Miles hosted its inaugural Lady Bears Tip-Off Classic at Knox-Windham Gymnasium this weekend and forged a split of its two games, dropping a 67-62 decision to Delta State while earning a a decisive 78-29 win over Oakwood University.

Delta State 67, Miles 62

The Lady Bears fell into a double-digit hole early and despite a late run to pull off a big comeback, fell short in their first loss of the season. Victoria Sutton had a team-high 14 points off the bench and Najla Shamsid-Deen had 12 points, three assists and four steals to pace Miles (2-1).

After taking an early lead, Miles made just one field goal over the final 6:50 of the first quarter as the Lady Statesmen (1-2) lead 25-12 after the first quarter. The deficit was still 13 points late in the second quarter but Miles scored eight straight points to pull within five before a DSU bucket at the horn made the score 36-29 at the half.

Delta State ran the lead back into double figures in the second half and led by 11 with five minutes remaining before the Lady Bears made a final push. Baskets by Shamsid-Deen and Sutton - the last coming with 36 seconds remaining - pulled Miles to within 65-62. But a a Kirsten Brown basket with 11 seconds left sealed the deal for the Lady Statesmen. Even as the Lady Bears fought to get close, the missed several opportunities to put points on the board over the final five minutes, going 3-of-6 from the charity stripe and 4-of-10 from the field with four turnovers.

Zyaire Ewing had 18 points and Alondrea Rush added 14 for Delta State. Sakina Wynn (nine points, three steals), Jasmine Hollis (nine points, seven rebounds) and Taylor Terry (seven points, game-high nine rebounds) played well for Miles.

Miles 78, Oakwood 29

This contest was never in doubt as Miles posted its largest margin of victory in more than 10 years. Waynenecka Wynn came off the bench to score 19 points and grab eight rebounds for the Lady Bears (3-1), who had four players score in double figures.

Oakwood (0-8) turned the ball over 50 times - which turned into 42 points for Miles - and scored just 19 points over the final three quarters. The Lady Bears led by as many as 50 points in the fourth quarter before finishing with a 49-point win, something that had not been accomplished since a 91-36 win over Fisk in January 2008.

DJ Jackson had 10 points and six rebounds for the Lady Ambassadors. Miles, which is off until it opens conference play Nov. 24 at Clark Atlanta, got strong performances from Sakina Wynn (15 points, six rebounds, six assist, six steals), Symone Williams (10 points, six assists, four steals, three rebounds), Amya Bryant (10 points, three assists), Jasmine Hollis (seven points, 10 rebounds, three blocks) and Katrice Jackson (four points, 10 rebounds).