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Austin Peay State University Women’s Basketball loses to Central Arkansas Sugar Bears

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Austin Peay State University Lady Govs - APSUConway, AR – Austin Peay State University women’s basketball team could not maintain its hot start and dropped a 63-54 decision in its final nonconference tilt against Central Arkansas, Tuesday, at the Farris Center.

Austin Peay Women's Basketball loses 63-54 at Central Arkansas. (APSU Sports Information)
Austin Peay Women’s Basketball loses 63-54 at Central Arkansas. (APSU Sports Information)

Austin Peay (3-10) opened the game making six of its first 10 shots as it sprinted out to a 14-5 lead in the opening five minutes.

Senior Kristen Stainback hit a three-pointer and scored five points during the burst while junior Jennifer Nwokocha added four points.

Central Arkansas (7-5) scored the game’s first basket on a Brianna Mullins three-pointer then saw Millins sink a pair of free-throws to build a 5-3 lead just 1:24 into the contest.

APSU's Kristen StainbackHowever, the Sugar Bears would go scoreless for the next five minutes as Austin Peay built its lead. UCA then scored nine straight points to tie the game, 14-14, with 9:56 left.

Nwokocha and freshman Brianne Alexander then teamed up to score Austin Peay’s final 14 points of the half, Nwokocha scoring eight points while Alexander chipped in six points.

However, their combined effort could not help Austin Peay gain breathing room as the teams went into halftime tied 28-28.

APSU's Tiasha GrayCentral Arkansas overcame a halting start to the second half to build a four point lead, 38-34, in the opening 6:12 of the frame. Junior Tiasha Gray and Alexander then combined for the next nine points to give APSU a five-point, 43-38, lead with 11:06 left.

But after Gray hit a traditional three-point play to give APSU its largest lead of the half, the Lady Govs went into a five-minute scoring drought. By the time Alexander hit a traditional three-point play at the 5:54 mark, Central Arkansas had retaken the lead and would not surrender it the game’s remainder.

Alexander, making her Austin Peay debut, put forth a 13-point, five-rebound performance in 15 minutes off the bench. Stainback scored a team-best 15 points on 6-of-18 shooting.

Nwokocha finished with 12 points and a team-best nine rebounds, but was held scoreless in the second half. Gray, who was tagged for two fouls in the game’s opening five minutes, scored all 12 of her points in the second half.

Kendara Watts led Central Arkansas with 19 points. Mullins added a 15-point, eight rebound performance for the Sugar Bears.

Austin Peay continues its six-game road trip when it opens Ohio Valley Conference play with a 3:00pm (CT), Saturday contest at Eastern Kentucky.

Box Score

Central Arkansas 63 (7-5) vs Austin Peay 54 (3-10)

1 2 Total Records
Austin Peay 28 26 54 3-10
Central Arkansas 28 35 63 7-5

 

Austin Peay 54

## Player FGM-FGA 3FGM-3FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF TOT PF TP A TO BLK STL MIN
4 Stainback, Kristen 6-18 3-7 0-0 1-3 4 4 15 3 1 1 2 40
1 Gray, Tiasha 4-11 2-7 2-3 1-3 4 3 12 3 3 1 1 25
21 Nwokocha, Jennifer 4-10 0-0 4-6 5-4 9 4 12 2 6 0 0 22
24 Rates, Beth 1-7 0-0 0-0 1-4 5 2 2 1 3 1 5 31
42 Norton, Symantha 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 17
11 Alexander, Brianne 5-7 0-0 3-3 2-3 5 1 13 0 1 0 0 17
12 Rich, Madison 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 23
23 Gooch, Sydney 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 10
44 Scott, Jacey 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 15
0 TEAM 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 20-58 5-15 9-12 11-25 36 16 54 11 18 4 8 200
Percentages 34.5% 33.3% 75.0%

 

Central Arkansas 63

## Player FGM-FGA FGM3-FGA3 FTM-FTA OFF-DEF TOT PF TP A TO BLK STL MIN
11 Watts, Kendara 9-16 1-4 0-0 2-3 5 2 19 1 3 1 0 35
10 Mullins, Brianna 3-10 2-5 7-8 0-8 8 3 15 2 0 1 1 33
22 Proffitt, Maggie 4-16 2-6 3-5 2-6 8 2 13 3 4 1 2 35
00 McClure, Kelsey 3-8 1-3 3-4 3-4 7 1 10 6 2 0 1 34
13 Sadler, Terai 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16
04 Logan, Raquel 2-4 0-0 0-0 3-4 7 1 4 0 1 1 1 18
23 Agee, Brittany 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 9
21 Williams, Angel 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 16
50 Novokres-chenova, Tay 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4
TM TEAM 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 22-58 6-18 13-17 13-28 41 13 63 13 14 4 5 200
Percentages 37.9% 33.3% 76.5%
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