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COLLEGE PARK, Ga.\u00a0–The Florida A&M women’s basketball team went into halftime tied 30-30 with Alabama A&M, but could not take control in the second half and fell 72-68 to the Bulldogs at The Gateway Center Arena at College Park Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The Rattlers had three players score in double figures, led by Miya Giles-Jones<\/a>, who had 17 points and nine rebounds. Shaniyah McCarthy<\/a> added 16 points and Cornelia Ellington<\/a> helped out with 10 points and three steals off of the bench.<\/p>\n Led by Giles-Jones’ six offensive rebounds, Florida A&M did a great job crashing the offensive glass, pulling down 16 boards that resulted in 24 second chance points.<\/p>\n How It Happened<\/p>\n After falling behind 4-2, Florida A&M went on a 7-0 run with 7:33 left in the first quarter, culminating in a bucket from McCarthy, to take a 9-4 lead. The Rattlers then added two points to that lead by the end of the period and entered the quarter break with a 15-8 advantage. Florida A&M did most of its first quarter damage in the paint, scoring eight of its 15 points close to the basket.<\/p>\n The Rattlers surrendered their lead in the second quarter and entered halftime with the score tied 30-30. Florida A&M was strong from deep in the period, knocking down two three-point shots to account for six of its 15 points.<\/p>\n Alabama A&M proceeded to claw their way ahead after halftime, leaving Florida A&M trailing 48-46 as the game entered the fourth quarter. Florida A&M took advantage of four Alabama A&M turnovers in the quarter, scoring four points off of takeaways.<\/p>\n Alabama A&M kept widening its lead in the fourth, constructing a 60-53 advantage before Florida A&M went on an 11-0 run, finished off by McCarthy’s three, to seize a 64-60 lead with 3:04 to go in the contest. Alabama A&M re-asserted control, outscoring the Rattlers 12-4 the rest of the way to hand Florida A&M the 72-68 loss. Florida A&M pulled down nine offensive rebounds to score 16 second chance points out of 22 total in the period<\/p>\n Game Notes<\/p>\n \u00bb Tahnyjia Purifoy<\/a> recorded 10 assists for Florida A&M.
\n\u00bb Florida A&M cleaned up on the offensive glass, collecting 16 offensive boards in the game.
\n\u00bb Miya Giles-Jones<\/a> led the Rattlers with 17 points.
\n\u00bb Florida A&M got a team-high nine rebounds from Miya Giles-Jones<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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