SEWANEE, Tenn. –
Kayla Antoine and
Cydney Wright both netted 19 points, helping Sewanee jump out to an early lead and holding off Hendrix College, 83-76, in women's basketball action here Sunday at Juhan Gymnasium.
The Tigers (4-14, 2-5 SAA) started the game with a 17-3 run and led 34-19 early in the second quarter, but the Warriors (2-16, 0-7) ended the first half with a 15-4 spurt, pulling within four, and Hendrix stayed within 10 points the entire second half, though Sewanee never lost the lead.
Hendrix posted the first basket of the third quarter but an 8-1 run by the Tigers pushed their advantage to nine, 46-37, with Antoine making two free throws and Wright collecting a pair of field goals. The Sewanee lead remained between five and nine points the remainder of the period, with
Brianna Keating-Rendon hitting a 3-pointer and
Olivia Falvey made a pair of triples, part of her 18-point effort.
Antoine's basket plus the foul with 44 seconds remaining in the quarter made it a nine-point game again, but Riley Brady made a layup for the Warriors to end the period, with Sewanee taking a 62-55 edge to the final eight minutes.
Antoine started the final period with a layup and made 1-of-2 free throws on the next possession, pushing the lead back to 10, but the Warriors answered with a jumper and a 3-pointer by Natalie Edmonson.
Falvey made another triple on the other end and
Faith Humphrey hit a runner in the lane, but the Warriors kept bombing away, with Megan Gray making another trifecta for the visitors, who finished 8-for-28 from behind the arc, 4-of-11 in the fourth quarter.
Antoine scored again underneath and Wright made a layup on the break, stretching the advantage back to nine. Ava Knoedl hit another 3-pointer for Hendrix and Brady followed with a layup, pulling the Warriors within, 76-72, with just under two minutes to play, but that was as close as Hendrix would get.
Wright drilled a three from the corner on the ensuing Sewanee possession and Antoine made a layup after a miss by the Warriors. Falvey and Humphry each connected on 1-of-2 at the foul line in the final 30 seconds to ice the game for the Tigers.
Shay Conn and Humphrey both finished with 12 points for Sewanee, giving the home team five players in double figures. Brady led three Hendrix players in double-digits with 16 points while Megan Gray netted 15 and Knoedl had 14, including four triples.
Sewanee jumped out to a 17-3 lead six minutes into the game, with Falvey netting eight of the first 11 points of the contest with a pair of 3-pointers and Conn adding a triple. The Warriors cut into the deficit before the end of the period thanks to a basket by Shelby Heil and an old-fashioned 3-point play from Brady.
The Tigers took a 23-13 advantage into the second quarter and scored seven straight in the first 90 seconds of the period, with a field goal by Humphrey and a 3-pointer and short jumper from Conn, forcing a timeout by Hendrix.
Sewanee led 34-19 with 6:45 left before the half after a layup by Humphrey, but the Warriors put together a 15-4 spurt to end the quarter, with the Tigers making just 1-of-9 from the field, 2-for-4 at the foul line and committing three turnovers during that stretch.
Six different Hendrix players scored during the run, including two free throws and a 3-pointer by Bella Cates. Wright's layup in the final minute ended a six-minute drought without a field goal for the Tigers, but a 15-footer by Simone Shields just before the halftime buzzer cut the Sewanee lead to 38-34 at the break.
Conn led the Tigers with 10 points while Falvey collected eight and
Kayla Antoine and Humphrey each added six.
Sewanee travels to Rhodes College next Friday and Hendrix next Sunday before ending the home schedule February 2 and 4 against Millsaps and Birmingham-Southern.
