Franklin Springs, Ga.—Despite a valiant effort, the early 10-point deficit proved to be too much for the Anderson University women's basketball team to overcome falling to nonconference opponent Emmanuel, 77-67, on Tuesday evening at the Shaw Athletic Center. The Trojans drop to 4-3 overall, while the Lions improve to 2-0.
"Tough loss tonight against a discipline team," said head coach Jonathon Barbaree. "You have to give credit where credit is due, they executed their game plan defensively and we were slow to adjust. They got off to a great start and this time we couldn't close the gap."
"Again I'm proud of our team and how we never give in," added Barbaree.
KEY STATS
- Emmanuel shot 51.4 percent from the field on the day, while Anderson shot 41.4 percent.
- Anderson outrebounded the Lions 36-26.
- Emmanuel made 10-of-12 from the charity stripe, with AU making three of the five trips to the foul line.
KEY TROJANS
- J'Mya Cutter had a team-high 15 points, five rebounds, four assists, three steals and two block shots in just 16 minutes of action.
- Taylor Hair scored 13 points, six rebounds, two blocks and two steals.
- Britney Bailey contributed 13 points, four rebounds, one steal and one blocked shot.
- Kaitlin Bailey grabbed seven rebounds, while chipping in four points.
NOTES
- Tonight game was the first matchup between Emmanuel and Anderson.
- The Trojans suffered their first loss of the season when outrebounding their opponent.
- Emmanuel led wire-to-wire.
FIRST QUARTER
- Emmanuel began the game with a 10-0 run.
- Alexis Tate's made jumper at the 7:26 mark, stopped the run.
- The Lions outscored the Trojans 22-11 in the opening frame.
SECOND QUARTER
- Tate's made jumper to start the period, cut the lead to nine.
- Cutter's 3-point basket with 5:59 remaining cut the Lions lead to six.
- Emmanuel scored the next five points to give themselves an 11-point cushion.
- Back-to-back buckets by Ashley Berry and Hair cut the lead to seven points with 2:44 remaining.
- Emmanuel's Jazmin Allen scored the final two-points of the quarter to give Emmanuel a, 39-30 halftime lead.
THIRD QUARTER
- Emmanuel took its largest lead of the game at 14 points with 8:09 to play, then again at 5:28.
- Gadson's made jumper at the 4:58 pulled the game back to within 10 points, 47-37.
-Cutter's 15th point of the game on a made 3-point basket cut the Lions lead to eight.
-Emmanuel was able sneak in a basket with 46 ticks remaining to push the lead back to 10.
FOURTH QUARTER
- Hair's 3-point basket, out to the media timeout, brought AU to within seven with 4:31 to play.
- Hair's completed three point play and another made 3-point basket cut the lead to four points, 67-64, with 3:16 to go.
- Emmanuel pushed the lead back to eight with 55 second remaining.
- Gadson's made jumper with 40 seconds left were AU's final points of the contest, with the Lions dropping in four more points to set the final score, 77-67.
UP NEXT
-The Trojans will host nonconference opponent Augusta on Thursday. Tip-off is slated for 2 pm.
