APSU Sports Information: Austin Peay Basketball
Louisville, KY – A determined Austin Peay State University women’s basketball went toe-to-toe with nationally-ranked Louisville for 30 minutes, but could not survive a second-half burst by the hosts and fell 78-60 in non-conference action, Tuesday, at the KFC Yum! Center.
Austin Peay (2-1) opened the second half with a 7-2 run, tying the game courtesy freshman Kristen Stainback’s three-pointer with 16:56 remaining. However, Louisville responded with the game’s next eight points before sophomore Nicole Olszewski made the Lady Govs next basket at the 15:16 mark to trail 44-38.
Louisville (4-1) used a 13-5 run over the next four minutes to build its first double-digit lead, 57-43, with 11:25 remaining . Austin Peay would only get as close as 11 the rest of the way while the Cardinals briefly pushed the lead to 20 points with 1:38 left before settling on the final score.“We knew Louisville would come out and have a lot of defensive pressure,” said Lady Govs head coach Carrie Daniels. “I felt we did a better job of handling their pressure in the second half but we weren’t able to get the ball to fall at our end.”
The Lady Govs made back-to-back three pointers to open the contest and led for the first 3:14 before Louisville tied the game, 6-6, with a pair of Becky Burke free throws. Austin Peay did not surrender the lead for another two minutes, Burke helping the Cardinals wrest the lead away with a conventional three-point play at the 14:27 mark. The Louisville lead would only grow to nine points, 32-23, with 2:42 left before Austin Peay closed the frame with five consecutive points to enter the half trailing 34-29.
Stainback scored her first collegiate basket as part of APSU’s 6-0 opening run and led the Lady Govs with 15 points. Senior Whitney Hanley finished with 12 points – making all six of her free throws – and grabbed six rebounds.
Austin Peay shot 36 percent (9-of-25) in the opening half but cooled in the second frame, shooting 28.2 percent (11-of-39). The Lady Govs also had difficulty at the free-throw line, making just 54.5 percent (12-of-22) of its attempts.
“Free throws were another area I felt hurt us tonight,” said Daniels. “We missed 10 free throws tonight and I don’t know how many of those were the front end of one-and-one’s. That’s something we have to improve on; we have to step up and make those shots.”
Monique Reid led Louisville with 18 points off the bench. Burke added 15 points.
The Copies in a Flash APSU Player of the Game was Kristen Stainback.
Austin Peay travels to California for the Cal Poly Thanksgiving Classic, Friday-Saturday. The Lady Govs meet American in a 9:00pm (CT), Friday contest before facing host Cal Poly at 7:00pm (CT), Saturday.
Box Score
Austin Peay vs Louisville
11/22/11 12:05pm at KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY
Austin Peay 60
 |  |  | Total | 3-point |  | Rebounds | ||||||||
## | Player | p | fgm-fga | fgm-fga | ftm-fta | off-def | tot | pf | tp | a | to | blk | stl | min |
43 | BUSSABARGER, Meghan | f | 2-5 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
04 | STAINBACK, Kristen | g | 5-10 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
05 | OLSZEWSKI, Nicole | g | 4-8 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
12 | HANLEY, Whitney | g | 2-10 | 2-7 | 6-6 | 1-5 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 |
14 | MARTINEZ, Leslie | g | 2-7 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 26 |
00 | RAYNER, Jasmine | – | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
02 | BROWN, Shyra | – | 2-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
03 | BULEY, Shira | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
42 | HILL, Kaitlyn | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
44 | OLSZEWSKI, Shelby | – | 1-11 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 27 |
TM | TEAM | – | – | – | – | 2-0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 | Totals………….. | – | 20-64 | 8-27 | 12-22 | 13-21 | 34 | 20 | 60 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 200 |
 | 31.3% | 29.6% | 54.5% | |||||||||||
 | Team summary: |  | FG | 3FG | FT | |||||||||
 | 1st Half: |  | 9-25 | 4-10 | 7-10 | |||||||||
 | 36.0% | 40.0% | 70.0% | |||||||||||
 | 2nd Half: |  | 11-39 | 4-17 | 5-12 | |||||||||
 | 28.2% | 23.5% | 41.7% |
LOUISVILLE 78
 |  |  | Total | 3-point |  | Rebounds | ||||||||
## | Player | p | fgm-fga | fgm-fga | ftm-fta | off-def | tot | pf | tp | a | to | blk | stl | min |
10 | HAMMOND, Sara | f | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
42 | WARREN, Cierra | c | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-8 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
11 | BURKE, Becky | g | 5-9 | 2-3 | 3-3 | 3-1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 |
21 | SMITH, Bria | g | 5-9 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 2-4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
23 | SCHIMMEL, Shoni | g | 3-10 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 32 |
01 | HARPER, Shelby | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
03 | VAILS, Sheronne | – | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
04 | SLAUGHTER, Antonita | – | 0-2 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 0-6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
12 | DYER, Shawnta’ | – | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
22 | SCHIMMEL, Jude | – | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
31 | TAYLOR, Asia | – | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
33 | REID, Monique | – | 7-10 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
TM | TEAM | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 | Totals………….. | – | 29-59 | 4-14 | 16-22 | 14-38 | 52 | 18 | 78 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 200 |
 | 49.2% | 28.6% | 72.7% | |||||||||||
 | Team summary: |  | FG | 3FG | FT | |||||||||
 | 1st Half: |  | 12-26 | 0-3 | 10-12 | |||||||||
 | 46.2% | 0.0% | 83.3% | |||||||||||
 | 2nd Half: |  | 17-33 | 4-11 | 6-10 | |||||||||
 | 51.5% | 36.4% | 60.0% |
Score by Periods | 1st | 2nd | Total | Â |
Austin Peay | 29 | 31 | 60 | Record: (2-1) |
LOUISVILLE | 34 | 44 | 78 | Record: (4-1) |
Points in the paint-APSU 8,LOU 40. Points off turnovers-APSU 9,LOU 18. |
2nd chance points-APSU 7,LOU 16. Fast break points-APSU 2,LOU 6. |
Bench points-APSU 13,LOU 30. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-3 times. |
Last FG-APSU 2nd-03:29, LOU 2nd-01:38. |
Largest lead-APSU by 6 1st-18:36, LOU by 20 2nd-01:38. |
Officials: Jesse Dickerson, Kathy Ridilla, Chad Titus Technical fouls: Austin Peay-None. LOUISVILLE-TEAM. Attendance: 12736 |