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Austin Peay State University Women’s Basketball fall to Oral Roberts Saturday

APSU Sports Information

Austin Peay State University Lady Govs - APSUHattiesburg, MS – Austin Peay State University women’s basketball team was unable to find an elusive road victory, dropping a 73-60 nonconference decision to Oral Roberts, Saturday, in the consolation game of the Southern Miss Thanksgiving Invitational at Reed Green Coliseum.

Austin Peay Women's Basketball loses 73-60 to Oral Roberts. (APSU Sports Information)
Austin Peay Women’s Basketball loses 73-60 to Oral Roberts. (APSU Sports Information)

Austin Peay (1-6) had few answers for Oral Roberts center Vicky McIntyre, who was the talk of the first half, posting a 20-point, 20-rebound effort in the opening half.

However, McIntyre scored six points in a half-ending 9-3 run that gave the Golden Eagles a 31-25 halftime lead.

The Lady Govs opened the game with a 9-4 run in the opening four minutes. Austin Peay then relied on its defense, which forced nine turnovers and scored 10 points off those miscues, to stay in the game through halftime.

Oral Roberts (3-4) opened the second half with an 8-0 run and temporarily broke the game open, leading by 14 points 39-25, at the end of the run which Jordan Doyle sparked with a three-pointer and a pair of free throws.

APSU's Tiasha GrayAustin Peay scraped back as Tiasha Gray and Kristen Stainback again hit back-to-back three-pointers before Gray scored six straight points, her basket at the 13:06 mark slashing the lead to five points, 46-41.

The Lady Govs then solved ORU’s McIntyre as she picked up her fourth foul with 12:16 left in the game. Junior center Tearra Banks hit the ensuing free throws to cut the lead to five points again at the 11:56 mark.

However, McIntyre’s departure seemed to spark Oral Roberts which broke the game open with a 19-4 over four minutes. The Golden Eagles made 8-of-13 from the floor during the run, including a trio of three-pointers. Dorottya Balla closed the run with two three-point baskets in a one minute span, giving ORU a 67-47 lead with 7:15 left that it would not relinquish.

APSU's Kristen StainbackGray led Austin Peay with 20 points on 9-of-25 shooting with seven assists and eight steals. Stainback added 16 points and three assists. Banks recovered from a slow start to post 13 points and six rebounds.

Austin Peay shot just 31 percent from the floor in the loss as it could not recover from a 9-of-35 (25.7 percent) first-half effort. The Lady Govs defense did forced 21 turnovers, which it converted into 25 points.

McIntyre led Oral Roberts with a 22-point, 27-rebound performance. Dorottya Balla finished with 14 points, including 3-of-6 from three-point range. The Golden Eagles shot 45.6 percent (26-of-57) from the floor for the game.

Austin Peay closes its four-game road trip with an 8:00pm, Tuesday contest at Memphis.

Box Score

Austin Peay 60 (1-5) vs Oral Roberts 73 (3-4)

1 2 Total Records
Oral Roberts 31 42 73 3-4
Austin Peay 25 35 60 1-5

 

Oral Roberts 73

## Player FGM-FGA 3FGM-3FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF TOT PF TP A TO BLK STL MIN
34 McIntyre, Vicky 8-13 0-0 6-7 7-20 27 4 22 2 4 4 0 29
12 Balla, Dorottya 5-11 3-6 1-2 0-4 4 2 14 0 4 0 0 28
23 Balla, Bernadett 3-8 0-0 3-4 3-3 6 2 9 4 3 0 0 28
2 Doyle, Jordan 2-7 2-5 2-2 0-3 3 0 8 2 4 0 0 27
10 Oliver, Jayden 2-4 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 25
14 Lopez, Carolina 3-4 0-0 0-1 0-3 3 1 6 0 2 1 1 19
0 Jackson, Atoe’ 2-5 1-2 0-2 1-2 3 3 5 5 0 1 0 21
13 Manuel, Tysia 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-2 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 11
4 Udoumoh, Esther 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Glisson, April 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
15 Ihim, Faith 0-3 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 4
22 Gilbert, Jordan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5
0 TEAM 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 26-57 8-17 13-20 16-41 57 17 73 20 21 6 3 200
Percentages 45.6% 47.1% 65.0%

 

Austin Peay 60

## Player FGM-FGA FGM3-FGA3 FTM-FTA OFF-DEF TOT PF TP A TO BLK STL MIN
01 Gray, Tiasha 9-25 2-6 0-1 1-3 4 5 20 7 1 0 8 38
04 Stainback, Kristen 6-10 1-5 3-4 0-2 2 0 16 3 1 0 1 29
25 Banks, Tearra 4-15 0-0 5-7 3-3 6 2 13 0 0 0 0 25
24 Rates, Beth 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 2 0 1 2 1 18
42 Norton, Symantha 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 19
12 Rich, Madison 1-9 1-3 4-4 0-1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 20
23 Gooch, Sydney 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 22
21 Nwokocha, Jennifer 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 6
44 Scott, Jacey 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
54 Maki, Lauren 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 5
TM TEAM 0-0 0-0 0-0 6-2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 22-71 4-16 12-16 11-21 32 20 60 10 7 2 12 200
Percentages 31.0% 25.0% 75.0%
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