Lady Hawks open season with loss to Birmingham-Southern
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Birmingham-Southern (1-0) | 10 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 56 | |
Huntingdon (0-1) | 14 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 49 |
Birmingham-Southern
Game Statistics | Birmingham-Southern | Huntingdon |
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Field Goals | (20-57) | (17-57) |
Field Goal % | 35.1% | 29.8% |
Rebounds | 43 | 38 |
Assists | 9 | 7 |
Turnovers | 20 | 20 |
Pts off Turnovers | 23 | 20 |
2nd Chance Pts | 8 | 5 |
Pts in the Paint | 22 | 12 |
Fastbreak Pts | 0 | 0 |
Bench Pts | 16 | 18 |
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Huntingdon women's basketball team fell to Birmingham-Southern 56-49 on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams.
Huntingdon rallied from a nine-point deficit at halftime and built a 12-point lead in the second half. But the Panthers made a late push and controlled the final quarter.
Trailing 27-18 at halftime, Huntingdon outscored Birmingham-Southern 30-11 in the third quarter. Behind 10 third-quarter points from senior Shaonica Thomas, Huntingdon tied the game midway through the quarter before back-to-back 3-pointers by Wyatt Bak and Alexis Osteen put Huntingdon in front 47-35 with 46 seconds left in the quarter.
But from there, the momentum swung to the Panthers.
Thomas had a team-high 15 points to go with five rebounds and four steals. Alina Shoemake added eight points and five rebounds and Indya Lawrence had a team-high seven rebounds.
Records: Huntingdon (0-1); Birmingham-Southern (1-0)
Coming Up: Huntingdon plays at Averett on Nov. 16 at 1 p.m. (Central).