’s lead to 11 points, 39-28. Jade Wells responded with six points for BMC. Williams proved to be the Tigers’ go-to player late in the game, scoring three baskets in the final four minutes to keep Stillman in front, 45-40, with a minute left. Marsh hit a pair of free throws with 11 seconds left, Williams added one with seven seconds left to secure the win. Jada Taylor hit a 3 at the end of the game to bring Blue Mountain within three points.
Both teams shot between 33% and 35% from the floor and were balanced on the boards with BMC grabbing 36 rebounds to Stillman’s 35.
Ricks led Blue Mountain with 11 points on three 3-pointers. Lane added eight points and seven rebounds.
Stillman (1-4, 1-3 SSAC West) will return to action against Blue Mountain again on Saturday at 3 p.m. for a Southern States Athletic Conference West Division game.

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