BRISTOL, Tenn. – After trailing by as much as 12 during the fourth quarter at King University, the LMU women's basketball team cut the lead to 62-59 with a little over two minutes remaining in the game. The Tornado would rally and score five of the last six points of the contest as they held off LMU 67-60 Wednesday evening.
LMU falls to 0-2 on the season, while King improves to 2-3 with the win.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• LMU took a 5-0 lead and maintained it until late in the first quarter.
• The Tornado then scored nine unanswered points and held a 21-18 lead at the end of the first stanza.
• King extended the lead to 35-25 with two minutes remaining in the half.
• The Lady Railsplitters would make a late surge and cut the lead to 39-31 at halftime.
• LMU's defense held the Crusaders scoreless to only 25 percent shooting in the third quarter, while shooting 30 percent themselves.
• The Lady Railsplitters would claw their way back to within four points, 48-44, following a pair of
Lindsay Proffitt free throws.
• King extended the lead to 58-46 with 5:43 left in the game before back-to-back three pointers from
Kyndall Caudle and
Toni McCombs sparked a 13-4 run to cut the lead to 62-59.
• LMU then went cold from the field as they only scored one free throw down the stretch as King held on for the 67-60 win.
KEY STATS
•
Shermeria Quarles led LMU with nine points and 12 rebounds as she just missed out on her second career double-double. Her other double-double was exactly one year ago – against King.
• Arielle Holloway led the Tornado with a career-high 22 points.
• LMU shot 38.5 percent from the field and hit seven-of-24 three pointers (29.2 percent).
• King hit 42.9 percent from the field but we cold from three-point range, only hitting 18.8 percent.
• LMU struggled at the free throw line, hitting 3 of the seven free throws (42.9 percent) for the night. King was slightly better, shooting 62.5 percent with nine more chances at the line.
• LMU won the rebounding battle, pulling down 41 rebounds to 40 by King. 15 of those were offensive rebounds.
• LMU converted 14 points off of 10 King turnovers, while the Tornado scored 21 points off of 17 Lady Railsplitter turnovers.
UP NEXT
The Lady Railsplitters will open South Atlantic Conference play Saturday evening at Wingate. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.
