CLARKSVILLE - Austin
Peay State University women's basketball team trailed for one and a half
minutes but scored 29 points over the next 10 minutes en route to a 76-63 Ohio
Valley Conference victory against Southeast Missouri, Thursday night, at the
Dunn Center.
Austin Peay (2-5, 1-0) won
its first home game in its fourth try this season.
The Lady Govs scored
the game's first basket but surrendered four straight points and trailed, 4-2,
at the 18:13 mark. Southeast Missouri held its lone lead until junior Brooke Faulkner hit the first of her four three-point field goals with 16:51 left.
That shot ignited a 29-8 Lady Govs run that ended with APSU leading by 19
points, 31-12, with 8:42 remaining. Southeast Missouri would trim the deficit
and trailed by 14 points, 40-26, at halftime.
Southeast Missouri
(2-4, 0-1) came out of the break and scored the second half's first five points
to slash the lead to nine points, 40-31, with 18:15 left.
However, Austin Peay
stemmed the tide with junior Ashley Herring's three-point field goal. Senior
Nicole Jamen stymied the Redhawks on their next two possessions, tapping the
ball away at the top of the key and taking the loose ball to the other end for
easy layups each time. Those seven points were part of a 20-10 APSU run that
pushed the lead back to 19 points, 60-41, with 6:37 remaining.
The Redhawks would
close to within 10 points twice during the final 10 minutes but the Lady Govs
made 8 of their 10 free throws during that span to secure the victory.
Faulkner led the Lady
Govs with 14 points, making a career-high four three-point field goals. Jamen
had a perfect shooting night, making all six of her field goals and converting
her one free throw try, to finish with 13 points. Herring added 13 points - her
sixth straight double-digit scoring outing - seven rebounds and four assists.
Sophomore Lauren Sharpe
led Southeast Missouri with 16 points. Freshman Lesley Adams finished with nine
points and 10 rebounds in a foul- laden 24-minute outing.
Austin Peay completes
its OVC December pairing when it hosts Eastern Illinois in a 5:15 p.m.,
Saturday contest.
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