DELAND, Fla. – Despite a valiant effort in the fourth quarter, the Lipscomb University Women's Basketball team suffered a Thursday matinee loss to Stetson University, 66-60, from the Edmunds Center. 

Final Score: Stetson 66, Lipscomb 60
Location: DeLand, Florida (Edmunds Center)
Records: Lipscomb (6-12, 3-4), Stetson (11-7, 4-3)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The first quarter was a game of runs for both squads. Trailing 7-2, the Bisons used a 9-0 run, capped by a three-point play by McKayla Miller and a defense to offense transition by Miller to lead 11-7. 

Stetson responded with a 7-0 run of their own to pull even at 14 at the end of the first stanza. 

After the Hatters made it a 16-14 score early in the second, the Bisons answered with a 7-0 run that saw four points from Taylor Bowen and a triple from Hope Counts. 

Lipscomb kept the lead for most of the second quarter, but a 10-0 run by Stetson in the final two minutes of the period gave the home squad the 32-26 advantage. 

The Hatters came out of the locker room as hot as they did when they went in to open the third quarter. The 10-0 run at the end of the first half swelled to 17-0 in the first two-plus minutes of the second half. 

While the Stetson lead stayed in double figures for the majority of the period, the Bisons eventually cut the deficit to 10 with a Molly Heard jump shot, 51-41, after three quarters. 

The Hatters started to pull away in the fourth quarter with a 9-2 run to lead 60-43 at the 6:37 mark, but the Bisons did not go away quietly, finishing the game on a 17-6 run that saw the Bisons go 5-of-12 from the field and holding the Hatters to 1-of-6. 

KEY STATISTICS
Taylor Bowen set a new career-high in scoring against the Hatters on Thursday with 19 points on 7-of-8 from the charity stripe and added 13 boards, two steals and two assists. 

McKayla Miller secured her second 20-point game of the year with an even 20 on Thursday to go with five boards and three blocks. 

Molly Heard added 11 points for the Bisons with six rebounds, three assists and two steals. 

UP NEXT
Lipscomb will make the trek to Southwest Florida for a date with Florida Gulf Coast in Fort Myers on Saturday at noon EST / 11 a.m. CST from Alico Arena.