CLEVELAND, Tenn. - No. 25 Lee shot 56 percent, and knocked down 10 three pointers, in a 95-71 win over the Christian Brothers University women's basketball team, on Saturday afternoon, at Walker Arena.
The setback kept the Lady Bucs from earning a spot in the Gulf South Conference Tournament.
CBU finished with its most wins (12) since the 2016-17 season.
TIP OFF
Score: No. 25 LEE 95 (23-5, 21-3 GSC | CBU 71 (12-16, 9-15 GSC)
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- Lee made 12 of its 18 first quarter shots to take a 28-13 lead.
- The Lady Flames led by as many as 19 points, in the second quarter, but CBU cut the deficit to 46-31 at the break.
- Lee shot 19-32 in the first half, including 3-8 from three point range.
- Early in the third quarter, CBU cut the lead to 13 but the hosts responded to take a 67-48 lead to the fourth quarter.
- Lee knocked down five of its 10 three point attempts in the fourth quarter to outscore CBU 28-23 and finish the scoring.
KEY STATS | NOTEABLES
- CBU shot 25-54 in the contest (46 percent), but were held to just 2-17 from three point range.
- The Lady Bucs were 19-23 from the free throw stripe, while Lee finished 13-16.
- CBU outrebounded the hosts 30-28.
- After scoring 15 points on Thursday, Kallie Searcy paced CBU with a career-high 25.
- Yaya Coleman (13) and Emily Jones (11) were the other double-figure scorers for the Lady Bucs.
- Jeremia Montgomery added nine points and a game-high eight boards.
