CONWAY, Ark. – The Nicholls State University women's basketball team was unable to earn its first road victory of the season as the Colonels fell at Central Arkansas, 56-42, Saturday afternoon in the Farris Center.
Nicholls (4-8, 3-2 SLC) received another solid offensive outing from its leading scorer,
Chelsea Cain, who finished with 20 points of 6 of 14 from the field. The sophomore was a rebound shy of a double-double but did record her fourth 20-point game in league play.
The Colonels shot 32 percent from the field and had their second-lowest point total of the season, besting only the 40 points in their SLC road opener at Lamar. Like in the setback at LU, Nicholls struggled early on by scoring just seven points in the first quarter and never led against Central Arkansas (3-9, 1-3 SLC).
UCA led 36-18 at the break and maintained a double-digit lead for most of the second half. The Colonel defense returned the favor by limiting the Sugar Bears to seven points in the third, but Nicholls was never able to cut the deficit to less than nine.
Central Arkansas' received a career outing by Lucy Ibeh who totaled 31 points, 16 rebounds and seven steals. She and Cain were the lone players for either team to score in double figures. Nicholls had only five players score in the contest, getting nine points from
Chyna Allen and
Adrian Mann, while
Anna McKendree and
Bryanna Washington each had two.
UP NEXT
Nicholls returns to Thibodaux for its next two games, hosting HBU on Wednesday, Jan. 20 before kicking off Saturday's women's/men's doubleheader against New Orleans.
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