Box Score

MONTGOMERY, Al.--- The Asbury women's basketball team (5-7, 2-1 CCS) faced off with Huntingdon College (6-8, 2-3 CCS) for the first time this season, propelling past the Hawks 77-66 on Friday night.

Senior multi-media journalism major Haleigh Releford filled the stat sheet for AU in her third career conference match. Releford scored a game-high 19 points and was 4-6 from beyond the arc, grabbed seven boards, dished six assists, and came away with four of Asbury's 11 steals.

Sophomore elementary education major Emily Sizemore helped carry scoring weight alongside Releford. Sizemore poured in 18 points on 7-15 shooting from the field, adding three rebounds and assists to her final stat line.

Senior psychology major Camryn Preston paced both Releford and Sizemore, adding 14 points, four rebounds, and two blocks to her totals. Ma'Kiya West, Trinity Britton, and Liz Boyd all added six points each, rounding out the majority of the Eagles scoring.

The Hawks led early, taking a 16-11 lead into the second quarter, AU would outscore HC 20-13 in the second frame to take a 31-29 lead into the break.

Again in the third quarter the Asbury defense remained stout, holding Huntingdon to just 13 points and outscoring the Hawks 19-13, leading by eight towards the fourth quarter.

Both teams turned up the offense in the last frame, Asbury shooting 11-16 (69%) from the field and HC shooting 10-20 (50%) during the quarter. AU outpaced the Hawks 27-24 overall in the quarter and claimed their second  road Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS) victory of the week, 77-66.

Huntingdon was led in scoring and rebounding by Briana Stuckey's 17 points and 16 rebounds. Kinstin Davis added 11 points and seven rebounds. Six Hawks scored eight or more points on the evening.

HC was able to out-rebound the Eagles 43-35, but both teams settled at 15 second chance points each.

AU turned over the Hawks 21 times gathering 11 steals as HC turned over the Eagles 15 times for eight steals. Asbury led the Hawks in points off turnover 23-11.

Huntingdon held the slight edge in points in the paint scored 32-30 and bench points 16-15.

There were four total lead changes, Asbury's largest lead coming at the 1:43 mark in the fourth at 15 points. Huntingdon's largest lead was eight points at the 3:38 point in the first quarter.

Huntingdon falls to 2-3 in league play, while Asbury improves their standing to 2-1 in the CCS.

The two teams will meet back up in Wilmore on February 8th at 4 PM.


"It took us a little while to get going, but we were able to keep things together and stayed focused on our defense until our shots started to fall. That really was the difference for us. Relly had a monster game for us on both ends of the floor and I challenged Cam Preston to go out and dominate inside, which she did. The rest of the group was just relentless all night and it showed in the end."
Chad Mayes | Head Women's Basketball Coach


Asbury plays the second of a back-to-back tomorrow in LaGrange, GA against LaGrange College at 2 PM.


* Haleigh Releford | 19 PTS (7-13 FG, 4-6 3 PT), 7 REB, 6 AST, 4 STL
* Emily Sizemore | 18 PTS (8-15 FG), 3 REB, 3 AST
* Camryn Preston | 14 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST
* Ma'Kiya West | 6 PTS (2-4 3 PT), 7 REB, 3 AST
* Liz Boyd | 6 PTS, 5 REB
* Trinity Britton | 6 PTS (1-1 3PT)

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