Medley Scores Career-High 28 Points in Lady Rams’ 100-67 Win at Saint Augustine’s Trevin Goodwin 01/28/12 WSSU takes 10th straight win to remain undefeated in CIAA play RALEIGH, NC – The Winston-Salem State Lady Rams (13-5, 8-0 CIAA) picked up a big 100-67 win over the Saint Augustine’s Lady Falcons (10-3, 5-3 CIAA), Saturday. The game was a huge one for the Lady Rams as the Lady Rams remain one of three undefeated teams in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Southern Division. The Lady Rams gave one of their top offensive efforts of the season, scoring 55 first half points and 45 second half points in the win. For the game, the Lady Rams shot a scorching hot 55.6% from the field while holding the Lady Falcons to shooting just 26.8%. The win came behind some stellar individual performances as senior guard Courtney Medley scored a career-high 28 points in the game. She was one of five WSSU players to reach double-digit scoring with junior guard Jasmine Newkirk recording a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Junior forward LaQuanda Williams added 16 points while sophomore guard Taylar Wells added 11 points. After last season’s thrilling win in the final seconds last season, the Lady Rams left no doubt about the outcome of today’s game, taking the win by 33 points. The Lady Rams’ 100 points marked the second-highest point total in school history and marked the second time that the team scored more than 90 points in the last two weeks. The last time that the Lady Rams broke the century mark was on February 19, 2004 when the team took a 114-96 win over Bennett College. The Lady Rams got things going early with a 16-6 run to start the game. The team would never let up as the team pushed its lead to as many as 12 points when a Medley lay-up with just over eight minutes left in the half put the Lady Rams on top, 35-23. It was down the stretch of the half that the Lady Rams would really take control when a 17-4 WSSU run left the Lady Rams on top, 52-30 with just over a minute left in the first half. The Lady Rams would go on to hold on to the 22-point cushion when they took a 55-33 lead into the locker room at halftime. The WSSU effort continued into the second half as the Lady Rams held on to the lead through the early minutes of the half. Though the Lady Rams remained in control, the Lady Falcons showed a lot of heart as they cut the WSSU lead down to 16 points on a SAC lay-up with 14:00 left to play. The Lady Rams would go on to answer the challenge, keeping the Lady Falcons at bay and reasserting their control of the contest. The Lady Rams would score back-to-back baskets to push their lead to 21 points once again at the midway point of the half. Down the stretch of the half, the Lady Rams continued to battle, cutting the WSSU lead down to 16 points once again in the final five minutes of play, but the Lady Rams would not relent as a late WSSU surge left the Lady Rams with the 100-67 win, the second largest margin of victory of the season for the Lady Rams. With the win, the Lady Rams improve to 13-5 and 8-0 in the CIAA. The team will need all the momentum that they can get as they will head into Charlotte, N.C. to take on the Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls in a 5:30 game at Brayboy Gymnasium.