LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Led by six triples from Taylor Holt, the Lipscomb University Women's Basketball team drilled 13 shots from beyond the arc and assisted on 17 of the team's 25 field goals, as they were no match for Bellarmine University. The Bisons cruised to a 30-point win, 74-44, Thursday night inside Knights Hall.

Final Score: Lipscomb 74, Bellarmine 44
Location: Louisville, Kentucky (Knights Hall)
Records: Lipscomb (9-15, 6-7), Bellarmine (2-24, 0-13)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
After Bellarmine took an early 5-2 lead at the eight-minute mark early of the first quarter, the Bisons went on a 13-2 run to make it a 17-9 lead through one quarter. 

Taylor Holt and Maris Zurliene drilled back-to-back 3-pointers to start the second stanza and swell the lead to 23-11 with 8:47 left in the half. 

Shooting 7-of-16 in the second period and outscoring the Knights 18-5, the Bisons made it a 35-14 halftime lead. 

Despite Bellarmine trimming the Lipscomb lead to 18 with under nine minutes left in the third, a 12-2 run made it a 28-point lead for the visitors, 49-21, at the third quarter media break. 

Field goals by McKayla Miller and Molly Heard late in the third made it a 30-point lead, 56-26, at the end of the quarter. 

Holt scored half of the 18 points for Lipscomb in the fourth, as they rolled to a 30-point win. 

HERD NOTES
The 74 points scored for the Bisons is the most in an Atlantic Sun Conference game this season. 

The 13 triples are the most in a game this season, and the 17 assists mark the high point in a league game in 2026. 

Bellarmine's five points in the second quarter is the second-lowest output by a Lipscomb opponent in program history, missing the school mark of four against Austin Peay back in January. 

Additionally, the 14 points in the first 20 minutes of play is tied for the fourth-lowest in a half overall and third-lowest in any first half. 

Prior to the Central Arkansas game on Feb. 7, no Bison player had connected on five or more 3-pointers in a game this season. On Thursday at Bellarmine, they did it back-to-back games. Taylor Bowen set a career-best five triples at UCA, and Taylor Holt followed with six from downtown in Louisville on Thursday night. 

The six 3-pointers in a game by Holt are tied for the fourth-most in Lipscomb's Division I record book, last done by Jalyn Holcomb against Jacksonville in 2025. 

KEY STATISTICS
18 of Lipscomb's 22 bench points came from redshirt freshman Taylor Holt, who knocked down 6-of-13 from downtown. 

With all seven active players scoring on Thursday, McKayla Miller led the Bisons with 19 points on the night thanks to a 7-of-10 performance from the field and four triples. She also added three steals. 

Molly Heard knocked down 7-of-13 for 16 points and totaled nine rebounds, three steals, three blocks and two assists. 

Taylor Bowen earned a career-high five assists and also grabbed 12 boards and stole three possessions to go with her six points. 

Hope Counts also contributed eight points, six rebounds, five assists and three blocks. 

UP NEXT
Four of the five games remaining on the schedule will be at home for the Bisons. A two-game home stand starts up for Lipscomb on Saturday against Queens for a 1 p.m. tip.