Women of DC Knock off Jackson in Basketball

University Center, MI – The Delta women's basketball team bounced back from a disappointing loss on Saturday with a dominating performance in beating the visiting Jackson Community College squad on Wednesday night by the score of 78-66.  With the win, the Pioneers improve to 3-1 on the season while Jackson drops to 1-4. 

Delta jumped out to a quick start, taking a 17-10 lead after one quarter and extending it to eight point advantage by half time, 35-27.   Jenna Szostak led the charge offensively by scoring early and often for the Pioneers in route to a 20 point performance on 6 of 13 shooting – including 4 of 7 from the arc.

"We made it a point to step up our defensive intensity and it showed holding Jackson to ten points in the first quarter," said Head coach Kelly Miller.  "Then Jenna got going early and the offense opened up from there."

Delta continued their hot shooting in the third quarter as they outscored the Jets by seven to take a fifteen point lead in to the final stanza.  They were able to run out the clock in the fourth and ice the win from the free throw line going away.

Said Miller, "We know that when we play a good defensive game we are capable to beat anyone. Our focus is controlling tempo by making teams play the pace we like and tonight we were able to do that."

Nyashia Williams had another big game offensively for the Green and White, netting 17 points and dishing out four assists.  The freshman guard from Saginaw High is 17.3 points and 4.6 assists in the Pioneer's three wins this season.  Jaydelynn Abenth also poured in 15 points and grabbed 10 boards while Kenisha Newsom added 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Delta hits the road next Tuesday as they travel to Kalamazoo Valley Community College where they will take on the 11^th ranked Cougars in a MCCAA crossover game.

"We know that we have to continue to build on our strong points from tonight in order to come away with a win in their gym," said Miller.   KVCC is currently 1-1 on the season having beaten #6 ranked Milwaukee Area Technical CC by 28 points to open the season before losing a two point game to #4 nationally ranked Owens.

Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30pm.