Greeneville, TN.-- Tusculum used a 23-10 second quarter run to jump ahead of the Bears in a 66-49 win in SAC Opener for both teams.
Inside the Matchup:
Final: Tusculum 66, Lenoir Rhyne 49
Records: Lenoir Rhyne (2-4), Tusculum (6-1)
Location: Pioneer Arena I Greeneville, TN
Stats of the Game:
- After a back and forth first quarter, the Bears struggled from the field in the 2nd quarter shooting 2-12 for the quarter. The Pioneers ended up taking a 23-10 run to open up a 15 point halftime lead.
- LR ended up shooting 20 from 59 from the field for 33.9% and 5-18 from three point (27.8%)
- Madeline Hardy was the only Bear in double figures. Hardy had 14 points on 5-14 shooting from the field.
- Hanna McClung had a season-high 9 points; McClung went 3-5 from three point range for the Bears.
- The Bears had 21 turnovers leading to 24 fastbreak points for the Pioneers.
- Kiara Moore had four blocks for LR in 15 minutes
- Hardy and Karlie Bearden each had seven rebounds, however LR got out rebounded 48-37.
Beyond the Box Score:
- Tusculum is ranked third in the D2SIDA Women's Basketball Southeast Region Rankings that came out yesterday.
- Before tonight's game; Tusculum and LR have spilt the last 10 meetings. However Tusculum has now won the last five games.
- With 14 point tonight, Madeline Hardy is now sitting on 399 career points.
- Bears have now lost five straight SAC openers; LR's last SAC opener win was against Queens in 2014.
Up Next: Bears will take the short trip to Charlotte Saturday afternoon for a 2:00 PM tip against Queens.
