Women's basketball loses at Liberty in ASUN opener

Saturday, January 2

Lynchburg, VA

1:00 PM

Lipscomb University

3-4,0-1ASUN

Liberty

5-3,1-0ASUN

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Lipscomb	16	11	12	20	59
Liberty	26	18	25	19	88

Women's basketball loses at Liberty in ASUN opener

1/2/2021 3:39:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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By: Logan Butts

LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Lipscomb women's basketball team opened up ASUN play on Saturday afternoon with an 88-59 loss at Liberty.

Freshman Jordan Peete led the team in scoring off the bench with 12 points, while Taylor Clark (11) and Jalyn Holcomb (10) also scored in double-figures.

.@JPeete1 goes off the dribble and into traffic for the bucket!#HornsUp | #OnTheMove pic.twitter.com/cyFHbrqC5e
— Lipscomb Women's Basketball (@LipscombWBB) January 2, 2021

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Lady Bisons (3-4) played tight with the Flames early on, cutting a 10-point Liberty lead down to just four at the beginning of the second quarter.

Shelton hits the floater and we're off in Lynchburg!#HornsUp | #OnTheMove pic.twitter.com/aFEe51sZlG
— Lipscomb Women's Basketball (@LipscombWBB) January 2, 2021

A 13-0 Liberty run just before halftime halted Lipscomb's momentum, pushing the Flames lead to 44-27 at the break.

.@jalynholcomb with the shooter's roll and we're within four!#HornsUp | #OnTheMove pic.twitter.com/5jJm5hJaiu
— Lipscomb Women's Basketball (@LipscombWBB) January 2, 2021

Lipscomb had a hole to dig out of in the second half, so they came out firing by hitting three of their 10 three-pointers for the game in succession in the third quarter.

Back-to-back triples from @jalynholcomb and @trailer__park to start off the second half!#HornsUp | #OnTheMove pic.twitter.com/C5tD6XlziM
— Lipscomb Women's Basketball (@LipscombWBB) January 2, 2021

But the lead the Flames had built up was too far out of reach, leading the Bisons to an 0-1 start in conference play despite winning the fourth quarter.

NOTES

Making her first start on the season, junior Jane Deason grabbed a team-high six rebounds. Jordan Peete and Blythe Pearson each added four boards.
Holcomb dished out a team-best three assists.
Casey Collier scored nine points, tied for the team lead with two steals, and was a perfect 4-4 from the free throw line.
Hilary James, an early entrant from the 2021 signing class, made her debut in Purple and Gold, scoring five points and tying for the team lead with two steals.

Hilary James gets the steal and hits the pull-up jumper for her first career basket in the Purple and Gold!#HornsUp | #OnTheMove pic.twitter.com/aaz7poaA5v
— Lipscomb Women's Basketball (@LipscombWBB) January 2, 2021
Lipscomb lost the rebounding battle 50-29 and lost the assist battle 22-11.
Lipscomb shot 11-15 from the free throw line, led by Collier's perfect mark.
12 Lady Bisons entered the game, 10 of which scored. Collier played the most minutes with 29.
Lipscomb has lost three straight ASUN openers.