FINAL SCORE: #1 Concordia College Alabama 79, #8 Paul Quinn College 61
 

RECORDS: Concordia College Alabama 23-4, Paul Quinn College 8-20

LOCATION: Penn State Fayette Maltho Gymnasium, Uniontown, Pa.

IN BRIEF: Defending champions Concordia College Alabama used their experience and deep bench to outplay Paul Quinn College of Dallas, Texas. After a surprising first half in which Concordia found itself down by 4 heading into the locker room, Concordia returned to familiar form and outscored Paul Quinn by 19 points in the third quarter to run away with the victory. Concordia and Paul Quinn both had three scorers with double digits.

ON THE COURT

• Paul Quinn threatened defending champions Concordia by jumping out an early lead.
• Paul Quinn entered the locker room with a 4 point lead.
• After the half, Concordia used a full-court press to dismantle the offense of Paul Quinn.
• Concordia's quickness and deep bench wore Paul Quinn down.
• Shortly after the second half began, CCA never looked back and steadily grew their lead with quickness and strong play in the paint.

• #8 Paul Quinn College proved a worthy opponent to the defending champions, working toward three ties and five lead changes in the game.  However, their largest lead was only four points.
• The difference in the game proved to be turnovers (Concordia with 23 points on turnovers) and forward play with Concordia scoring 50 of their 79 points in the paint.
• Concordia's size was to their advantage, posting 10 blocks against Paul Quinn.
• Concordia shot well from the field (42% FG Percentage) and from beyond the arc (33% 3-Point Percentage).  However, they struggled from the line, making only 12 of 21 free throws.
• Carshava Sutton was the leading scorer and rebounder in the game, posting 21 points and 16 rebounds.

Concordia Alabama advances to meet the winner of the #4 Florida College/#5 Silver Lake game at 11:00 a.m. on Friday in the Main Arena. Paul Quinn will play in a consolation game at 9:15 at Maltho tomorrow morning. 

FINAL SCORE: #4 Florida College 72, #5 Silver Lake College 55
RECORDS: Silver Lake College 18-12, Florida College 12-120

LOCATION: Penn State Fayette Maltho Gymnasium, Uniontown, Pa.

IN BRIEF: Silver Lake used big second and third quarters to down the Florida College Falcons 72-55. Off the bench, Tasha Rabe paved the for her Lady Lakers with 18 points and 12 rebounds. With a close game at the half, Silver Lake surged into the second half with intense defense and dominant 24-9 third quarter performance. Silver Lake's stifling defense contributed to three consecutive unforced errors by Florida College that put the game out of reach.

ON THE COURT

• Florida College and Silver Lake end a testy first quarter tied at 10 points apiece.
• Silver Lake finds their groove and heads into the half with a 5 point lead.
• After the half, Silver Lake extended their lead with strong defense and 12 free throws.

BEHIND THE BOXSCORE

• Silver Lake had four players and double digits.
• Points off turnovers was the difference. Silver Lake scored 23 points off turnovers compared to Florida College's 11 points off turnovers.
• Florida College was led in scoring by reserve Saje Shlatterer with 12 points.
• Silver Lake knocked down seven shots from beyond the arc.

NEXT UP

Silver Lake College advances to play #1 Concordia College Alabama at 11:00 a.m. on Friday in the Main Arena. Florida College will play in a consolation game at 9:15 at Maltho tomorrow morning.