Third Quarter Effort Puts Away Pesky Pioneers; 67-54

Third Quarter Effort Puts Away Pesky Pioneers; 67-54

ANDERSON, S.C. – Anderson University women's basketball used a 25 point third quarter to put away South Atlantic Conference foe Tusculum, 67-54, in its season conference opener on Wednesday night at the Abney Athletic Center.

KEY STATS

  • The Trojans held the Pioneers to 22-of-74 (29.7%) shooting for the game
  • Tusculum forced 11 first half turnovers with AU committing zero turnovers in its third quarter push
  • Pioneers scored 22 points off of the 20 Trojan turnovers
  • Tusculum placed two players in double-digit scoring (Mia Long-12 pts) and (Yolizma Cupidan -10 pts)
  • Anderson led the game for a total of 34:50 with two lead changes and three ties

SCORE BY THE PERIODS

TEAM

1ST

2ND

3RD

4TH

FINAL

ANDERSON

20

11

25

11

67

TUSCULUM

13

19

12

10

54

NOTES

  • Junior Alexy Mollenhauer led all scorers with a game-high 21 points and 17 rebounds. Mollenhauer has recorded a double-double in 5-of-6 games played this season
  • Senior Erika Martin scored a season high 13 while grabbing a career-high nine rebounds
  • Senior Ace Easter contributed 12 points in 33 minutes of action
  • Junior Amari Grevious chipped in six points while grabbing a career-high 14 rebounds
  • Sophomore Alexis Tate provided a solid 24 minutes off of the bench netting seven points while ripping down six rebounds

UP NEXT

Anderson travels to Queens on Saturday to continue conference action. Tip-off is slated for 2 pm.