LAKE WALES, Fla. -- Trailing by a 16-11 margin at the end of the opening quarter of action, the women's basketball program at Shawnee State utilized a 27-6 second-quarter spurt to turn a five-point deficit into a 15-point halftime advantage and never looked back from then on, as senior lead guard Miyoshi Ellis' 23 points, eight rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block led the Bears (6-2) to a 62-50 win over Warner, Fla. (2-5) in a road contest that was held at the Turner Athletic Center in Lake Wales.

Behind by the five-point spread at the end of the opening quarter, Shawnee State was held to 3-of-17 shooting in the first canto.

However, DeWayne Burroughs' squad regrouped in the second 10-minute stanza by going 9-of-15 from the field and 8-of-10 from the charity stripe in the second quarter, with the guard combo of Ellis and sophomore Laken Williams combining for 21 points on their own in the frame.
Behind by an 18-15 count with 8:22 to play in the second quarter, Ellis and Williams proceeded to combine each of Shawnee State's next 16 points, keying up what ended up being an 18-0 run for Shawnee State over a span of five-and-a-half minutes. Warner never got closer than nine points the rest of the way as SSU led over the contest's final 27:20.

In the game-deciding second quarter, Ellis scored 12 of her 23 points in the second quarter, going 4-of-7 from the field and 4-of-5 from the foul line in the frame, while also adding in four assists, a steal and a block in the second period. Williams posted seven of her nine points in the second quarter and tallied three of her four rebounds while going 2-of-3 from the field and 3-of-3 from the foul line in the frame.

The pair's activity on both ends of the floor also resulted in Shawnee State forcing seven of Warner's 21 turnovers in the second quarter alone -- and 14 in the opening half after also forcing seven miscues in the first quarter.
Ellis and Williams, who combined for 32 points in the contest, were joined in offensive production by Jonilyah Chambers, who posted 10 points in the game.

Freshmen bigs Savannah Cantrell (six points, four rebounds, three blocks) and Skylar Kesler (three blocks, two steals) combined for six of Shawnee State's eight rejections in the contest. Jaden Tucker also added in two steals and a block in a reserve role.

(RV) Shawnee State will take on No. 23 Southeastern, Fla. (8-0) in a clash of two strong women's basketball programs Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. at The Furnace in Lakeland, Fla.

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