BURN THE HORSE
Chastity Reed broke out with 40 points and Asriel Rolfe had a career-high 20 points as the UALR women won 75-66 over South Alabama at the Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala.
Reed had 30 first-half points before the offense bogged down in the second half. But Rolfe picked up the slack with her first 20-point game of her career. The rest of the Trojans combined to score just 15 points. UALR improves to 19-6 overall and 13-1 in the Sun Belt Conference. The West Division champions need one victory for their fifth-consecutive 20-victory season.
Reed also added 11 rebounds, while Marian Kursh had 6 points and 10 rebounds. Shanika Butler had only 3 points but had 7 assists. Rolfe added six assists.
UALR shot 47 percent from the field but wasn’t nearly as sound on the defensive end. The Lady Jags nearly matched that by shooting 46 percent. The difference in the scoring ended up being at the free throw line. UALR was 13 of 16 while South Alabama was 1 of 4.It was the fourth 40-point game of Reed’s career and broke the Mitchell Center record of 34 points set by former Middle Tennessee standout Alysha Clark.
