NASHVILLE – The Lipscomb women’s basketball team fell on the road at North Alabama on Saturday afternoon 71-50.

The Lady Bisons (3-25, 1-14) kept things close in the first two periods, entering halftime down 31-28, but the Lions (19-6, 10-5) went on a strong second-half run straight out of the break to take a commanding lead for the remainder of the game.

Junior Carleigh Short led Lipscomb with 11 points on 4-9 shooting.

Sophomore Taylor Clark nearly earned a double-double before fouling out, notching nine points and 10 rebounds.

Lipscomb won the rebounding battle (40-37) for the third game in a row.

BISON TIDBITS:                                                                                 

• Junior Lauren Rau led the team with three assists.
• Freshman Gabi Grillon grabbed a season-high nine rebounds.
• Lipscomb shot 7-11 from free throw line, led by a perfect 3-3 clip from Rau.
• Redshirt-sophomore Emily Kmec led the team with two blocks.
• UNA had 15 assists to Lipscomb’s 13.
• Nine Lady Bisons played 10 or more minutes, led by 30 minutes from Short and Kmec.

UP NEXT:

Lipscomb will close out the regular season on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.