WILMORE, Ky. --- Asbury women's basketball (16-8, 13-2 CCS) head coach
Chad Mayes became the program's all-time winningest coach on Thursday night when his Lady Eagles downed Covenant College (9-14, 5-10 CCS) 71-46. The win was Mayes' 121st as head of the program, surpassing Bart Flener's mark of 120.
Tonight's game was sponsored by APM Paving, the official asphalt and concrete contractor sponsor of Asbury Athletics.
Asbury was led in scoring by
Ma'Kiya West,
Camryn Poole, and
Juleigh Anne Tucker on the evening, each of the three poured in 10 points each. West added four rebounds, Poole three, and Tucker hit on two 3 PT's.
The Eagles were paced by
Haleigh Releford,
Emily Sizemore, and
Trinity Britton who all scored seven respectively. Sizemore added six steals and five rebounds, Releford four steals, and Britton three. Releford climbed to second in program history in total steals for a career, passing 2022 AU alum Autumn Herriford's 246 mark.
AU out-scored Covenant in every quarter throughout the match. The Eagles led 34-17 at the break, and out-scored the Scots 37-29 in the second half to claim their 25 point win.
Asbury held the advantage in the paint, out-scoring CC 30-4 in such.
Covenant was led in scoring by Lucy Benson's eight points and three rebounds. Breezy Savage, Abby
Witt, Hannah Edison, rounded out the scoring for the Scots scoring seven and six respectively each.
The Eagles edged out the Scots in the rebounding department 31-30. CC grabbing nine ORB and AU 14.
AU finished 25-66 (38%) from the field while the Scots shot 13-46 (28%). AU hit on seven three-pointers tonight, Covenant hitting on 10.
Asbury committed 15 turnovers on eight Covenant steals, the Scots committed 34 turnovers on 24 steals for the Eagles. Asbury turned the turnovers into 47 points, CC turning Eagle turnovers into five. AU has now turned over their opponents double-digit times in 22 of their 24 games on the season.
Asbury scored 39 bench points, while CC put up 20.
There was zero lead changes and zero ties throughout the game, the Eagles controlling from the tip.
Asbury improves to 13-2 and tied for first in the conference, while Covenant drops their standing to 5-10 in the CCS and seventh place.
The game was the last between the Scots and Eagles on the year, AU taking both match-ups.
"It was a great team win tonight. I really challenged them before the game to bring energy and effort to this game because we had beaten Covenant earlier in the year, so I knew they would be up for this game. Then for us to go out and execute the way we did was great. We forced 34 turnovers and had three players in double figures on offense. Just an all around great effort. Very proud of this team."
Chad Mayes | Head Women's Basketball Coach
Asbury plays its regular season finale on Saturday at 2 PM against Wesleyan College at the Luce Center.
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Camryn Poole | 10 PTS, 3 REB
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Juleigh Anne Tucker | 10 PTS (2-4 3 PT)
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Ma'Kiya West | 10 PTS, 4 REB
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Emily Sizemore | 7 PTS, 6 STL, 5 REB
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Haleigh Releford | 7 PTS, 4 STL
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Trinity Britton | 7 PTS, 3 STL, 3 AST
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