Dec. 9, 2006
Box Score
PRINCESS ANNE, MD - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) women's basketball team dropped Winston-Salem State (WSSU) for their fourth consecutive win Saturday afternoon. The Lady Hawks downed the Lady Rams in overtime, 54-48 in front of 1,888 fans at the Hytche Center.
UMES (4-6) was led by Kristi Veltkamp (Hudsonville, Mich./Lansing Home School), who fell one-point shy of a triple-double and finished with a career-high 11 blocks, 10 rebounds and nine points. Jasmine Speed (Chesterfield, Mich./Anchor Bay H.S.) fell one-point shy of a double-double and added a team-high 12 points to go along with nine rebounds and a game-high five steals while Jelila Abdul-Bassit (Anchorage, Alaska/Monroe C.C.) chipped in with 11 points (all in the first half) on 3-6 shooting from beyond the arc.
"I thought our post players did a very, very good job of playing defense and rebounding," Head Coach Fred Batchelor said. "Kristi in particular has struggled as far as production and as far as points and rebounds from time to time, but the one thing she's always given us is some good solid defense and I thought her and Jasmine did an exceptional job."
WSSU (2-8) got a double-double of 18 points and 17 rebounds from Shalonda Carter. Kadina Baldwin added 14 points.
The Hawks held the Rams to 26% field goal shooting (17-66) and held WSSU to just two 3-point field goals the entire game. The defense was strong on the maroon and gray's end with UMES holding an 11-2 advantage in blocks and stealing the ball 10 times compared to seven by the Rams.
The Lady Rams battled back from an 11-point first half deficit to cut lead down to two with 3:33 left in regulation. Baldwin hit the game-tying bucket with :01 left to tie things up at 44 and force overtime. The Lady Hawks went on to outscore WSSU 10-4 in the extra frame as UMES made 6-of-8 shots from the charity stripe to seal the win.
The maroon and gray held a 30-19 lead at the end of the first half with Abdul-Bassit leading all scorers with 11 points. Veltkamp, meanwhile, already had eight blocks at the intermission. Lavontay Johnson had five points for the Rams at the break.
The Lady Hawks are off for 10 days, next returning to action on Tuesday, Dec. 19 when they host Auburn at 7 pm at the Hytche Center.
