Greeneville, Tenn.-  The Lenoir-Rhyne Women's Basketball team ended their three-game losing streak with a 73-66 road win against Tusculum on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Bears also snap a ten-game losing streak against the Pioneers. Blaikley Crooks led the Bears with 22 points while Emily Harman added 19 points as the Bears led wire-to-wire for the victory. 

GAME INFORMATION:
Final:  Lenoir-Rhyne 73, Tusculum 66
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (19-5, 9-5 SAC) ,Tusculum (18-6, 9-5 SAC)
Location: Greeneville, Tenn. | Pioneer Arena

STATS AND INFO:

• Along with snapping the 10 game losing streak against Tusculum, it also snaps the five-game losing streak in Pioneer Arena. 
• With just four more conference games after tonight, if the seeds hold these two teams will face off in the SAC Quarterfinal on March 1. 
• Harman is now 36 points away from becoming the 21st player in program history with 1,000 career points. 
• Crooks has reached double figures in points in 21 of 24 games this season after her 22 points today. 

FIRST HALF:

• First quarter was all LR as Tusculum did not get its first points until 5:06 left in the quarter. The Bears raced out to a 12-0 lead. 
• The Bears went 11-16 (69%) from the floor in the first quarter as Crooks led the Bears with eight points. LR took a 23-5 advantage into the second quarter. 
• After watching Wingate's red-hot shooting on Wednesday, the Bears saw the other side of the spectrum in the first half on Saturday. Tusculum shot 26% from the floor and 20% from beyond the arc in the first 20 minutes thanks to some great LR defense.
• LR took a 33-22 lead into halftime as Crooks led the Bears with 12 and Azariah Fields had eight. 

SECOND HALF:

• After Tusculum cut the lead into single digits at 39-28, the Bears responded with an 11-2 run to open that 18 point lead once again.
• The third quarter saw 52 combined points as the Bears scored 28 points and took a 15 point lead into the final frame. 
• Five straight points by Tusculum's Blayre Shultz cut the lead to five points with 2:42 left but Emily Harman went 3-of-4  from the free throw line to make sure the Pioneers could not cut the lead to one possession. 
• Harman scored 13 of her 19 points in the second half to lead the Bears in scoring and keep the Pioneers from making a run.
• Each team turned it over 20 plus times but the Bears held the 21-17 advantage on points of turnovers. 

ABOUT THE PIONEERS:

• Jami Tham, who is the only player in the SAC averaging a double-double, had another one on Saturday. Tham had 10 points and 10 rebounds this afternoon. 
• Shultz lead the Pioneers with 18 point and added five rebounds.
• Mya Belton was the third Pioneer in double digits with 16 points.

ABOUT THE BEARS:

• Crooks led the Bears with 22 points, her fourth game of 20+ points this year. 
• Harman added five rebounds and four assists to go along with her 19 points.
• Fields had 12 points, six assists and five rebounds. 
• Hannah Stull had a career-high six steals. 

UP NEXT:  Bears will return home for their final two home games of the season. Bears will host Anderson on Wednesday and Lincoln Memorial on Saturday. Tip-off from the Shu is 5:30 on Wednesday against the Trojans.