Box Score NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State's leading scorers Keisha Lee and Trudy Armstead led the women's basketball team to a 71-52 win over Jackson State Monday night at Prather Coliseum in non-conference action.
 
Armstead had 20 points, her third 20-plus point game in 2013-14, and Keisha Lee had 19 for NSU (4-2), and both led the Lady Demons in rebounds with seven and eight, respectively. Jackson State fell to 1-6 this season.
 
As a team, the Northwestern State was 50-percent (28-56) from the field, including a 56-percent (14-25) mark from the floor in the first half alone. NSU led 36-18 at the break.
 
"We started the game as well as we could on the defensive end. I was really proud of our focus and intensity," said second-year co-head coach Brooke Stoehr. "We played great position team defense. For whatever reason, we started the second half not with the same intensity and got a little sloppy."
 
Jackson State went on a 10-0 run in the second, much like NSU did to open the game.
 
"Some of that's a young team learning how to play  after having a little success, not quite able to keep a foot on the pedal and continuing to push," said Stoehr. "Hopefully we'll have some great teaching moments from tonight."
 
Lee opened the game with a jumper at the 18:52 mark in the first half.   In the opening 10-0 run, Lee had four points, Chelsea Rogers had three, Kourtney Pennywell two, and Armstead had one.
 
Armstead finished opening frame with five points and Lee had 14.
 
NSU held JSU to a 36-percent (22-61) shooting percentage for the game.  Both teams hit three 3-pointers.
 
"I thought our kids were extremely focused and our energy was really, really good," said Stoehr. 
 
Northwestern State outrebounded Jackson 41-33 and had 17 more defensive rebounds than the Tigers' offensive boards.
 
Ayanna Hardy Fuller, who NSU shutout in the first half, tied for the team-high in points for JSU.  She and Dominque Brothern had 12 points.   Hardy-Fuller led the Tigers in boards with seven.
 
Robin Richardson grabbed her first double-figure scoring game with 10 points and five rebounds.  Janelle Perez had seven points and five assists.
 
Beatrice Attura had six points and Emily Spector had four. 
 
From the free-throw line, NSU was 12-of-20 and Jackson State was 5-of-11.
 
The Lady Demons will return to the floor on Saturday when they travel to Arkansas and play at 7:00.  The next home contest for NSU is Dec. 15 against Arkansas-Monticello.