GCU defeats DSC's women's basketball team
Develon Isom
Issue date: 2/3/10 Section: Sports
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The Red Storm played good defense and had good looks on offense, but just didn't make enough shots to stay with the Antelopes. The Lady Red Storm shot a dismal 30 percent for the game compared to Grand Canyon's 51 percent. Dropping only 18 of their 60 shots provided the recipe for defeat.
Junior guard Veronica Siqueiros, a nursing major from Phoenix, Ariz., said the team put in a good effort on defense but the offensive play did not match the defensive side. She said the team is looking forward to playing the Antelopes again on Saturday in St. George.
"It came down to missing shots and not finishing lay-ups," Siqueiros said. "We're going to get them next time. We can't have as bad a shooting day as we had today."
The loss lowered the Red Storm conference record to 5-2 (overall 9-7) and dropped them to third place behind Grand Canyon and PacWest leader Hawaii Pacific University.
Even with the low field goal shooting percentage output by the Red Storm, freshman forward Johnna Brown, an undecided major from Las Vegas, scored her DSC career-high 24 points on 6-12 shooting and 12-14 at the free throw line. Joining Brown in excellent free throw shooting was fellow freshman forward Deanna Daniels, hitting all eight of her charity tries. Daniels, an undecided major from North Las Vegas, usually hovers around 50 percent in free throw shooting.
The Antelopes have the top scorer in the PacWest on their squad, but the Red Storm defense did a respectable job of defending her. Antelope junior guard Samantha Murphy leads the conference at 17 points per game, but the Red Storm guard pressure forced her into nine turnovers. Murphy did score 14 points in the game but the nine turnovers stood out.
A combined effort by Red Storm guards forced 15 turnovers by the Antelope starting guards, and the Storm team as a whole forced 27 turnovers in all. DSC junior guard Amber Scruggs, an undecided major from Los Angeles, Calif., had a lot to do with the good defensive play and had one of her best offensive showings of the season too. She added 12 points, three steals and one rebound. Scruggs' teammate, senior forward Tanya Clark, a business administration major from Beaumont, Calif., complimented her play.
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