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Austin Peay Lady Govs Basketball beat Ball State Cardinals 79-66

APSU Sports: Austin Peay Women’s Basketball

Austin Peay State University Lady GovsClarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University women’s basketball team broke a three-game losing streak with a 79-66 victory against Ball State, Saturday, at the Dunn Center.

Austin Peay's Meghan Bussabarger scored 20 points in the Lady Govs victory over the Ball State Cardinals. (Courtesy: Brittney Sparn/APSU Sports Information)
Austin Peay’s Meghan Bussabarger scored 20 points in the Lady Govs victory over the Ball State Cardinals. (Courtesy: Brittney Sparn/APSU Sports Information)

Austin Peay (2-5) won its second-straight home game in wire-to-wire fashion and led an understaffed Ball State squad by double-digits for the final 16:45.

Senior forward Meghan Bussabarger scored a season-high tying 20 points to lead four Lady Govs players in double digits. Senior guard Leslie Martinez came off the bench for the first time and posted an 11-point, 10-rebound double-double – Austin Peay’s first this season.

Meghan BussabargerThe Lady Govs scored the game’s first seven points in the opening three minutes. However, Ball State was able to close back within a point, 9-8 with 11:02 left in the first, as Austin Peay made one field goal over the next six minutes.

Austin Peay used a 11-2 run over the next five minutes to build its first double-digit advantage, 20-10 with 6:55 left, as five different APSU shooters scored. Ball State did not go away and closed to within seven with 57 seconds left, but Austin Peay scored four points in four seconds thanks to a Martinez jumper and a steal and a basket by freshman Tiasha Gray and led 32-21 at the break.

Leslie MartinezBall State (2-6) opened the second half with a 7-2 run and forced an Austin Peay timeout less than two minutes into the period. The timeout did the trick as the Lady Govs scored on their next two possessions, pushing the lead to 11 points.

The Cardinals made one last attempt to close the gap and were within eight points, 52-44, after Nathalie Fontaine’s layup with 12:24 left. But that was as close as Ball State would get. Austin Peay broke the game open with a 9-2 run, punctuated by a pair of Bussabarger three-pointers, to push the lead to 17 points, 63-46, with 8:30 remaining and did not look back.

Jennifer NwokochaFreshman Jennifer Nwokocha added a 10-point, six-rebound effort and freshman Tiasha Gray chipped in 11 points and three steals to join Bussabarger and Martinez in double-digit scoring territory.

Brittany Carter led a seven-woman Ball State squad with 14 points. Fontaine added 13 points and Katie Murphy finished with 12 points and six rebounds.

Austin Peay returns to action with an early 11:00am, Tuesday contest against Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at Murfreesboro, TN.

Box Score

Ball State vs Austin Peay
12/1/12 5:15pm at Clarksville, TN (Dunn Center)

Ball State 66

Total 3-point Rebounds
## Player p fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta off-def tot pf tp a to blk stl min
23 CARTER, Brittany f 4-11 2-6 4-5 0-3 3 3 14 1 2 3 2 30
33 MURPHY, Katie f 4-10 0-0 4-6 3-3 6 2 12 0 4 1 2 31
03 JUSTICE, Shelbie g 2-4 1-1 2-2 0-5 5 0 7 3 1 0 1 35
04 FONTAINE, Nathalie g 5-7 0-0 3-3 1-2 3 4 13 1 1 0 1 30
11 WOODY, Brandy g 2-9 1-4 5-6 1-6 7 2 10 4 6 0 3 27
10 JACKSON, Shanee’ 1-5 0-1 2-2 1-1 2 3 4 0 3 0 1 19
25 MILLER, Taylor 3-5 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 4 6 4 3 0 3 28
TM TEAM 0-2 2 2
Totals………….. 21-51 4-13 20-24 7-22 29 18 66 13 22 4 13 200
41.2% 30.8% 83.3%
Team summary: FG 3FG FT
1st Half: 6-19 1-6 8-9
31.6% 16.7% 88.9%
2nd Half: 15-32 3-7 12-15
46.9% 42.9% 80.0%

Austin Peay 79

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 4-4 0-0 2-3 2-4 6 4 10 0 3 0 0 16
43 BUSSABARGER, Meghan f 8-11 2-3 2-3 1-1 2 2 20 1 3 1 0 32
01 GRAY, Tiasha g 5-10 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 11 3 5 0 3 21
04 STAINBACK, Kristen g 2-7 2-4 0-0 2-0 2 2 6 2 2 1 1 19
05 OLSZEWSKI, Nicole g 2-8 2-4 2-2 0-7 7 2 8 4 5 1 2 31
03 BULEY, Shira 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
14 MARTINEZ, Leslie 3-11 1-4 4-4 4-6 10 2 11 3 2 0 1 30
15 HOWARD, Amber 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
22 YARBROUGH, Lauren 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
23 NORTON, Symantha 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
32 HARDAWAY, Alexis 1-1 0-0 2-3 2-2 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 20
42 HILL, Kaitlyn 2-4 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 3 4 1 1 0 0 7
44 OLSZEWSKI, Shelby 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 8
54 MAKI, Lauren 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
TM TEAM 0-4 4
Totals………….. 29-61 8-20 13-17 14-27 41 20 79 18 23 3 7 200
47.5% 40.0% 76.5%
Team summary: FG 3FG FT
1st Half: 13-31 2-9 4-5
41.9% 22.2% 80.0%
2nd Half: 16-30 6-11 9-12
53.3% 54.5% 75.0%

 

Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Ball State 21 45 66 Record: (2-6)
Austin Peay 32 47 79 Record: (2-5)


Points in the paint-BSU 32,APSU 27. Points off turnovers-BSU 19,APSU 26.
2nd chance points-BSU 10,APSU 23. Fast break points-BSU 8,APSU 7.
Bench points-BSU 10,APSU 24. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times.
Last FG-BSU 2nd-00:14, APSU 2nd-01:58.
Largest lead-BSU None, APSU by 23 2nd-05:35.
Officials: Bryan Nichols(R), Kyle LaBar, Terri Tubbs
Technical fouls: Ball State-TEAM. Austin Peay-None.
Attendance: 860
Copies in a Flash Player of the Game: Meghan Bussabarger
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