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Lady Bears bounce back in road win over Hinds

| By: by Cody Junkin
Photo by Brad Smith
Southwest Women's Basketball traveled to Utica on January 15th to take on Hinds Community College ending with the Lady Bears (5-9,1-0) picking up a 71-58 road win.

The scoring started slow with a first quarter score of only 7-6 in favor of the Hinds Bulldogs.

The Lady Bears picked it up in the second outscoring Hinds 15-9 and taking a lead of 21-16 into the half.

The team never looked back as they caught fire and continued to grow the lead.

Southwest totaled 28 points in the third with a clutch three late in the quarter from Gracie Miller. The lead began to become insurmountable for the Bulldogs as they trailed 49-37.

Keeping their foot on the gas, the Lady Bears put up another 22 points in the fourth quarter to pick up a 71-58 win in the first conference game of the season against Hinds.

Mady Smith led the team in scoring with 20 points. Mercedes Dorsey and Gracie Miller were on her heels with 18 and 17 points.

The team shot 17/28 from the free throw line.

Coach Brent Harris said, "I am very proud of our focus to the game plan tonight. We had some people have big nights offensively because their teammates were willing passers."

The Lady Bears advanced to 1-0 in conference play and look toward their next conference game as they take on Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College at home on January 20th.
 
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