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Sydney Candelaria
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46
Northern N.M. NNMC 1-6
92
Winner Fort Lewis FLC 1-2
Northern N.M. NNMC
1-6
46
Final
92
Fort Lewis FLC
1-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Northern N.M. NNMC 7 10 10 19 46
Fort Lewis FLC 18 24 23 27 92

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Brian Kortz

Women’s Basketball Dominates University of the Southwest

DURANGO, Colo. – Alyssa Yocky, Sydney Candelaria, Jordan Carter and MorningRose Tobey all reached double-figures and combined for 51 points to lead the Fort Lewis College women's basketball team to a 94-46 victory over the University of the Southwest Friday night inside Whalen Gym.

Yocky was effective in 20 minutes as she went 6-12 from the field, tallying 15 points. She also hit a pair of three-pointers and made it a double-double with 10 rebounds, dished out six assists, had two blocks and two steals. Candelaria added 13 points on 3-5 shooting, 2-2 from three and 5-5 at the foul line in 21 minutes on the floor. She pulled down eight rebounds, sent back two blocks and had three steals. Carter recorded 12 points on 6-13 shooting, five rebounds and both a block and steal in 19 minutes. Tobey rounded out the four in double-figures with 11 points on 3-5 shooting, 4-4 from the line and two steals in 17 minutes.

It was a strong shooting game for FLC (2-2) making 16-40 (43) from the field, 9-21 (43) from three and 19-24 (79) at the foul line.

Yocky got her strong night going right away drilling a three-pointer 36 seconds in and the Skyhawks would lead the rest of the way. Tobey dialed long distance four minutes into the opening quarter to boost the lead to nine at 13-4.

University of the Southwest (2-5) answered with a 6-0 run to get to within three, before FLC closed the final three minutes on their own 6-0 run to take a 19-10 lead. Carter, Yocky and then Carter again accounted for the six points down the stretch.

The lead reached 18 early in the second quarter with back-to-back three-pointers from Tanisha Begay and Yocky. Similar to the end of the first quarter, the Skyhawks closed the second quarter strong going on a 6-0 run with Alyssa Adams hitting a three and Candelaria hitting three free throws to take a 42-20 lead at halftime.

FLC held the Mustangs without a point for almost five minutes to start the second half and during that time the Skyhawks went on a 9-0 run with points from Carter, Kayla Herrera, Tobey and Adams to stretch the lead to 51-20.

Abigail Jensen and Aubre Fortner helped end the third quarter in style with Jensen converting a fastbreak layup and Fortner nailing a three to push FLC out to a 68-35 lead.

Candelaria took over early on in the fourth quarter, as following a pair from the line, she started her own 7-0 run adding a layup off the fastbreak and then a three-pointer to move FLC out to an 81-41 lead with 6:04 to play in the game.

FLC ended the game on a 5-0 run to move out to their largest lead of the night at 48 with Hanna Valencia, Begay and Kaitlyn Romero all contributing points down the stretch to provide the final margin of 94-46.

Aaliyah Wheatfall paced the Mustangs with 13 points and added six rebounds. FLC held Southwest to just a 27 percent (16-59) shooting night, 2-15 (13) from three and 12-20 (60) from the foul line.

FLC dominated on points off turnovers (33-13), second-chance points (14-6), bench points (41-16) and points in the paint (46-28).

The Skyhawks will have a quick turnaround as they will travel to Las Vegas, N.M., to face New Mexico Highlands for a non-conference game this Monday with a new game time of 2 p.m.
 
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