SEWANEE, Tenn. –
Olivia Falvey netted 22 points off the bench and Sewanee used a 15-1 run to start the fourth quarter to break open a tight game en route to a 76-64 win over Hendrix College in women's basketball action here Sunday at Juhan Gymnasium.
The Tigers (8-9, 1-3 SAA) led 50-48 at the end of three quarters but broke open the contest after Riley Brady tied the game with two free throws to start the period. Falvey started the spurt with a layup before a 3-pointer by
Lilly Phillips and then a triple from Falvey.
Hannah Cleveland scored near the rim on two straight possessions and Falvey's three extended the lead to 65-51 with 4:40 remaining, forcing a timeout by the Warriors (7-10, 0-4), their last of the game. Hendrix missed five shots and committed four of its 26 turnovers in the contest during the Sewanee run.
Brady scored after the timeout to end the stretch and Brooklyn Rowe netted two foul shots for the Warriors, who got as close as nine points on a 3-pointer from Bella Cates with just under two minutes to play.
Falvey made 8-of-17 shots overall with three 3-pointers and grabbed seven rebounds for the Tigers. Cleveland finished with 18 points with a pair of triples and eight boards and
Cydney Wright, who played much of the second half in foul trouble, added 16 points.
Brady led the Warriors with 15 points and 27 rebounds, 10 on the offensive glass, but connected on just 5-of-16 shots from the field. Cates was the only other Hendrix player in double figures with 11 points, though Ava Knoedl and Simone Shields collected eight points apiece.
Hendrix took a 6-4 edge in the first four minutes behind a pair of baskets from Brady, but the Tigers netted the next eight points. Cleveland made a 3-pointer before a basket from Falvey and then an old-fashioned 3-point play by Wright for a 12-6 Sewanee advantage.
Rowe answered with a triple for the Warriors and Megan Gray hit another for the visitors, cutting the Tigers lead to 16-14. Knoedl connected on two foul shots for Hendrix but Wright netted two for Sewanee with 4.3 seconds left in the period for a 20-17 Tigers lead after 10 minutes.
The teams traded 3-pointers to start the second period, with one by Cates knotting the game at 20 before Falvey banked in a three for Sewanee. Neither team scored for more than three minutes before a layup and then two free throws from Falvey made it 27-20.
Cates hit another triple for the Warriors but a basket by Wright and a 3-pointer from
Brianna Keating-Rendon increased the Sewanee lead to 32-24 with two minutes left in the half. Wright added a driving layup, but Knoedl and Gray each connected on triples in the last 75 seconds of the quarter, cutting the Tigers advantage to 34-30 at the break.
Wright posted 11 points and Falvey collected 10 off the bench while Hendrix made 6-of-12 from 3-point range. Cates led the Warriors with eight points and Gray registered seven off the bench.
Wright and Cleveland each recorded field goals to start the third period before an 8-2 spurt by the Warriors knotted the game at 40. Brady made two foul shots, Natalie Edmonson posted two baskets and Shields scored on a layup for the Warriors.
Cleveland's triple ended the run, but Shelby Heil and made a layup and Shields netted two free throws for a one-point edge for Hendrix. Keating-Rendon and
Kayla Northrup each recorded 3-pointers for Sewanee before two field goals from Shields made it a two-point game headed to the final quarter.
Sewanee travels to Centre College this Wednesday for a 4 p.m. CT contest and returns home next Sunday, taking on Millsaps College at 1 p.m.
