COLUMBIA, Ky. — Competing in their final road trip of the regular season the No. 4 Freed-Hardeman University Lady Lions had a huge second half to put away the Lindsey Wilson College Blue Raiders 71-47.
The Lady Lions (23-3, 7-3 MSC) fell behind early but promptly scored the next 12 points to storm ahead to a 12-2 lead thanks to the forward tandem of
Kaylee Odom and
Kelsey Bender. After a free throw from LWC put the Blue Raiders back on the board Bender and Odom connected for layups before
Alaina Stiles' free throw ended the first quarter with FHU leading 17-9.
Lindsey Wilson (15-11, 2-8 MSC) jumped back in during the second quarter by connecting on back-to-back 3-pointers to narrow the margin to as little as four points before Stiles and
Brooklyn Crouch connected from long range to open an eight-point run to push FHU's lead to 31-19. The Blue Raiders hit four free throws to end the half with the Lady Lions leading 33-25.
As has been the case all season the Lady Lions turned it up to 11 by tallying 19 points in each quarter. Odom and Crouch opened with layups before
Jenna Satterly's triple made it a 15-point lead for the maroon and white. FHU and LWC traded scores until Satterly's jumper made it a 52-36 FHU lead after three quarters.
The FHU defense did not allow a made shot by the Blue Raiders until a jumper at 3:06. Meanwhile the Lady Lions continued to dominate in the paint with
Lucy Curry's layup sealing the 71-47 win.
Both teams attempted 49 shots, but the Lady Lions connected on more than double LWC's total with 29 makes to the Blue Raiders' 13. The Lady Lions scored 46 points in the paint while Lindsey Wilson had four.
Kaylee Odom was 9-10 from the floor to score a game-high 20 points.
Jenna Satterly tallied 11 points while
Kelsey Bender added 10.
Rachel Satterly joined Bender with six rebounds while Brooklyn Couch led with five assists.
Up Next
Two huge games await the Lady Lions to wrap up the regular season. They first host the No. 6 University of the Cumberlands on February 20 before the No. 11 Tigers of Georgetown College visit Henderson on February 22.
