UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Oh.--- The Asbury women's basketball team (1-1) bounced back from a loss last night with a win on Saturday afternoon. The women took the win over PSU-Behrend (0-2) 95-65, to secure their first win of the season.
AU was led in scoring by junior
Haleigh Releford who put up a game-high 26 points on 12-21 shooting. Releford also added four rebounds and three steals to her total stat line.
Trinity Shearer and
Bre Jones each had impressive games themselves to help bolster the Eagles to a win. Shearer was able to pour in 19 points on an efficient 7-12 from the field and 3-6 from three. She also dished out seven assists and did not record a single turnover. Jones added 11 points and five rebounds in the win.
Trinity Shearer and
Morgan Flannery were at the head of the defensive success on the game for AU. Shearer recorded nine steals with Flannery adding seven.
AU was able to outscore the Lions 42-32 in the paint and recorded 24 steals on the game to translate into an impressive 42 points off turnover compared to the Lions 17.
The Eagles ran a quick-tempo offense today with a total of 32 fast break points.
AU was able to get out to a quick lead out of the gates, with a 16-6 run to open the game capped off by a
Spencer Harvey layup with 5:10 to go in the first quarter. The Eagles offensive first quarter was finished by a
Trinity Shearer jumper, taking a 29-14 lead into the second.
The Lions were able to claw back into the game getting it down to just a three point lead with 4:19 left in the second quarter. The Eagles responded and outscored PSU-Behrend 14-9 the last four minutes and took a 47-39 lead into the half.
The game was very close down into the middle of the third quarter with AU holding onto a four point lead with 5:02 to go. AU was able to go on to a 15-4 run to close the quarter, with 11 of those points coming from Releford and Shearer. Asbury held on to a 69-54 lead headed to the last quarter.
The Eagles opened up the quarter picking up where they left off, with a 10-0 run taking the score to 79-54. AU closed out the game and took the victory 95-65. AU's 95 points is good for the second most points scored in a game dating back to last season, (Feb. 7 @ Johnson & Wales, 100 points).
Asbury will next travel to Wilmington, Oh., for the Fred Raizk Memorial Classic to take on Wilmington College Friday night at 7 PM.
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Haleigh Releford | 26 PTS (12-21 FG), 4 REB, 3 STL
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Trinity Shearer | 19 PTS (3-6 3PT), 7 AST, 9 STL
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Bre Jones | 11 PTS, 5 REB
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Morgan Flannery | 6 PTS, 3 AST, 7 STL
* AU outscored PSU-Behrend 42-32 in paint points
* The Eagles turned over the Lions 24 times resulting in 42 points off turnover
* Asbury tallied 32 fast break points compared to PSU-Behrend's two
"We started out slow this weekend but we bounced back today. We work so hard in practice and I know this is just the beginning of it paying off. I'm proud of everyone and this is just the start of something special! I love this team!"
Haleigh Releford | Junior | Multi-Media Journalism
"Tonight was a good bounce back for the ladies! The coaching staff and I felt like we needed to free them up on the offensive end and just let them be themselves. Obviously that worked. In both games we played well enough on the defensive end to win. Tonight we showed what we were capable of on both ends of the floor. I'm super proud of our effort, energy, and execution."
Chad Mayes | Head Women's Basketball Coach
Asbury will travel to the Fred Raizk Memorial Classic in Wilmington, Oh., to take on Wilmington College next Friday at 7 PM.
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