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Clarksville, TN – A cold second half from the floor doomed Austin Peay State University women’s basketball team to an 81-65 loss to SIU Edwardsville at the Dunn Center, Saturday.
Austin Peay (9-17, 6-7 OVC) maintains its hold on second place in the Ohio Valley Conference’s West Division after Eastern Illinois fell at Murray State in Saturday action.
SIU Edwardsville moves to 10-13 overall, 5-7 in the OVC West.
The Lady Govs and Cougars battled throughout the first half, with neither side able to take a lead of more than seven points. Sophomore Tiasha Gray had a solid opening half, scoring 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting and garnering four steals over the first 20 minutes.
Austin Peay used a 6-0 run over the final 2:17 of the first half to take a 39-37 advantage into halftime.
After maintaining a tight contest over the early minutes of the second half, SIU Edwardsville embarked on a 21-6 run after Beth Rates put the Lady Govs up by one with 16:41 remaining.
The Lady Govs suddenly found themselves down by 14 before Rates put an end to the run by hitting a jumper with under 10 minutes remaining.
Austin Peay would close the deficit to within six points with 6:56 to go in the half, but the Cougars closed the contest on a 15-6 run that saw Austin Peay miss 11 of its final 13 shot attempts.
For the second half, the Lady Govs were a dismal 30.6 percent (11-for-36) from the floor and finished the contest 2-for-18 (11.1 percent) from beyond the three-point line.
SIU Edwardsville’s bench proved the tougher of the two second units in Saturday’s contest, outscoring Austin Peay’s reserves 34-12. The Cougars Tierny Austin led all scorers with 19 points, while Allyssa Decker added 13 off the pine.
Rates’ star shone brightest for the Lady Govs on Saturday; she finished with a team-high 17 points on 6-for-10 shooting. She also led Austin Peay with nine rebounds and seven assists.
Austin Peay returns to the Dunn Center for a Monday night tilt against Eastern Illinois, scheduled for a 7:00pm opening tip.
Box Score
Saturday, February 15th, 2014 | 5:15pm CT
Clarksville, TN | Dunn Center
SIUE 81
| Total | 3-point | Rebounds | ||||||||||||
| ## | Player | p | fgm-fga | fgm-fga | ftm-fta | off-def | tot | pf | tp | a | to | blk | stl | min |
| 11 | JONES, Micah | f | 3-6 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 2-6 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 33 | CAPOTOSTO, Ashley | f | 5-10 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 3-7 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 31 |
| 15 | FINNIN, Valerie | g | 7-11 | 3-5 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| 23 | CHAPPELLE, Alexis | g | 1-9 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 1-4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 32 | BRANDT, Miranda | g | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 20 | WENDT, Jessie | – | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | HILL, Jazmin | – | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 24 | AUSTIN, Tierny | – | 6-9 | 2-4 | 5-6 | 0-4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| 42 | DECKER, Allyssa | – | 6-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
| 55 | WARFORD, Raven | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| TM | TEAM | – | – | – | – | 1-6 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals………….. | – | 30-60 | 6-12 | 15-23 | 9-37 | 46 | 20 | 81 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 200 | |
| 50.0% | 50.0% | 65.2% | ||||||||||||
| Team summary: | FG | 3FG | FT | |||||||||||
| 1st Half: | 17-33 | 3-6 | 0-0 | |||||||||||
| 51.5% | 50.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
| 2nd Half: | 13-27 | 3-6 | 15-23 | |||||||||||
| 48.1% | 50.0% | 65.2% | ||||||||||||
Austin Peay 65
| Total | 3-point | Rebounds | ||||||||||||
| ## | Player | p | fgm-fga | fgm-fga | ftm-fta | off-def | tot | pf | tp | a | to | blk | stl | min |
| 14 | RATES, Beth | f | 6-10 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 3-6 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 |
| 21 | NWOKOCHA, Jennifer | f | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| 01 | GRAY, Tiasha | g | 5-14 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 36 |
| 04 | STAINBACK, Kristen | g | 5-14 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 |
| 05 | OLSZEWSKI, Nicole | g | 2-9 | 1-4 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| 25 | BANKS, Tearra | – | 6-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 32 | HARDAWAY, Alexis | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 44 | SCOTT, Jacey | – | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| TM | TEAM | – | – | – | – | 1-2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals………….. | – | 27-66 | 2-18 | 9-18 | 8-25 | 33 | 18 | 65 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 200 | |
| 40.9% | 11.1% | 50.0% | ||||||||||||
| Team summary: | FG | 3FG | FT | |||||||||||
| 1st Half: | 16-30 | 1-7 | 6-11 | |||||||||||
| 53.3% | 14.3% | 54.5% | ||||||||||||
| 2nd Half: | 11-36 | 1-11 | 3-7 | |||||||||||
| 30.6% | 9.1% | 42.9% | ||||||||||||
| Score by Periods | 1st | 2nd | Total | |
| SIUE | 37 | 44 | 81 | Record: (9-16 (5-7 OVC)) |
| Austin Peay | 39 | 26 | 65 | Record: (9-17 (6-7 OVC)) |
| Points in the paint-SIUE 30,APSU 40.Points off turnovers-SIUE 14,APSU 14. |
| 2nd chance points-SIUE 8,APSU 6.Fast break points-SIUE 2,APSU 6. |
| Bench points-SIUE 34,APSU 12.Score tied-5 times. Lead changed-8 times. |
| Last FG-SIUE 2nd-02:45, APSU 2nd-01:24. |
| Largest lead-SIUE by 16 2nd-00:21, APSU by 2 1st-15:35. |
| Officials: Kyle Labar, Darrell Mitchell, Neonta WilliamsTechnical fouls: SIUE-None. Austin Peay-None.Attendance: 818APSU Player of the Game: Beth Rates |
