WSSU Lady Rams Earn 36 Point Victory Over Columbia Union

Winston-Salem, NC - Senior point-guard Lori Shelby once again led the Winston-Salem State University Lady Rams to victory, this time in dramatic fashion as the Lady Rams earned an 88-52 victory over the Columbia Union Lady Pioneers on Monday evening in front of over 100 fans in the CE Gaines Center.

Shelby put on a career performance as she tallied 19 points on 9 of 13 shooting, picked up seven rebounds, while standing only five feet tall, dished out 13 assists and recorded two steals, all while only playing 31 minutes.

Shelby was not alone as Rhonda Shears led all scorers with 21 points, putting on a shooting clinic, going 10 of 14 from the floor while snatching five rebounds and recording a pair of assists. Aletha Corpening also stepped up her play as she scored 12 points, only missing from the floor five times, as the Rams easily rolled over the winless Lady Pioneers (0-10).

What may be even more amazing than the individual scores posted is that the Lady Rams' second leading scorer, Phinnie Matthews never played in the game. Matthews arrived at the game late, due to a doctor's appointment, and although she dressed for the contest, was never inserted into the game.

The Lady Rams scored an astonishing 44 points in the paint in the contest as Shears, Lashonda Horton and Kameesha Harris combined for 34 points in the paint in the contest. The Lady Rams perimeter game, which shot nearly 55% in the contest opened the lane for the Lady Ram post players to work their magic, and work they did, as they registered their most productive game of the season to date.

The game, which held more meaning than normal for the Lady Rams, as it was CIAA/WSSU Breast Cancer Awareness Day, was a welcome victory to the Lady Rams and their fans, as they saw the Lady Rams improve to 8-6 overall on a very emotion-packed evening.

The game started with Head Coach John Williams urging the crowd to join him in a prayer for those people whom have been touched in some way by Breast Cancer, and ended after the final buzzer with the Lady Rams earning a 36-point victory.

The Lady Rams move to 8-6 overall and take their 4-1 CIAA into Thursday's contest versus the Shaw University Lady Bears. The CIAA rivalry will once again be rekindled at 5:30 pm on Thursday in the CE Gaines Center.