Marietta, Ga. - In their second game in the Life U Classic, Freed-Hardeman (4-0) took on the hosting Life University Running Eagles (0-3).

The Running Eagles answered first, giving the Lady Lions their first deficit of the season, but Ella Wheeler answered right back with a jumper. Neither team gained more than a bucket on the other for the first eight minutes of the game, until three consecutive Jocy May layups gave FHU an 18-12 lead with 1:15 left in the quarter. Life answered with a three, before Ally Weathers and Myori Pruitt traded layups, and FHU took a 20-15 lead after the first. 

After a slow offensive start to the second quarter, Weathers scored the first bucket of the second before Life would score four in a row to cut the lead down to 1. Jenna Satterly's layup at 6:25 ended an over 2-minute scoring drought. Once a defensive battle, the end of the half turned into an offensive battle with the teams trading blows, scoring 14 combined points in a 2-minute span, before going scoreless the final minute. Going into the half, the Lady Lions held a 36-34 lead, with Life's defensive pressure forcing 11 FHU turnovers in the first half.

The Lady Lions came out aggressive with a 5-0 run, including a Kee layup and Satterly and-one. Life answered back with a 12-0 run of their own to take a five-point lead. FHU answered with a 6-0 run of their own, including four from the charity stripe, to put them back on top. The final three minutes included the Running Eagles answering every bucket from the Lady Lions, with three lead ties, and the game tied at 57 going into the final quarter.

With the game on the line, the Lady came out of the half with Kee knocking down two free throws before Life scored two of their own. Kee and Satterly combined for a 6-0 run, with Life answering with a 5-0 run. The next two minutes of action saw Weathers score 5, Kirk score 3, and Satterly score 3, for an 11-0 run and a 12-point lead. Life ended the run with a layup before the Lady Lions went on a 13-0 run over the next two minutes, including 8 from Kee, 2 more from Kirk, and an Ella Wheeler long ball. In the final 5 minutes of the game, the Lady Lions outscored their opponents  24-4, and took home the win 90-69.

Lilly Kee scored a career high 31 points, and added 12 rebounds for her third double-double of the season, shooting 10-12 from the field and 11-11 from the free throw line. Ally Weathers added 20 points and 2 blocks, and Jenna Satterly scored 19 to go with 2 blocks and 4 steals. Jocy May added 8 points, Ella Wheeler 7, and Maddie Kirk 5. 

Despite shooting 0-6 from long range in the first half and 3-14 in the game, the Lady Lions scored 56 points in the paint, and converted 23 of 25 from the free throw line.

Up Next:

After a 3-game week this week, the Lady Lions will get to rest up for Saturday's homecoming game against Bryan College, with tip-off at 1 pm.