APSU Sports: Austin Peay Women’s Basketball
Clarksville, TN – Six players scored 10 or more points as Austin Peay State University women’s basketball team cruised to a 101-67 exhibition victory against NAIA foe Martin Methodist, Monday night at the Dunn Center.
Martin Methodist cut into the Lady Govs lead, closing the half with a 12-0 run over the final 5:10 to end the half trailing by 12 points, 46-34. Austin Peay put forth several different lineups in the opening frame and head coach Carrie Daniels used all 14 available players in the period.
The Lady Govs starters returned to the court in the second half and put any doubts to rest with an opening 18-2 run over 4:22. Austin Peay showed a new-found sense of offensive pace, scoring eight points with the fast break. The Lady Govs also took advantage of their height advantage, scoring 16 points in the paint.
Junior Nicole Olszewski led Austin Peay with 19 points and eight assists over 25 minutes. She made 8-of-11 from the field and added three rebounds and three assists.
Freshman Jennifer Nwokocha chipped in with an 18-point, 11-rebound effort on 22 minutes off the bench, converting 7-of-9 from the field. Senior Meghan Bussabarger and sophomore Kristen Stainback each added 12 points, freshman Tiasha Gray finished with 11 points and senior Leslie Martinez notched 10 points.
Austin Peay made 56 percent of its field goals (42-of-75) and won the rebounding battle by a 47-40 margin. However, the Lady Govs were a less than impressive 12-of-21 (57.1 percent) from the free-throw line.
Martin Methodist’s Jessy Christopher led all scorers with 25 points, converting 8-of-16 from the field including a 6-of-12 performance from three-point range. Bobbi Dodson added 15 points while Kyra Knight chipped in a game-best 13 rebounds.
The Redhawks offense was limted to 29.9 percent (20-of-67) shooting, but made 32 percent (8-of-25) of its three-point field goals. MMC also won the free-throw battle converting 19-of-22 (86.4 percent) from the line.
Austin Peay begins preparation for its regular-season opener – a noon, Friday contest at UAB.
Box Score
Martin Methodist vs Austin Peay
11/5/12 7:00pm at Dunn Center/Clarksville, TN
Martin Methodist 67
| Total | 3-point | Rebounds | ||||||||||||
| ## | Player | p | fgm-fga | fgm-fga | ftm-fta | off-def | tot | pf | tp | a | to | blk | stl | min |
| 20 | DODSON, Bobbi | f | 4-9 | 2-5 | 5-6 | 0-4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 23 | BULLOCK, Erika | f | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| 25 | KNIGHT, Kyra | c | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6-7 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| 11 | CHRISTOPHER, Jessy | g | 8-16 | 6-12 | 3-3 | 2-0 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| 30 | SMITHSON, Becca | g | 1-9 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| 03 | SMITH, Ajee | – | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 04 | O’NEAL, DaRhonda | – | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | MILLS, Nina | – | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | ADAMS, Jazmin | – | 1-6 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 35 | HUMPHREY, Markentria | – | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| TM | TEAM | – | – | – | – | 4-7 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals………….. | – | 20-67 | 8-25 | 19-22 | 14-27 | 41 | 19 | 67 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 200 | |
| 29.9% | 32.0% | 86.4% | ||||||||||||
| Team summary: | FG | 3FG | FT | |||||||||||
| 1st Half: | 7-30 | 3-12 | 17-19 | |||||||||||
| 23.3% | 25.0% | 89.5% | ||||||||||||
| 2nd Half: | 13-37 | 5-13 | 2-3 | |||||||||||
| 35.1% | 38.5% | 66.7% | ||||||||||||
Austin Peay 101
| Total | 3-point | Rebounds | ||||||||||||
| ## | Player | p | fgm-fga | fgm-fga | ftm-fta | off-def | tot | pf | tp | a | to | blk | stl | min |
| 14 | MARTINEZ, Leslie | f | 4-9 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| 43 | BUSSABARGER, Meghan | f | 6-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 42 | HILL, Kaitlyn | c | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 04 | STAINBACK, Kristen | g | 5-9 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| 05 | OLSZEWSKI, Nicole | g | 8-11 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| 01 | GRAY, Tiasha | – | 5-9 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| 03 | BULEY, Shira | – | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 | HOWARD, Amber | – | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 21 | NWOKOCHA, Jennifer | – | 7-9 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 3-8 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| 22 | YARBROUGH, Lauren | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 23 | NORTON, Symantha | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 32 | HARDAWAY, Alexis | – | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 44 | OLSZEWSKI, Shelby | – | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 54 | MAKI, Lauren | – | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| TM | TEAM | – | – | – | – | 2-2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals………….. | – | 42-75 | 5-14 | 12-21 | 16-31 | 47 | 22 | 101 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 200 | |
| 56.0% | 35.7% | 57.1% | ||||||||||||
| Team summary: | FG | 3FG | FT | |||||||||||
| 1st Half: | 17-36 | 2-7 | 10-16 | |||||||||||
| 47.2% | 28.6% | 62.5% | ||||||||||||
| 2nd Half: | 25-39 | 3-7 | 2-5 | |||||||||||
| 64.1% | 42.9% | 40.0% | ||||||||||||
| Score by Periods | 1st | 2nd | Total |
| Martin Methodist | 34 | 33 | 67 |
| Austin Peay | 46 | 55 | 101 |
| Officials: Kerry Winders, Wayne Patterson, Cheryl Wright Technical fouls: Martin Methodist-None. Austin Peay-None. |
