Livingstone College Athletics

Lady Blue Bears Falls to Pioneers, 76-56

SALISBURY - Livingstone College's women's basketball team opened the New Year on the road at Tusculum University but didn't get the New Year win and fell to the Pioneers 76-56 on Thursday afternoon at Pioneer Arena.

Asia Green scored a game-high 19 points and Kyala Searcy added 14 points and eight rebounds for Livingstone (3-9). The Lady Blue Bears were down 17-7 at the end of the first quarter and sot just 2-for-12 from the floor as a team.

Tusculum's lead went to 20 points in the final minute of the half went in 36-16 at intermission.

The Pioneers led 52-35 with 8:37 remaining, however the Lady Blue Bears went on an 11-0 run to cut the margin to 52-46 with 5:44 to play.

Yolizma Cupidan finished with 14 points, six rebounds and four assists for the Pioneers (8-2), Kendrea Duke added 13 points and eight rebounds.

Daisa Harris had a team-high 10 rebounds for the Lady Blue Bears, but was held well below her season scoring average of 21.4 points per game as she shot 2-for-9 from the field.

The Lady Blue Bears outshot Tusculum 38.7 percent to 35.8 percent from the field and outrebounded the Pioneers 46-42.

Livingstone will resume its conference schedule on Monday at Bowie State University, with a 5:30 p.m., tip-off against the Bulldogs at A. C. Jordan Arena.