Austin Peay Lady Govs Basketball goes cold in second half to lose to Vanderbilt Commodores 67-36

APSU Sports: Austin Peay Women’s Basketball

Nashville, TN – Austin Peay State University women’s basketball team suffered through one of its worst halves in recent history, scoring nine second-half points in a 67-36 loss to Vanderbilt, Wednesday night at Memorial Gymnasium.

Austin Peay (1-5) was just 3-of-28 (10.7 percent) from the floor in the second half and had two stretches where it missed 13 consecutive shots. Only four Lady Govs scored in the period, including freshman Tiasha Gray who hit one of her four three-pointers in the period.

Despite the Lady Govs shooting woes, Vanderbilt (4-3) could only build an 11-point lead in the opening 10 minutes. It took a 16-0 run over a stretch of four minutes later in the half to expand its lead to 28 points.

“It was definitely the tale of two halves,” said Lady Govs head coach Carrie Daniels. “I thought we rushed some things in the second half. But you have to give Vanderbilt credit. They picked up the pressure and forced us out of where we wanted to run our offense. We got away from what was working for us in the first half.”

Austin Peay’s second half woes overshadowed a first-half performance that saw it keep pace with homestanding Vanderbilt. The Lady Govs did trail by nine points with 5:13 left in the period, but Gray hit two of her three point shots in that final stretch, the latter cutting the deficit to two points, 27-25, with 1:27 left.

The Lady Govs tied the game on its next possession thanks to senior Kaitlyn Hill’s turnaround hook shot. However, the Commodores took a 29-27 halftime lead after Clair Watkins’ layup.

Gray led Austin Peay with a career-best 12 points, making 4-of-6 from three-point range. Hill was next on the Lady Govs scoring list with six points.

Tiffany Clarke led Vanderbilt with 19 points and seven rebounds. The Commodores shot just 39.6 percent from the floor, but easily outpaced the Lady Govs 23.2 percent shooting effort.

Austin Peay will return to the floor when it hosts Ball State in a 5:15pm, Saturday contest at the Dunn Center.

Box Score

Austin Peay vs Vanderbilt
11/28/12 7:00pm at Nashville, TN (Memorial Gymnasium)

Austin Peay 36

			Total	3-point		Rebounds
##	Player	p	fgm-fga	fgm-fga	ftm-fta	off-def	tot	pf	tp	a	to	blk	stl	min
21	NWOKOCHA, Jennifer	f	1-1	0-0	1-1	0-1	1	2	3	0	2	0	1	7
43	BUSSABARGER, Meghan	f	0-8	0-3	0-0	0-2	2	3	0	0	3	0	0	24
04	STAINBACK, Kristen	g	2-10	0-5	0-0	1-1	2	2	4	2	5	0	0	27
05	OLSZEWSKI, Nicole	g	0-4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	27
14	MARTINEZ, Leslie	g	0-5	0-3	2-2	1-4	5	4	2	2	3	0	1	23
01	GRAY, Tiasha	–	4-12	4-6	0-0	0-1	1	2	12	1	1	0	1	27
15	HOWARD, Amber	–	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
32	HARDAWAY, Alexis	–	2-6	0-0	1-3	2-2	4	3	5	1	0	0	1	26
42	HILL, Kaitlyn	–	3-5	0-0	0-0	1-3	4	4	6	1	2	2	4	24
44	OLSZEWSKI, Shelby	–	1-5	0-2	2-2	1-0	1	2	4	0	1	0	1	12
TM	TEAM	–	–	–	–	2-0	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Totals…………..	–	13-56	4-19	6-8	9-15	24	22	36	8	19	2	10	200
			23.2%	21.1%	75.0%
	Team summary:		FG	3FG	FT
	1st Half:		10-28	3-9	4-6
			35.7%	33.3%	66.7%
	2nd Half:		3-28	1-10	2-2
			10.7%	10.0%	100 %

Vanderbilt 67

			Total	3-point		Rebounds
##	Player	p	fgm-fga	fgm-fga	ftm-fta	off-def	tot	pf	tp	a	to	blk	stl	min
34	CLARKE, Tiffany	f	7-11	0-0	5-6	5-2	7	4	19	0	3	3	0	18
05	SCHRANN, Kady	g	1-6	0-1	0-0	4-2	6	1	2	0	2	0	1	22
11	LISTER, Jasmine	g	4-10	0-1	4-4	1-4	5	0	12	3	4	0	0	33
30	BROWN, Elan	g	0-3	0-0	2-2	2-3	5	2	2	4	0	1	2	20
32	SMITH, Gabby	g	1-4	0-3	0-0	0-4	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	17
03	BOWE, Heather	–	0-3	0-0	0-0	0-1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	18
04	MORRISON, Maggie	–	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
13	NDIP, Nadine	–	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
15	JENKINS, Jasmine	–	0-2	0-0	6-6	1-5	6	1	6	4	6	0	0	21
25	BATEY, Morgan	–	3-4	2-2	3-4	0-4	4	0	11	0	3	0	1	22
35	SHAW, Kendall	–	3-5	0-0	2-3	2-2	4	1	8	0	2	0	0	12
44	LONG, Rayte’a	–	0-0	0-0	1-2	0-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
55	WATKINS, Clair	–	2-5	0-0	0-0	2-3	5	3	4	0	1	1	0	9
TM	TEAM	–	–	–	–	3-4	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Totals…………..	–	21-53	2-7	23-27	21-35	56	15	67	12	24	6	5	200
			39.6%	28.6%	85.2%
	Team summary:		FG	3FG	FT
	1st Half:		11-26	0-2	7-9
			42.3%	0.0%	77.8%
	2nd Half:		10-27	2-5	16-18
			37.0%	40.0%	88.9%

 

Score by Periods	1st	2nd	Total
Austin Peay	27	9	36	Record: (1-5)
Vanderbilt	29	38	67	Record: (4-3)

Points in the paint-APSU 12,VANDY 36. Points off turnovers-APSU 19,VANDY 29.

2nd chance points-APSU 6,VANDY 21. Fast break points-APSU 0,VANDY 10.

Bench points-APSU 27,VANDY 30. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-3 times.

Last FG-APSU 2nd-07:58, VANDY 2nd-01:31.

Largest lead-APSU by 5 1st-18:57, VANDY by 31 2nd-00:22.

Officials: Scott Yarbrough, Kim Thebo & Erica Bradley Technical fouls: Austin Peay-None. Vanderbilt-None. Attendance: 3038