Henderson State took on a veteran Arkansas State team in women's exhibition basketball Tuesday night in Jonesboro with the Red Wolves winning 91-63.
Arkansas State held a double-digit lead for most of the first half until the Reddies went on a 13-5 run in the final seven minutes to cut the deficit to 37-32 at the half.
Reddie veteran
Dulincia Keener,
Haleigh Henson and
Victoria Stewart accounted for all 13 points during the run with Henson hitting one of her four 3-point field goals during the run.
Keener got Henderson within a single possession with a layup at the 8:24 mark in the third quarter to make the score 39-36.
The Red Wolves, however, would go on a 19-2 run to pull away from the Reddies and build a 58-38 lead with 2:45 left in the third quarter.
Arkansas State would outscore the Reddies 33-25 the remainder of the game.
Henson led the Reddies with 22 points which included four 3-point field goals, while Keener scored 14 points while grabbing 5 rebounds.
Victoria Stewart added 10 points in the contest.
Khadi Brown-Haywood led Arkansas State with 19 points, while Audrea Gamble totaled 13 points.
Henderson shot 35 percent from the field making 22-of-63 attempts. The Reddies connected on 14-of-19 shots from the foul line for 73.7 percent.
The Red Wolves hit on 36-of-77 field goals for 46.8 percent shooting.
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