Lady Blazers improve to 2-0 on the season

It was a tale of two halves for the Lady Blazers Saturday afternoon.

A second-half surge was led by transfer guard April Thomas, who knocked down three trifectas in-a-row after going scoreless before intermission. Thomas went 0-7 in the first half and finished with 13 points.

Valdosta State guard Maylisa Johnson added with a game-high 15 points en route to a 75-44 victory over Webber International (2-3) in the P.E. Complex.

WIU leading scorer Yesenia Lora was held to 10 points. The senior came into the contest averaging 17 points a game.

VSU (2-0) doubled its first-half points less than eight minutes into the second-half.

The Lady Blazers shot 70.8 (17-24) percent compared to the Lady Warriors 25.9 (7-27) after halftime.

VSU head coach Kiley Hill is proud the way his squad adjusted defensively in the second-half.

However, the Lady Blazers for the second consecutive game began flustered offensively.

WIU got off to a hot start taking an early 10-0 advantage four minutes into the game.

Lady Warriors forward Sarah Dileonardo and guard Jasmine Singleton accounted for 14 of the Lady Warriors 21 first half points.

Poor three point shooting (1-9) and missed opportunities by VSU kept the game close until halftime.

“I give credit to Webber International. When they got the lead, they had a lot enthusiasm, energy picked up. We didn't match that until halfway through the first half,” Hill said.

VSU managed to gain the lead with four minutes left in the first-half following Ivana Domljanovic's put-back making the score 20-18.

The Lady Warriors hit the locker room at halftime trailing 23-21 after VSU transfer Amy Duke recored two of nine total points in the final seconds.

VSU, fresh out the gates, went on a 21-2 scoring run.

It wouldn't take any time for them to put the game ultimately out of the reach following the early surge.

VSU out-rebounded WIU 47-36 and led by double figures for the remaining 17 minutes of the game.

The Lady Blazers host Georgia Southwestern next Saturday before they hit the road for their first away games.

"I think so far our chemistry is there a lot more than other teams,” transfer Jordan Waugh said. “ We're still getting a lot of people back from injuries. We just have to continue to play together. These road trips always catch you off.”