Women's Basketball News
Aggies Shoot Way Past Coppin State in Second Half
January 31, 2010GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Ta'Wuana Cook scored 12 of her 17 points in the second half and North Carolina A&T shot 57.1 percent from the floor after the intermission as the Aggies defeated Coppin State 79-56 on Sunday in the Corbett Center.
North Carolina A&T (13-7, 7-0 MEAC) remained undefeated in conference play on the strength of its hot shooting second half. The Aggies held a 33-31 lead at the intermission, but outscored Coppin State 46-25 in the second half.
Cook and Amber Calvin led the Aggies with 17 points, while Tyronnica Alford had 12 and Tierra Thomas scored 11 points.
Coppin State (7-11, 3-4 MEAC) was led by Jeanine Manley who scored 12 points, while Shawntae Payne added 10 points. Crystal Whittington added nine points and 10 rebounds for the Eagles.
The Aggies also took advantage of 20 Coppin State turnovers by scoring 22 points off of those turnovers.
North Carolina A&T seized control of the game by opening the second half on a 17-2 run. The Aggies used the run to take a 50-33 lead with 13:16 to play in the game.
The Eagles got no closer than 15 points for the remainder of the game.