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Austin Peay State University Lady Govs Basketball beats Belmont Bruins 72-59

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Austin Peay State University Lady Govs - APSUClarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University women’s basketball team rode a strong first-half performance at both ends of the court to a 72-59 Ohio Valley Conference victory against Belmont, Thursday night at the Dunn Center.

Austin Peay Women's Basketball gets home win over Belmont Thursday night. (APSU Sports Information)
Austin Peay Women’s Basketball gets home win over Belmont Thursday night. (APSU Sports Information)

The game’s opening moments were a see-saw affair with four lead changes in the opening six minutes. After Austin Peay (6-11, 3-1 OVC)  built a four-point lead, 13-9, on back-to-back baskets, Belmont (4-14, 1-4 OVC) halved that deficit when Sally McCabe hit a jumper with 13:34 left.

Austin Peay then ratcheted up the defensive pressure and Belmont would miss its next 16 shots from the floor. The Lady Govs offense scored on 10 of its 15 possessions during that span to piece together a 15-4 run and build a 28-15 lead with 5:50 left.

APSU's Tiasha GrayThe Lady Govs lead would reach 19 points, 36-17, thanks to another 8-0 run later in the half. Belmont would close to within 14 points with 11 seconds left before APSU junior Tiasha Gray hit a pair of free throws to set the 40-24 halftime score.

Austin Peay opened the second half with a 7-2 run and its lead reached 20 points less than four minutes into the period. Midway through the period sophomore Beth Rates pushed the advantage to 21 points, 59-38, with a jumper at the 8:41 mark and Austin Peay would not look back.

APSU's Tearra BanksSophomore Tearra Banks led Austin Peay with a 16-point, nine-rebound performance that saw her score 10 second-half points. Gray added 15 points and six assists despite missing more than 13 minutes in the second half due to foul trouble. Kristen Stainback chipped in a 13-point, six-rebound effort.

Austin Peay converted on 45.2 percent (28-of-62) of its shots, including 50 percent (6-of-12) of its three pointers. The Lady Govs also eked out a 45-44 victory in rebounds to help hold Belmont to 31.3 percent (21-of-67) shooting for the game.

Jordyn Luffman-Hartsfield led Belmont with 12 points on 5-of-16 shooting. No other Belmont player reached double-digit scoring territory.

Austin Peay continues its three-game homestand when it hosts Tennessee State in a 4:30pm, Saturday contest at the Dunn Center.

Box Score

Austin Peay 72 (6-11 3-1 OVC) vs Belmont 59 (4-14 1-4 OVC)

1 2 Total Records
Belmont 24 35 59 4-14 (1-4 OVC)
Austin Peay 40 32 72 6-11 (3-1 OVC)

 

Belmont 59

## Player FGM-FGA 3FGM-3FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF TOT PF TP A TO BLK STL MIN
13 Luffman -Hartsfield, J 5-16 1-3 1-2 3-1 4 1 12 0 3 0 1 26
3 Joubrann, Frankie 2-5 0-0 1-2 4-2 6 3 5 1 0 0 1 28
10 Carroll, Katie 1-8 1-4 2-4 1-1 2 2 5 0 0 0 1 27
1 Tarrence,Adrienne 1-4 0-0 0-2 2-3 5 1 2 3 2 0 1 18
30 Bryce, Blair 1-1 0-0 0-2 1-3 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 17
50 McCabe, Sally 4-10 1-4 0-0 1-4 5 1 9 0 0 3 0 14
12 Jones, Sierra 2-7 0-4 4-4 1-4 5 3 8 3 3 0 1 25
14 Thompson, Lauren 3-8 0-0 1-2 0-4 4 2 7 0 2 1 0 18
5 Blevins, Madison 1-5 0-2 4-4 3-0 3 1 6 1 1 0 0 13
22 Cohlmeyer, Natalie 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 8
23 Vaught, Torie 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
11 Bundy, Katelin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
0 Perry, Kia 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
15 Zander, Katherine 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
0 TEAM 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 21-67 4-20 13-22 16-28 44 18 59 9 12 6 7 200
Percentages 31.3% 20.0% 59.1%

 

Austin Peay 72

## Player FGM-FGA FGM3-FGA3 FTM-FTA OFF-DEF TOT PF TP A TO BLK STL MIN
1 Gray, Tiasha 4-10 2-4 5-6 0-5 5 4 15 6 0 0 2 27
4 Stainback, Kristen 6-13 1-3 0-3 0-6 6 2 13 0 2 1 0 38
21 Nwokocha, Jennifer 2-6 0-0 2-4 1-3 4 2 6 0 1 0 1 15
24 Rates, Beth 3-5 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 3 6 0 1 0 0 15
11 Alexander, Brianne 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-2 3 3 1 1 2 0 0 17
25 Banks, Tearra 7-15 0-0 2-3 3-6 9 2 16 1 3 2 1 24
44 Scott, Jacey 2-4 2-3 0-0 0-6 6 3 6 2 3 1 3 31
12 Rich, Madison 2-4 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 10
23 Gooch, Sydney 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 2 4 3 1 0 1 17
3 Rivers, April 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
42 Norton, Symantha 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
54 Maki, Lauren 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
TM TEAM 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 28-62 6-12 10-18 11-34 45 22 72 13 15 4 8 200
Percentages 45.2% 50.0% 55.6%
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