SPRINGFIELD, Oh. --- The Asbury women's basketball team opened the Wittenberg Holiday Classic on Monday afternoon by taking on Clark State Community College. 10 of the 11 Eagles recorded points in today's contest, led by Emma Strunk with 25, to claim the victory over CSCC, 80-37.

Emma Strunk set multiple season-highs tonight with 25 points, five 3's, and nine buckets made in the field. Strunk shot 64% from the field and 100% from the line today.

Trinity Shearer was next in line with 14 points, shooting 60% in the field. Jaclynn Ruble had an impressive game as well, putting up 12 points and grabbing four steals, a season-high. 

Asbury exploded in the first quarter scoring an impressive 28 points, responding to Friday's tough loss. AU's defense was nearly impeccable, holding CSCC to just four points in the first, ending it 28-4.

Clark State began to press in the second, but AU held their line and continued to outscore them. Asbury put another 19 on the board and held CSCC to 16, ending the half with AU up, 47-20. 

AU put another 14 up compared to CSCC's 10 in the third. The third ended with AU still on top, 61-30. 

Asbury upped their defense and offense once again in the fourth and grabbed 19 points and held Clark State to just seven for the fourth.

AU held their biggest lead of the game in the fourth by being up 43 points with 5:21 left to go. AU stood their ground and finished the game 80-37 over CSCC. AU recorded many impressive feats tonight with 34 points in the paint, and 33 points off of turnovers.

With tonight's win, Asbury moves back into a positive record of 7-6.


*Emma Strunk | 25 PTS (Season-High), 4 REB, 5 3's (Season-High), 9-14 FG (Season-High)
*Trinity Shearer | 14 PTS, 4 REB
*Jaclynn Ruble | 12 PTS, 4 STL (Season-High)
*Kayla Harlow | 8 PTS, 7 REB, 3 BLK


*Asbury grabbed 33 points off of Clark State's 27 turnovers
*Asbury recorded 34 points in the paint
*AU's recorded its largest margin of victory. 


"We came out ready to go today from the start. Especially being down two of the normal starters that we had to leave home because of illness. Emma Strunk moved into the lineup and hit five 3's and scored 25. That's the kind of play we need from everyone for the rest of the season.

I'm proud of the ladies and very happy that they bounced back after a tough loss our last time out. We always talk about not making excuses and doing hard things to get better, and today we saw some of that payoff."
Chad Mayes | Head Coach


The Eagles will play their second game in the Wittenberg Holiday Classic on Wednesday, December 21st. They will be taking on La Roche University at 12 PM. 


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