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Austin Peay Lady Govs Basketball beats Southeast Missouri, secures seventh seed at OVC Tournament

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Austin Peay State University Lady Govs - APSUCape Girardeau, MO – Next stop: Nashville.

It took a full 40 minutes of effort and one of the better games of junior Tiasha Gray‘s career, but Austin Peay State University outlasted a spirited effort from Southeast Missouri to take a 72-67 victory home from the Show Me Center and with it, the No. 7 seed at next week’s Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.

Austin Peay Women's Basketball guard Tiasha Gray scores 36 points against Southeast Missouri Saturday. (APSU Sports Information)
Austin Peay Women’s Basketball guard Tiasha Gray scores 36 points against Southeast Missouri Saturday. (APSU Sports Information)

Austin Peay (10-19. 7-9 OVC) needed a come-from-behind win against Southeast Missouri (10-19, 3-13 OVC) and also needed a little help from around the league.

But with SIU Edwardsville’s 72-55 win against Eastern Illinois, the Lady Govs clinched the No. 7 seed and a date with SIU Edwardsville at 2:00pm, Wednesday, at Municipal Auditorium.

While the Lady Govs led wire-to-wire in the first meeting between these two teams back on January 31st at the Dunn Center, this was a more back-and-forth affair.

APSU's April RiversAlthough the Lady Govs got out to a quick 6-0 lead, the offense aside from Gray struggled mightily over the first 17 minutes, hitting well under 40 percent from the floor for much of the first half.

Southeast Missouri, meanwhile, recovered from a slow start to lead by as many as 13 points with under five minutes remaining, with Gray hitting the bench late due to foul trouble.

However, Austin Peay mounted a late rally thanks to April Rivers. The sophomore keyed a 12-7 run with six points over the final 3:34 of the half to send Austin Peay into the break trailing 37-29.

APSU's Brianne AlexanderSlow and steady, Austin Peay chipped away at the deficit through the second half’s first 10 minutes, tying the contest on a Brianne Alexander lay-up with 9:41 remaining. But the Redhawks responded with a 10-4 run over the next two-and-a-half minutes to regain the upper hand.

But the Lady Govs kicked into overdrive with a 14-0 run that took the game from a six-point deficit to an eight-point lead. Gray kicked off the run with a three-pointer at the 6:51 mark, adding four free-throws along the way to comprise half of Austin Peay’s output during the game-defining stretch.

Late Redhawk three-pointers from Olivia Hackmann and Erin Bollmann gave the hosts life, but despite hitting just 16-of-29 free-throws for the game, the Lady Govs made them late, converting 5-of-8 down the stretch to put the game away.

APSU's Tiasha GrayGray scored a game-high 36 points – her season’s eighth 30-point outing – on 12-of-20 shooting, throwing in six steals for good measure. Her efforts were buoyed by Rivers, who scored 11 points in 22 minutes off the bench, and sophomore Beth Rates, who scored 10 points and chipped in with eight boards.

Freshman Sydney Gooch scored five points in 29 reserve minutes but did her damage on the glass with a career-high 11 rebounds, picking up the minutes in the stead of junior Jennifer Nwokocha, who missed the contest while battling a stomach virus.

Jasmine Robinson had a 17-point, 12-rebound effort in the loss for Southeast Missouri. Bollmann (15 points) and Hackmann (13) had nice showings off the bench on the Redhawks Senior Day.

Box Score

Austin Peay 72, Southeast Missouri 67

1 2 Total Records
Austin Peay 29 43 72 10-19, 7-9 OVC
Southeast Missouri 37 30 67 10-19, 3-13 OVC

 

Austin Peay 72

## Player FGM-FGA 3FGM-3FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF TOT PF TP A TO BLK STL MIN
1 Gray, Tiasha 12-20 4-8 8-13 0-5 5 3 36 1 4 0 6 38
24 Rates, Beth 3-6 0-0 4-6 4-4 8 4 10 0 2 2 1 26
4 Stainback, Kristen 2-12 0-3 1-1 0-0 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 31
11 Alexander, Brianne 2-5 0-0 1-3 2-2 4 4 5 1 1 0 0 13
12 Rich, Madison 0-4 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 24
3 Rivers, April 5-8 0-2 1-3 0-1 1 2 11 2 1 0 1 22
23 Gooch, Sydney 2-6 0-0 1-3 5-6 11 0 5 2 2 0 0 29
44 Scott, Jacey 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13
54 Maki, Lauren 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
0 TEAM 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 26-62 4-15 16-29 12-24 36 16 72 6 12 2 8 200
Team Total % 41.9% 26.7% 55.2%
Team summary: FG 3FG FT
First Half 13-35 1-6 2-4
37.14% 16.67% 50.00%
Second Half 13-27 3-9 14-25
48.15% 33.33% 56.00%

 

Southeast Missouri 67

## Player FGM-FGA 3FGM-3FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF TOT PF TP A TO BLK STL MIN
Robinson, Jasmine 6-14 0-0 5-9 5-7 12 4 17 1 2 0 0 33
21 King, Connor 4-4 0-0 1-2 1-4 5 3 9 0 1 1 1 23
11 Bradshaw, Allyson 2-10 1-6 0-0 2-2 4 4 5 1 2 0 0 30
5 Rosado, Yelena 1-5 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 16
3 Lively, Hillary 0-4 0-2 0-0 4-4 8 2 0 1 2 1 0 26
12 Bollmann, Erin 5-10 3-6 2-2 2-4 6 4 15 2 1 0 2 23
24 Hackmann Olivia 5-11 1-2 2-2 2-4 6 2 13 1 2 0 1 24
15 Leyhue, Kaley 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 3
1 Mitchell, Brianna 1-6 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 3 2 2 7 0 2 20
25 Noe, Hannah 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
TM TEAM 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 25-66 7-20 10-15 20-30 50 23 67 12 21 2 7 200
Team Total % 37.9% 35.0% 66.7%
Team summary: FG 3FG FT
First Half 13-30 5-10 6-11
43.33% 50.00% 54.55%
Second Half 12-36 2-10 4-4
33.33% 20.00% 100.00 %
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