Box Score

Albany State ALBW 0-3

Fort Valley State FVSU 1-0

Albany State ALBW

0-3

Final

Feb. 05, 2021

Fort Valley State FVSU

1-0

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Albany State ALBW	13	12	14	23	62
Fort Valley State FVSU	22	20	16	18	76

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 2/5/2021 8:31:00 PM | Chris Myers

Wildcats Race to Lead, Earn Victory over Rams

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FORT VALLEY, Ga. – For the first time in 11 months and two days, the Wildcats were on the basketball court in live action. Fort Valley State raced out to a strong first half and earned the season-opening victory over rival Albany State, 76-62, on Friday evening.

A Nikki Culbreath trey with 5:19 showing in the first quarter pushed the Wildcats (1-0) ahead, 7-6, and the home team led the last 34:21 of the contest. After leading by 17 points at half, FVSU opened the third quarter with nine of the first 10 point for a commanding, 51-26, and held ASU to no closer than eight points early in the final frame.

Juniors Jah'ne Brown and Torri Myers each pumped in 14 points to lead the winning effort on a combined 12 of 19 from the floor to go with 11 rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots. Newcomer Kyla McIntosh added 11 points and three steals, while Culbreath dropped a pair of triples as part of her 10 points.

Diamond Jones

In her first FVSU action, Diamond Jones handed out seven assists to go with eight points and two steals. Junior Nyah Dismukes finished a perfect 3-for-3 for eight points.

FVSU shot 17 of 36 in the first 20 minutes to open its double-digit advantage. On the night, the Wildcats connected on over 47-percent and grabbed 16 offensive boards of its 34 team total.

It was FVSU's first win since the 2019-20 regular season finale in its HPE Arena on Feb. 15 of last year against the same ASU team, 48-38.

ASU's Kierra York led the visitors with 17 points as one of four double-figure producers.

Behind 58-39 after three quarters, the Golden Rams went on a 14-2 run four minutes into the fourth and cut the margin down to eight points, 64-56, with 4:16 left. With the tally at 66-58 at 3:14, McIntosh buried her lone trey of the night and ended the comeback hopes.

FVSU and ASU complete their two-game in two-day series on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 6, in a 5:30 p.m. tip back in the HPE Arena. With no spectators allowed, the game can been seen on https://team1sports.com/fvsu/.

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