SEWANEE, Tenn. - The University of the South women's basketball team fell 75-57 to Berea College in a Monday night contest inside Juhan Gymnasium.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Score: Berea (3-0) 75, Sewanee (2-4) 57
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HOW IT HAPPENED
-Sewanee got out to a fast start, scoring the first six points of the game and nine of the first 11 after a triple by
Lilly Phillips gave the Tigers the 9-2 lead.
-Berea would chip away and retake the lead with 2:38 left in the opening stanza, but an
Olivia Falvey and a triple by Phillips gave the Purple and White a 16-13 lead with 1:44 left in the period.
-The Mountaineers would reclaim the lead with a 3-pointer by Jayden Merriweather at the end of the period, but the Tigers started the second period thanks to six straight points by Sydney Wright.
-Despite Sewanee having the 22-18 advantage, Berea immediately wiped it away with an 11-0 run. The Tigers did cut the deficit to one thanks to a three-point play by
Kayla Antoine, but a 12-7 run by the visitors made the lead six, 41-35, at the break.
-Berea's full-court press heated up in the third quarter, as they started the period on a 12-0 run to make it an 18-point affair, 53-35.
SEWANEE KEY STATISTICS
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Kayla Antoine led the Tigers with 16 points on 6-of-12 shooting with nine rebounds.
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Camryn Broussard and
Cydney Wright each had nine points. Off the bench,
Olivia Falvey corralled eight rebounds.
BEREA KEY STATISTICS
-Drea Satori led all scorers with 19 points thanks to 7-of-10 from the field and added four boards and three assists.
-Destiny Combs scored 12 points and picked up 10 boards.
UP NEXT
Following a few days off, the Tigers will head to Demorest, Ga. to take on the Pride of Greensboro College in a neutral site contest on Saturday.
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