Howard scores just 4 points in first half
Howard set an NCAA ladies’s match file it needed no a part of in opposition to South Carolina.
The No. 16 seed Bison scored simply 4 factors within the first half of their first-round sport in opposition to the general No. 1 seed Gamecocks on Friday. Howard was outscored 44-4 within the half and set the NCAA file for fewest factors in a half in ladies’s NCAA match sport.
Howard was a staggering 1-of-26 from the sector and all however three of these makes an attempt had been two-pointers. The Bison tried simply three threes within the first half as 11 gamers noticed enjoying time.
Iyanna Warren was the one Howard participant to attain within the first two quarters. She made the one area objective and added two free throws late within the second quarter. South Carolina outscored Howard 22-2 in every of the quarters.
Howard almost went scoreless for everything of the primary quarter too. Warren didn’t get the workforce’s first basket of the sport till there have been 90 seconds left within the first interval. That got here after South Carolina began the sport on a 20-0 run.
The Gamecocks weren’t very environment friendly from the sector themselves — the rating at halftime might have been so much worse. South Carolina was 17-of-47 from the sector and 2-of-22 from three. That poor capturing led to South Carolina grabbing 19 offensive rebounds within the first half as they’d a substantial measurement benefit. South Carolina outrebounded Howard 41-16 within the half because the Bison additionally had 13 turnovers.
