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LWC Women's Basketball falls to CU 75-64 on Saturday

By Christopher Coombs

Campbellsville, KY - The Lindsey Wilson women's basketball team fell to Campbellsville 75-64 on Saturday afternoon in Mid-South Conference action at the Powell Athletic Center.

The Blue Raiders are back in action on Thursday at 6pmCT when they take on No. 8-ranked Shawnee State at Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY, in their MSC home opener.


Lindsey Wilson shot 45.5 percent from the floor to Campbellsville's 43.9 percent shooting but the Tigers managed 11 more attempts in the game. Both the Blue Raiders and Campbellsville finished the game with 35 boards but the Blue Raiders committed 20 turnovers to the Tigers 14.

Reagan Turner had a career day, scoring her most ever points in a Blue Raider uniform with 28 after going 11-of-19 from the field including 2-of-4 from deep. J'Nayah Hall was the only other Blue Raider in double figures, finishing with 10 points as Gerda Paulauskaite grabbed a game-high nine rebounds. Jynea Harris added nine points and three steals in the contest.

The Blue Raiders were able to jump out to an early 8-4 lead in the game and would manage their lead on their way to a 12-9 advantage. But LWC went cold from the field as Campbellsville was able to tie the game a 12 all and would ultimately outscore the Blue Raiders 9-0 over three minute of play to take the lead at 18-12 with 3:20 left on the clock.

Lindsey Wilson and Campbellsville would exchange baskets to close out the first ten minutes of play to a 23-18 Campbellsville advantage.

The Blue Raiders would struggle to find their rhythm in the second quarter as they were just 2-of-8 from the floor with six of their ten points coming via the charity stripe.

After managing to cut the Tigers lead to four points with 2:30 gone in the second frame another run by Campbellsville, this one 9-2, extended their lead to 10 with 3:33 to play. The Tigers managed to push their lead to as many as 14 in the quarter but ultimately took a 40-28 lead into halftime.

Lindsey Wilson shot just 34.4 percent from the field and was 0-of-6 from three as Campbellsville went and even 40 percent from the field in the half, including 4-of-9 from three. The Tigers also held a slight 23-21 advantage on the boards.

Campbellsville was able to extend their lead to 15 over the first two minute of play but Lindsey Wilson would mount a run, 8-2, to trim the Tigers lead to just nine points at 38-47. The Tigers would respond, vaulting themselves to their largest lead of the game at 16 points with 2:29 to play in the third.

Six straight points by Turner to close out the half would cut the Tiger lead ten points but Campbellsville was able to connect on a shot as time expired in the quarter to lead 58-46 with ten minutes to play.

Lindsey Wilson continued to pressure Campbellsville in the final frame as they were able to trim the Tiger lead to as small as five points with 6:05 to play. The Tigers would catch fire from the field going 5-of-6 on their next possessions to push their lead all the way to 14 points with 2:39 to play before ultimately taking the game 75-64.

Three Tigers finished the game in double figures as Savannah Gregory had 21, Madison Faulkner had 18 and Madison Stewart finished with 12 points. Stewart added a team-high eight boards.


This story was posted on 2019-01-13 06:43:01
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