Hawthorne's career-high 19 off bench, Gloster's double-double leads (RV) SSU WBB in 78-46 victory over Alice Lloyd (Ky.)

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio -- The women's basketball program at Shawnee State rolled right into its fifth consecutive victory to start River States Conference action Tuesday evening -- as Lauren Hawthorne came off the bench to supply a career-high 19 points and eight rebounds while Cianna Gloster notched her 29th double-double in 45 games at Shawnee State with a 16-point, 10-rebound performance to lead SSU in a 78-46 triumph over Alice Lloyd at Waller Gymnasium.

Game Summary

Shawnee State (12-3, 5-0 River States Conference) led for the final 36:30 of game action in its 32-point win over Alice Lloyd (Ky.), as the Bears, down 5-2 with 8:30 to play in the first quarter, went on a 14-0 run over a stretch of 6:01 to take a 16-5 lead, and never led by less than nine points the rest of the way.

The Bears essentially finished off the Eagles (6-10, 1-4 River States Conference) with a sizeable 29-8 run to take a 45-13 halftime lead before subbing in free form throughout much of the second half of competition.

In all, a total of 11 different players out of the 12 who participated for Shawnee State in the contest scored, with the Bears shooting 28-of-64 (43.8 percent) from the field and 10-of-24 (41.7 percent) from three-point range. Ball movement was key for SSU throughout the game as the Bears collected 13 assists on 28 made baskets in the victory.

Hawthorne on a heater

Throughout her time inside the women's basketball program, Shawnee State junior forward Lauren Hawthorne has filled the role of a microwave scoring option off of the bench quite nicely.

That's especially been the case lately -- as Hawthorne has shot no worse than 45.5 percent from the field in each of her last 10 contests and has shot 50 percent or better from three-point range in eight out of her last nine games.

In a team-high 25 minutes Tuesday evening, Hawthorne was again on point as the 6-0 junior forward from Hebron, Ky. shredded the Alice Lloyd defense by posting 19 points and eight rebounds on 7-of-15 shooting from the field -- including 11 points and six rebounds in the second half alone.

For the season, Hawthorne is averaging 7.7 points off of the bench -- a team-best -- while shooting 48.2 percent from the field and 41.1 percent from three-point range. Hawthorne is also averaging 3.9 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game in 19.5 minutes per contest.

CG with another dub-dub

The common theme of Cianna Gloster finding a way to obtain double-doubles continued Tuesday evening as Gloster enjoyed another banner evening.

Gloster, a 6-0 senior forward from Flint, Mich., needed just 19 minutes to go 8-of-11 from the field for her 16 points, while grabbing 10 rebounds, two steals and a block to boot. Gloster posted 12 points, six rebounds, both of her steals and the lone block in the opening half of action alone while shooting 6-of-8 from the field.

Gloster is now averaging 12.7 points, 10.6 rebounds and 2.7 steals for the 2024-25 season while shooting 52.6 percent for the year as well.

Deaver adds her own heater

Playing excellent basketball in the second quarter of play, Shawnee State sophomore guard Lexi Deaver added a jolt for the Bears in the second quarter with her shooting from outside.

In the massive 27-5 second quarter spurt that the Bears put together, Deaver added in eight of her 10 tallies for the game in that quarter alone, knocking down back-to-back three-point attempts while going 2-of-2 from the free throw line to boot.

Additional

Jada Johnson joined Deaver with a nice scoring punch of her own by posting nine points on 3-of-5 shooting, while Laken Williams added in six points and three rebounds off of the bench as well. Jariah Steele posted six rebounds and five points, Miyoshi Ellis and Sanaya Gregory combined for seven assists, Gregory and Emily Maynard tallied up five steals together and Addison Edmondson and Jaden Tucker posted three and two points, respectively, helping Shawnee State's bench outscore Alice Lloyd's bench by a 49-19 margin.

The Bears will be back in action Thursday evening when Shawnee State takes on Cincinnati-Clermont in a home contest at Waller Gymnasium in Portsmouth. Game time is set for 6 p.m.