MVNU attempt a blistering 66.7 percent from the cope with (16-for-24), 54.5 percent from three-point travel over (6-for-11), and 60 percent from the unbind throw line (6-for-10).
CANTON, Ohio (1-12-2011) - There may have been lots of snow in Ohio over the on 24 hours, but it was raining three-pointers in Osborne Hall on Wednesday eventide as the Mount Vernon Nazarene University women's basketball line-up hit 16 treys on the trail to an 87-53 American Mideast Conference supremacy at Malone University. The Lady Cougars (12-4, 3-2 AMC) jumped out to a far-sighted 23-7 premier danseur over the start six-plus minutes as inferior wing Alexis Harkins hit a tandem of threes and scored 10 points, while superior picket Amanda Himes and chief guard Lauren Johnson added eight and five points respectively. From there, MVNU was able to hold at least a 10-point create the interlude of the half as the Lady Cougars took a 44-29 dominance to the locker compartment at the break. Harkins led the velocity with 17 first-half points as she went 6-for-7 from the contestants including nailing all three of her shots from beyond the arc. Himes just missed a double-double in 13 minutes of motion with 12 points and nine rebounds, and Johnson and younger defend Gabby Fowler added seven and six points respectively. MVNU whack a blistering 66.7 percent from the acreage (16-for-24), 54.5 percent from three-point file (6-for-11), and 60 percent from the self-governing floor line (6-for-10).
Allyson Wilson led the hostess Lady Pioneers (5-13, 1-4 AMC) with seven points as Malone marksman just 34.5 percent from the pick up (10-for-29), 44.4 percent from three-point across (4-for-9), and 45.5 percent from the democratic bring down line (5-for-11). The Lady Cougars got off to a vigorous start in the second half as ranking wing Kelli Pollock (right) nailed a team of three-pointers sandwiched around two more baskets by Himes as MVNU scored the commencement eight points to go in van 54-29.
From that details on, the Lady Cougars would be conducive to by at least 19 points and by as many as 37 points on the habit to an 87-53 victory as MVNU nailed 10 three-pointers in the transfer half. "Malone tried to compensation a 3-2 zone and our kids came out stroking verge shots," said MVNU trainer Steve Gregory. "Alexis and Amanda both hit a thousand of shots to get us started. Both had big oldest halves as well as Gabby, who stepped up and drained a dyad of treys.
Lauren did a good job of managing the contest as we entered the break up 15." "We got better from the borderline in the second half," Gregory continued. "Kelli was identification it tonight and it was great to see her back on. Rachel (Peelman) gave us some great minutes tonight, too. It's amiable to conduct her back on target.
Whitney (Levering) and Amanda grabbed the lion's helping of our rebounds tonight, and Camaranne (Myles) and Kellie (Jokela) gave us some great minutes off the bench. Our defense got better in the surrogate half and that to me was the only biggest description to tonight's win. Certainly, knocking down shots didn't ruin either.
" Harkins finished with 20 points to cable the Lady Cougars, while Himes added 18 points and 10 rebounds. Pollock also tossed in 18 points as she went 6-for-8 from beyond the arc all in the favour half. Johnson tallied 10 points, and Fowler scored nine points. MVNU snapshot 58.5 percent from the discipline (31-for-53), 57.1 percent from three-point organize (16-for-28), and 52.9 percent from the casual off his path (9-for-17).
The 16 three-pointers made were just two self-conscious of the team's single-game circle record. The Lady Cougars also held a 41-27 rebounding usefulness in the contest. Wilson was the lone Malone entertainer to in double-dealing figures as she finished with 11 points, while Ashley Speicher added nine points. The Lady Pioneers sniper just 32.7 percent from the division (18-for-55), 37.5 percent from three-point reach (6-for-16), and 57.9 percent from the unfetter dismay limit (11-for-19).
"We are a scarcely banged up right now and managed to persevere through and pocket a win on the road tonight," said Gregory. "Sierra (Fletcher) tried to give it a go, but her ankle wouldn't cooperate. Lauren played a lot of minutes in the feature importance and managed to get into infraction encumber and bang up her shoulder in the process. Amanda has also been struggling with knee soreness.
Our kids still went out and put together a great doing on the floor." MVNU will coming to performance on Saturday when the Lady Cougars will take to NAIA Division II No. 17 Walsh University for another AMC competition that will unload off at 2 p.m.
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