by VIENNA, W.Va – The Lamar Lady Cardinals used a balanced scoring attack to claim their first road win of the season as they rolled to a 93-42 victory over Ohio Valley in a non-conference women’s basketball game Tuesday night.
Twelve of Lamar’s 14 players scored as the Lady Cardinals registered their largest margin of victory this season.
Kiandra Bowers led Lamar with 16 points, as she was one of three Lady Cardinals to score in double figures. Dominique Edwards had 15 points and nine rebounds, finishing just one board shy of her third straight double-double. Edwards also had a career-high five steals. Addesha Collins had 11 points for Lamar.
The Lady Cardinals (3-7) never trailed in the game. Lamar scored the first 10 points of the contest and never looked back.
The Lady Cardinals shot a season-best 54.2 percent from the field (39-of-72). Lamar’s pressure defense caused problems for the Oho Valley offense, as the Lady Cardinals scored 40 points off of 31 OVU turnovers.
“I saw some good things tonight,” Lamar coach Robin Harmony said. “We were able to give everybody some playing time. We needed this win to go into the holidays on a positive note.”
Baileigh O’Dell and Lejha Smith had nine points for Lamar, while Shauna Long (Standing Rock Sioux) had eight points and a career-high six assists. JaMeisha Edwards also had eight points for the Lady Cardinals. Lamar had a 46-1 advantage in bench points.
Lamar outscored the Fighting Scots 40-6 in the paint, getting a lot of good looks thanks to a season-high 21 assists.
Danielle Dunnagan had 16 points to lead Ohio Valley (0-9), while Amy Brooks finished with 14 points.
The Lady Cardinals are idle until Dec. 28, when they travel to Rice to close out the non-conference portion of the schedule. Lamar’s next home game is 4 p.m. Jan. 3, when Nicholls comes in for the Southland Conference opener.
