Women's Basketball Defeats Bruins to Start Home Schedule

Saturday, November 7

Nashville, Tenn.

1:30 pm

Lipscomb University

1-2,0-0ASUN

Carolina University

0-2

Team	1	2	3	4	F
CarolinaU	11	10	13	15	49
Lipscomb	17	22	30	21	90

Box Score (PDF)

11/7/2026 7:47:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

NASHVILLE – On National Bison Day (and Bisons Weekend on campus), it was all Bisons for the Lipscomb University Women's Basketball team (1-2), as they took down Carolina University (0-2) from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, 90-49, Saturday afternoon from Allen Arena.

HOW IT HAPPENED
After Alexis Gibbs opened the scoring with a 3-pointer for Carolina, Taliah Lee answered with a 3-pointer at 9:12 and Lipscomb scored the next 10 points, getting a layup and free throw from McKayla Miller, a transition layup from Lee and another Miller layup to move ahead 10-3.

The Bruins responded with a MeiLani Patterson layup and a Gibbs 3-pointer to cut the margin to 10-8, before CC Quigley's putback made it 12-8 and Jada Pleasant's 3-pointer made it 12-11. Quigley followed with a layup off Elena Bertrand's assist at 2:10, then added a free throw after an offensive rebound before Hannah Richardson scored inside at the end of the period to give the Bisons a 17-11 lead after the first quarter.

In the second, Lee scored inside and Miller added two free throws as the Bisons moved ahead 21-11 before Miracle Irving hit a 3-pointer for the Bruins at 7:28. Lipscomb answered with a 10-0 run, getting baskets from Lexi Primus, Mia Smith and Miller before Hannah Richardson's two free throws made it 31-14 at 3:34.

During that stretch, Hope Counts and Miller came up with steals, Counts added a block, and CarolinaU went without a point until Mya Smith scored at 2:39. Kennedy Sproule added a jumper, and CC Quigley scored a layup and free throw before hitting a 3-pointer to put the Bisons up 39-19, with Alexis Gibbs' late free throws closing the second quarter at 39-21.

Counts and Miller hit early third quarter 3-pointers off Smith assists, and Miller added a steal before her basket as the Bisons moved ahead 45-21. After Carolina made two free throws, the Bisons put together a 12-0 run from 8:32 to 6:24, with Primus, Lee and Miller connecting from 3-point range before Primus finished a layup and free throw for a 57-23 lead.

Alexis Gibbs scored the next six Bruins points to make it 57-29, but Presly Samz answered with a jumper and Quigley added a 3-pointer and free throw as the Bisons pushed the margin back out. Miller scored six more points down the stretch, and the Bisons closed the third quarter with a 69-34 lead.

Carolina scored the first four points of the fourth quarter on two Alexis Gibbs free throws and a MeiLani Patterson jumper, but Richardson blocked a layup and Tess Wiczek grabbed the rebound before assisting Presly Samz's 3-pointer that put the Bisons ahead 72-38 at 7:25. CarolinaU kept scoring with a Jada Pleasant 3-pointer and jumper, and after CC Quigley's layup for the Bisons, Patterson's two free throws and Ariel Adderton's jumper made it 74-47 at 5:01. Quigley started a 16-0 Bisons run with a 3-pointer at 4:30, Elena Bertrand followed with a steal and layup, and the Bisons added baskets from Smith, Samz, Wiczek, Sproule and Quigley while holding CarolinaU scoreless until the final seconds. Gibbs scored at :09 to end the CarolinaU drought, and the Bisons closed out a 90-49 win.

HERD NOTES
The Bisons improve to 15-12 since the 2000-01 season in home openers.

KEY STATISTICS
All 11 active players registered at least two points in the game.

CC Quigley led the Bisons with 22 points in 22 minutes off the bench on 8-of-11 with seven rebounds.

McKayla Miller added 21 points on 7-of-9 shooting with seven rebounds and two blocks.

Lexi Primus and Taliah Lee each scored 10 points, while Mia Smith added five assists.

Hope Counts had three steals and two blocks.

UP NEXT
The two-game home stand concludes on Thursday evening when Mississippi Valley State comes to town for a 6 p.m. opening tip.