Fields Ties Season High with 26 Points as Women’s Hoops Stumbles in Savannah

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Brooke Fields dropped a season-best 26 points for the third time this season to lead all scorers and Jalynda Salley paced both sides in rebounds (11) but Savannah State pulled out a wire-to-wire victory to defeat the visiting Eagles, 68-57.
 
The Basics

• Final Score: Coppin State 57, Savannah State 68
• Records: Coppin State (2-20, 2-8 MEAC) / Savannah State (5-13, 3-6 MEAC)
• Location: Savannah, GA – Tiger Arena
• Series History: Series Tied 5-5

 
How It Happened
 
First Quarter

• Savannah State came out of the blocks on a roll, 16 of the game's first 21 points to take a 16-5 advantage after five minutes.
• A 7-0 run by the Lady Eagles shrunk the gap to within four at 16-11 SSU.
• The final 2:23 saw the Tigers squeak by on a 5-4 advantage to end the beginning frame with a 21-16 lead.

Second Quarter

• A 9-5 surge punctuated by five straight points by Brooke Fields minimized the Tigers advantage to only one at 26-25 Savannah.
• Savannah State responded with six unanswered to stall the Eagles momentum at 32-25 SSU.
• Both squads would notch six more points to send them into the locker room with the orange and blue holding onto a 38-31 upper hand.

Third Quarter

•  The Tigers were ready to pounce out the break with an 8-0 outburst to extend the lead to 15, 46-31.
• A triple from Coppin's Kaiya Coleman capped a nine to two rally to pull the Eagles back in it, 48-40 Savannah State.
• The home team outperformed the visitors 5-2 over the remaining two minutes to give itself a 53-42 edge going into the fourth.

Fourth Quarter

• Jalynda Salley would kiss a layup off the backboard to cut it to 55-47 in favor of Savannah.
• Seven consecutive free throws for the Lady Tigers put the game out of reach at 62-47 with four minutes to go as SSU went on to defeat the Lady Eagles by a 68-57 final.

Inside the Numbers

• Brooke Fields put on another scoring clinic as she tied her Division I best scoring output with 26 points for the third time in her past 16 games.
• Fields has been borderline unstoppable over those 16 contests, dropping an average of 20.8 points.
• With 10 rebounds, Chance Graham inches to nine boards back of Larrisa Carter for third on the CSU rebounding leader board at 817.
• Graham's nine points moved her into a tie with Natasha Parks for 16th all-time in Coppin State career points with a total currently standing at 928.
• Jalynda Salley had a phenomenal defensive performance, grabbing a game-high 11 rebounds while rejecting a personal best four shots. She also tallied a season-high three assists.
• Kaiya Coleman effectively contributed on both sides of the ball, producing eight points to go along with five rebounds and three steals.
• Four Savannah State players accumulated double-digit points while Alexxus Sowell posted a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds to go along with six blocks.

Who's Next?

• Coppin State stays on the southern coast as it takes the short trek to Orangeburg to face South Carolina State. Tip-off at 5:30 p.m.