LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ga. --- In their last game of a three-game road stretch, Asbury women's basketball (11-7, 8-1 CCS) traveled to Covenant College (9-9, 5-5 CCS) and defeated the Scots 98-31 to win their eighth consecutive game and move into first place in the Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS).
Asbury was led in scoring by three-time reigning CCS Rookie of the Week
Emily Sizemore's 14 points. Sizemore added six rebounds and dished four assists in just 20 minutes on the day.
Following Sizemore was sophomore guard
Ellie Heid's career-high 12 points on a perfect 5-5 from the field.
Liz Boyd flirted with a double-double adding 10 points and nine rebounds off the bench, while sophomore
Trinity Britton, like Heid, had a career day scored a career-high 10 points.
Ma'Kiya West scored nine points and grabbed five rebounds in her 20 minutes on the floor.
Camryn Preston and
Camryn Poole had solid days each scoring eight points. Preston added four boards to her totals, while Poole came away with three steals and dished out a team-high five assists.
Haleigh Releford filled the stat-sheet scoring seven points, grabbing five rebounds, and coming away with four steals (three in the first three minutes of the game).
AU out-scored the Scots in every quarter of the match, holding Covenant to no more than 10 points in a quarter.
Asbury scored a season-high 98 points and scored no less than 22 points in each frame.
The Eagles controlled the paint scoring 66 points inside the paint, while CC scored just eight.
Covenant was led in scoring by Ora Hall's seven off the bench in 20 minutes of action. She was paced by Lucy Benson who added five points for the Scots.
The Eagles out-rebounded the Scots 56-37, AU pulled down 20 ORB while CC came away with 14. Asbury turned the 20 into 21 second chance points, Covenant finishing with six.
AU finished 40-81 (49%) from the field while the Eagles defense held the Scots to a season-low 9-58 (15%). Both AU and CC converted four shots beyond the arc.
Asbury committed just 15 turnovers on eight Scots steals, Covenant committed 32 turnovers on 18 steals for the Eagles. Asbury turned the turnovers into 37 points, Covenant turning Eagle turnovers into seven. AU has now turned over their opponents double-digit times in 16 of their 18 games.
Asbury scored a season-high 60 bench points, with every single Eagle seeing the floor in action for the third straight game and 13 scoring atleast one basket.
There were zero lead changes throughout the game, Asbury controlled the lead from the jump.
Covenant drops to 5-5 in the conference, while Asbury improves their standing to 8-1 in the CCS, and first place.
The Scots and Eagles will match-up next on Thursday February 22 at 4 PM in Wilmore on APM Paving Night.
"This was an important game for us tonight. Covenant is a good team, but we caught them on an off night and our defense was clicking on all cylinders. We have been working very hard on all aspects of our game, but putting an emphasis on our defense lately. Everyone always expects us to shoot a lot of 3's, but it really begins with our defense. We had 60 points from our bench tonight, so that just shows the effort everyone is putting in right now."
Chad Mayes | Head Women's Basketball Coach
Asbury turns around and plays Agnes Scott in Wilmore, KY tomorrow night at 6 PM for their fourth game in seven days.
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Emily Sizemore | 14 PTS (6-11 FG), 6 REB, 4 AST
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Ellie Heid | 12 PTS (5-5 FG)
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Liz Boyd | 10 PTS (5-8 FG), 9 REB
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Trinity Britton | 10 PTS (4-6 FG)
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Ma'Kiya West | 9 PTS, 5 REB
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Camryn Poole | 8 PTS, 5 AST, 3 STL
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Camryn Preston | 8 PTS, 4 REB
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Haleigh Releford | 7 PTS, 5 REB, 4 STL
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