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Women's Basketball
5 p.m. | Asbury | Wilmore, Ky.
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After going down five to nil in the first two minutes of the game, MC stormed back tying the game up 5-5 and then eventually taking the 7-5 lead at the 5:43 mark, and never looked back, leading the rest of the game. The closest the game got after that point was 5 points with 3:07 to go in the third quarter, before going back up 13 to end the quarter and went on to win 84-74.
For the second straight game, the Scots shot above 40% from behind the arc, the first time they've accomplished that this season. 31-53 (58.5%) is the second-highest shooting percentage this season for the team as well, topped only by the 58.7% against Warren Wilson.
Ella Haney was on fire during the first half, scoring a team-high 10 points in the first quarter, and eight in the second quarter to total 18 first-half points along with five rebounds. Equally as En Fuego was
Ella Tharpe who notched up 10 points in each half, along with five assists in the first half and four in the second. With that mark, she has now scored in double digits in eight of the last nine games. She also tacked on six rebounds. Kadece Stoner scored 11 in the second half to complement the other two's first-half high marks.
Asbury sits atop the CCS standings at 11-1 in conference play, and have won 11 straight coming into the game against Maryville.
Men's Basketball
7 p.m. | Asbury| Wilmore, Ky.
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Maryville head coach
Raul Placeres called it Separation Week, with the Scots attempting to separate themselves from Huntingdon while staying hot on the heels of first-place Belhaven.
Maryville did just that here Saturday, completing a 3-0 week with an 81-62 victory over LaGrange. The Scots improved to 8-1 in the Collegiate Conference of the South, two games better than Huntingdon at 6-3 after the Hawks survived at Asbury 81-78 to salvage their own 1-2 week.
After Maryville limited Huntingdon in Friday night's second half to 26.8 percent from the floor and 2-of-16 from 3-point distance, the Scots did it again Saturday afternoon. Maryville held LaGrange to 32.3 percent shooting from the floor and 4-of-22 from downtown. The Scots, meanwhile, pulled away from a 34-27 halftime lead by shooting 53.6 percent in the second half and scoring 47 second-half points. The big burst was a 27-10 start to the period over the first 7:22 out of the locker room, with Ware's 3-pointer making it 61-37 with 12:38 remaining.
MC coasted from there.
Reed Kemp scored 20 points in the first half and
Chase Morgan scored 19 in the second half. Kemp and Morgan were Maryville's top two scorers with 34 and 21 points, respectively. It was Kemp's fourth game this season with 30 or more points and his 19th in 22 starts of at least 20 points, including the last 12 in a row. Kemp finished 9-of-18 from the floor, including 6-of-10 from 3-point distance, and 10-of-12 at the line.
Asbury comes into the game standing at fourth place in CCS standings after falling to Huntingdon at home 81-78 on Saturday.
