APSU Sports: Austin Peay Women’s Basketball
Edwardsville, IL – All it took was seven and a half minutes and Austin Peay State University women’s basketball team saw its halftime lead dissolve into a 72-61 Ohio Valley Conference loss to SIU Edwardsville, Monday night, at the Vadalabene Center.
Austin Peay (5-16, 2-6 OVC) led 34-32 at the halftime break. However, the Lady Govs offense stalled out of the gate in the second half, failing to score a basket on its first 14 possessions covering 7:30. Austin Peay committed nine turnovers in that opening span, missed four shots and scored its lone point on Jasmine Rayner’s 1-of-2 trip at the line
SIU Edwardsville (11-8, 5-3 OVC) used a 13-1 run over that opening 7:30 to build a 10-point, 45-35 lead. Katie Hempen scored the Cougars’ first five points and was one of four SIUE players to score during the burst.
Whitney Hanley ended Austin Peay’s shooting drought with a basket at the 12:37 mark and Kaitlyn Hill scored the game’s next basket to trim the lead to six points, 47-39, with 12:00 left. But SIUE scored the next four points to start a 11-4 run that gave it a lead APSU would not threaten.
The Cougars scored the game’s first eight points and looked poised to run away early. But Austin Peay responded with a 17-3 run that included individual six-point bursts by Leslie Martinez and Nicole Olszewski, to take a 17-11 lead with 12:30 left in the first half.
Later in the first, SIUE used another 13-4 run to build a 30-25 advantage with only 3:12 remaining in the period. Austin Peay scored the half’s final seven points, the last five by Hanley, to take a two-point halftime lead.
The second half woes overshadowed an impressive night for Kaitlyn Hill who recorded her first career double-double in front of her family. Hill had a career-high 10 points in the first half alone and finished the game with 14 points and a career-high 13 rebounds.
Hanley snapped out of her recent shooting woes to score a game-high 25 points on 9-of-16 shooting while also grabbing five rebounds. However, no other Lady Govs player had more than 10 points.
Austin Peay tied a season-high with 26 turnovers, including 14 in the second half that SIUE turned into 14 points. The Lady Govs did win the rebounding battle – by a slim 44-43 margin – for the first time in conference play.
Hempen led SIUE with 17 points off the bench. Raven Berry and Michaela Herrod each recorded double-doubles. Berry finished with 14 points and 13 rebounds while Herrod posted 13 points and 17 rebounds.
The Copies in a Flash APSU Player of the Game was Kaitlyn Hill.
Next Game
Lady Govs Host OVC’s Top Scoring Squad
Austin Peay returns home for a visit from UT Martin – the OVC top-scoring squad – in a 5:15pm, Saturday contest at the Dunn Center. The second-place Skyhawks are averaging 87.0 points per game in league action, including an 84-61 victory at Eastern Kentucky, Saturday.
The two squads have split their regular-season series the past two seasons, the home team winning each of the last four games. Austin Peay won a 69-61 decision in Clarksville last season.
Box Score
Austin Peay vs SIU Edwardsville
01/23/12 – 7:00pm at Edwardsville, IL/Vadalabene Center
Austin Peay 61
Total | 3-point | Rebounds | ||||||||||||
## | Player | p | fgm-fga | fgm-fga | ftm-fta | off-def | tot | pf | tp | a | to | blk | stl | min |
00 | RAYNER, Jasmine | * | 1-6 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2-7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 32 |
05 | OLSZEWSKI, Nicole | * | 4-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 32 |
12 | HANLEY, Whitney | * | 9-16 | 2-4 | 5-6 | 2-5 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 35 |
14 | MARTINEZ, Leslie | * | 3-9 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
44 | OLSZEWSKI, Shelby | * | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
03 | BULEY, Shira | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
04 | STAINBACK, Kristen | – | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
33 | MCKENNEY, Somalia | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
42 | HILL, Kaitlyn | – | 7-12 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 7-6 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 |
TM | TEAM | – | – | – | – | 0-5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Totals………….. | – | 25-59 | 3-13 | 8-16 | 14-30 | 44 | 27 | 61 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 200 | |
42.4% | 23.1% | 50.0% | ||||||||||||
Team summary: | FG | 3FG | FT | |||||||||||
1st Half: | 15-34 | 2-7 | 2-4 | |||||||||||
44.1% | 28.6% | 50.0% | ||||||||||||
2nd Half: | 10-25 | 1-6 | 6-12 | |||||||||||
40.0% | 16.7% | 50.0% |
SIU Edwardsville 72
Total | 3-point | Rebounds | ||||||||||||
## | Player | p | fgm-fga | fgm-fga | ftm-fta | off-def | tot | pf | tp | a | to | blk | stl | min |
01 | DUNCAN, Melia | * | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
22 | HILL, Jazmin | * | 4-10 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
24 | KENNER, Courtney | * | 2-7 | 1-2 | 4-12 | 0-1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 35 |
25 | HERROD, Michaela | * | 6-15 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 7-10 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 |
45 | BERRY, Raven | * | 6-11 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 3-10 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 33 |
10 | HEMPEN, Katie | – | 6-15 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 31 |
11 | CONNER, Kiara | – | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
12 | MEADE, Madison | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
15 | FINNIN, Valerie | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
23 | AUSTIN, Tierny | – | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
TM | TEAM | – | – | – | – | 3-0 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Totals………….. | – | 26-63 | 6-19 | 14-28 | 17-26 | 43 | 18 | 72 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 200 | |
41.3% | 31.6% | 50.0% | ||||||||||||
Team summary: | FG | 3FG | FT | |||||||||||
1st Half: | 12-34 | 3-10 | 5-7 | |||||||||||
35.3% | 30.0% | 71.4% | ||||||||||||
2nd Half: | 14-29 | 3-9 | 9-21 | |||||||||||
48.3% | 33.3% | 42.9% |
Score by Periods | 1st | 2nd | Total | |
Austin Peay | 34 | 27 | 61 | Record: (5-16, 2-6 OVC) |
SIU Edwardsville | 32 | 40 | 72 | Record: (11-8, 5-3 OVC) |
Points in the paint-APSU 22,SIUE 16. Points off turnovers-APSU 16,SIUE 15. |
2nd chance points-APSU 10,SIUE 10. Fast break points-APSU 6,SIUE 2. |
Bench points-APSU 10,SIUE 6. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-3 times. |
Last FG-APSU 1st-00:49, SIUE 1st-02:18. |
Largest lead-APSU by 6 1st-12:30, SIUE by 8 1st-18:42. |
Officials: Cole Womack, Kelly Dennis, Mike Brasher Technical fouls: Austin Peay-MARTINEZ, Leslie. SIU Edwardsville-BERRY, Raven. Attendance: 822 |