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Rachel Ferguson
61
Winner LeTourneau LETU-W 6-17
58
Belhaven BU 7-16
Winner
LeTourneau LETU-W
6-17
61
Final
58
Belhaven BU
7-16
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
LeTourneau LETU-W 19 11 16 15 61
Belhaven BU 12 12 14 20 58

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Contact: Matt Kinney, Sports Information Director, mattkinney@letu.edu

LETU Women's Basketball Spoils Belhaven Senior Day, Wins 61-58

JACKSON, Miss. – Building a 19-12 lead after the first 10 minutes of play, the LeTourneau University women's basketball team managed to fend off a late rally from host Belhaven University for a 61-58 victory at Rugg Arena in Jackson, Mississippi on Saturday, February 9th.
 
LETU earns the season sweep over Belhaven to improve to 6-17 overall and 3-11 in the American Southwest Conference. The Blazers fall to 7-16 overall and 3-12 in ASC play following the loss.
 
How It Happened:
  • Belhaven would look to utilize the momentum of senior day as the Blazers would score eight of the first 11 points of the contest to open an 8-3 lead with 5:35 left in the first quarter.
  • Chauntel Acosta and Keauna Whitfield would bring the YellowJackets back with an 8-0 run in a span of 1:06 to take an 11-8 lead before seeing an Alexis Caldwell layup pull BU back within one at 11-10.
  • LeTourneau would respond with an Alexandria Thorne triple to go back up four at 14-10 as the YellowJackets would close the first quarter on an 8-2 run to open a seven-point lead heading to the second quarter.
  •  After a Whitfield layup to open the second period, Belhaven would use a six-point spurt to close within three before Acosta would answer with her second three of the game to put LETU up 24-18 midway through the quarter.
  • The YellowJackets would take their largest lead of the half at 30-21 with 41 seconds remaining before seeing the Blazers score the final three points of the half to cut the deficit to 30-24 at the break.
  • Seven of the first nine points of the second half would be scored by Belhaven to cut the YellowJacket lead down to a single point at 32-31 before seeing both squads go back and forth in the scoring column with the Blazers eventually grabbing a 35-34 lead.
  • Thorne would look to get her team back in the game by scoring the next five LeTourneau points and allowing LETU to reclaim the lead at 39-37 before an Olivia Eweni layup put LeTourneau back up four with 2:30 left in the third.
  • The LETU run would continue with five more Thorne points to allow LeTourneau to match their largest lead of the game yet again at 46-37 and hold a 46-38 lead heading to the fourth.
  • A back-and-forth fourth quarter saw LETU stave off numerous Belhaven rallies as neither team could score more than three points in a row over the first seven minutes of the quarter.
  • Whitfield would put LETU up seven at 54-47 with 3:32 remaining as the Blazers would be unable to get closer than two points in the final minute as free throws would allow LeTourneau to escape with the victory.  
 
Key Stats:
  • An 18-11 advantage in bench points for LeTourneau helped the YellowJackets overcome a 19-8 advantage in second-chance points as LETU would connect on 44.2 percent (23-of-52) of their shots from the field.
  • 16 of LeTourneau's bench points would come from Madison Mayfield (nine points) and Sha'Donnaver Young (seven points) as Thorne would lead the team with a game-high 17 points and eight rebounds.
  • Whitfield (13) and Acosta (10) also managed to reach double-figures in the scoring column, with Whitfield grabbing five rebounds and adding three assists.
 
What's Next?
LeTourneau gets a chance to close out the regular-season at home beginning Tuesday, February 12th against East Texas Baptist University at 5:30 p.m. The game will serve as the second rendition of the Highway 80 Rivalry this season after facing off in Marshall back on December 13th.
 
 
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