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| Women beat Wildcats for a 8-14 overall
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Josh Dernosek
Sports Major Beat |
Josh Brown | Chief Photographer Aisha Bryant (25) and the Mountaineers
defeated Davidson 63-53 in the George M. Holmes Convocation Center
Tuesday.
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After a five-minute standstill
with the score tied 5-5 it appeared that neither Appalachian State
or Davidson College had brought an offensive assault with them Tuesday
night.
Finally mid way through the first half the lady
Mountaineers went on a 22-4 run to give them a commanding lead over
the Wildcats, then eventually pulling out the victory 63-53.
What started slow turned into a rush of offense
and momentum for Appalachian behind the games leading scorer freshman
Kiki Conyers. Conyers was a perfect 6-of-6 in the first frame and
ended the game with 18 points.
“Those first shots felt good and we have
worked on those everyday in practice, just trying to get in and
shoot over the top,” Conyers said. |
“[Conyers]
did a tremendous job, I think that is the best part of her game,”
said head coach Adrienne Shuler. “She did a tremendous job
of getting past the first defender and pulling up over the second
defender.”
Sophomore Lindsay Smith had a break out game for the Mountaineers
as she went 4-of-7 from behind the three-point arc, netting 14 points.
“It felt good to come out and produce tonight after struggling
[against ETSU],” Smith said.
Once in the lead Appalachian held control and momentum for the better
part of the game. Late in the second half the Wildcats implanted
a full-court press that confused and frustrated the Mountaineers
at first.
Davidson pulled a 21-point Appalachian lead down to nine with this
pressure but that was as close as they would get, as the Mountaineers
eventually won by 10.
Leading the Wildcats was junior guard Ashley Hallstead with 12 points
and senior forward Bethany Schott netted nine and pulled 10 rebounds,
almost accruing a double-double.
“We got too into trying to run the clock down and stopped worrying
about shooting,” Smith said. “They were able to hit some
shots and get back into the game, but we picked it back and realized
that we needed to score and play defense.”
“Our game plan going in was to play behind them, but we couldn’t
give them that deep of position,” Shuler said.
“We did a good job of forcing them off the blocks and making
them shoot over the top, then controlling the boards.”
The victory put Appalachian at 8-14 overall and 7-6 in the Southern
Conference. Davidson is now 10-12 overall and fell to 5-8 in the
conference.
Don your black and gold Tues. Feb. 18 as the Appalachian Lady Mountaineer’s
face Wofford College in Boone at 7 p.m. |
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