Murfreesboro, Tenn. - The Lipscomb women's basketball team closed out a busy stretch of action with an 84-64 loss at Middle Tennessee. The game was their third in four days and fourth of the week.
Sydney Shelton paced the Lady Bisons with 15 points, the most she has scored in the Purple and Gold. Jalyn Holcomb added 14 points and seven rebounds, while Taylor Clark notched 12 points and five rebounds.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Lady Bisons (3-2) started out strong, trading blows with Middle Tennessee (2-3) for most of the first half.
But a 9-0 run late in the second quarter pushed MT's lead out heading into the break. Lipscomb beat the buzzer thanks to a coast-to-coast play from Casey Collier who set up Clark for a last-second basket, cutting the MT lead to 38-29 heading into halftime.
Lipscomb came out in the third quarter with a couple of timely buckets, but the Lady Bisons were unable to stop Anastasia Hayes who scored 35 of MT's 84 points.
The Purple and Gold went basket-for-basket with MT in the fourth quarter, but it was not enough to overcome the Blue Raiders lead.
POSTGAME THOUGHTS FROM THE BENCH
NOTES
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Dorie Harrison scored six points and led the team in both rebounds with eight and blocks with three.
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Collier had seven points, three rebounds, and a team-best four assists.
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Lipscomb lost the rebounding battle by just one, 45-44. Kailey Rosenbaum grabbed six, and Jane Deason notched five.
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The Lady Bisons made just six of their 32 three-point attempts. Three of the six were from Shelton.
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Lipscomb shot 14-18 from the free throw line, led by Holcomb and Clark's 4-4 marks.
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All 13 Lady Bisons entered the game, while seven played at least 19 minutes led by 34 from Clark.
UP NEXT
Lipscomb will be off until Dec. 28 when they head to Knoxville to take on the Lady Vols.
