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Austin Peay State University Women’s Basketball rally comes up short against Eastern Illinois
![]() Austin Peay State University Women’s Basketball honored (L to R) Tahanee Bennell, Brandi Ferby, Brianah Ferby, Kelen Kenol, and Myah LeFlore on Senior Day after the game. (Robert Smith, APSU Sports Information) Trailing 51-39 at the start of the fourth quarter, Austin Peay State University’s (11-8, 9-6) furious fourth-quarter comeback started with a D’Shara Booker jumper and an Ella Sawyer three-pointer to cut the deficit to single digits just over a minute into the final period. After Brianah Ferby knocked down a jumper from the top of the key, Maggie Knowles drew an offensive foul to give the ball back for the Governors, who trailed by just five points. After Booker pulled down a rebound on the offensive end, Sawyer got open and drilled a jumper from the free-throw line, trimming the Eastern Illinois (10-13, 8-10) advantage to just three. On the next two Austin Peay possessions, Booker was able to find her way to the basket for a pair of buckets and the Governors led, 53-52, for the first time in the game. However, that was the last time the APSU Govs would lead in the contest, as the Panthers responded with a 6-0 run of their own to retake the lead and stretch the advantage back to five points. With seven seconds left, Austin Peay trailed 62-59 and had the ball with a chance to tie the game and send it to overtime, but a Shay-Lee Kirby three-pointer at the final buzzer was just off target. Austin Peay was unable to find the range from behind the arc early in the contest, with Knowles knocking down the Govs lone three-pointer of the first half. Eastern Illinois knocked down just a single three-pointer as well, but the Panthers used ten points from Abby Wahl and shot 54.2 percent from the floor as a team to build a 33-20 lead at the break. In the third period, the Governors offense came alive behind Knowles’ three-point shooting. With 4:10 left in the quarter, Knowles buried her second and third three-pointers of the contest on back-to-back possessions, trimming the Eastern Illinois lead to just seven points. Two minutes later, Knowles drilled a contested-corner three and the APSU Govs trailed by just five points with 2:04 remaining in the quarter. But the Panthers once again had an answer for the Governors and closed the third period on a 7-0 run to take a 51-39 lead into the final quarter, setting the stage for a double-digit Austin Peay comeback that just ran out of steam down the stretch. The DifferencePoints in the paint. Austin Peay State University dominated the paint last time out against SIUE, but today it was the Panthers who outscored the Govs 40-26 in the paint. Box ScoreEastern Illinois 62, Austin Peay 59
Next Up For Austin Peay State UniversityIt’s another one-day turnaround for the Governors who will kick off the final week of the regular season with a 4:30pm, Monday contest at Eastern Kentucky. Austin Peay State University’s season-ending three-game road trip will then wrap up with a 5:00pm, February 25th tilt at Tennessee Tech and a 1:00pm, February 27th contest at Jacksonville State. SectionsSportsTopicsAPSU, APSU Athletics, APSU Basketball, APSU Dunn Center, APSU Sports, APSU Women's Basketball, Austin Peay State University, Brandi Ferby, Brianah Ferby, Clarksville, Clarksville TN, D'Shara Booker, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Ella Sawyer, Jacksonville State, Kelen Kenol, Lady Govs, Maggie Knowles, Myah LeFlore, Ohio Valley Conference, OVC, Panthers, Senior Day, Shay-Lee Kirby, Tahanee Bennell, Tennessee Tech |
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