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Hamilton
80
William Jewell WJC 2-6,1-2 GLVC
81
Winner Southwest Baptist SB 4-5,2-2 GLVC
William Jewell WJC
2-6,1-2 GLVC
80
Final
81
Southwest Baptist SB
4-5,2-2 GLVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
William Jewell WJC 21 18 23 18 80
Southwest Baptist SB 17 20 25 19 81

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | David McFeely, Director of Media Relations

Bearcats Edge Out Cardinals in Intense GLVC Matchup

Bolivar, Mo. – The SBU women's basketball team bounced back with a thrilling 81-80 victory over the William Jewell Cardinals Saturday afternoon. This win moves them to 4-5 (2-2 GLVC) on the season.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • There were 12 lead changes & 12 ties throughout the entire game
  • Odett Schlegl opened the game making back-to-back three pointers breaking a two-game field goal drought
  • SBU would soon take a 3-point lead followed by a quick Jewell 4-point lead; which led to the Cardinals leading 21-17 after 10 minutes
  • Cardinals held onto that lead until the 3-minute mark when Amber Storr tied the game at 32
  • The tie was short lived as Jewell led at half 39-37
  • Six points from Tori Hamilton in the early minutes of half two, kept SBU within reach trailing by four
  • Bearcats took their first lead since the early minutes of the game at 2:51 left in 3rd quarter off a three-pointer from Storr
  • Both teams finished the third quarter tied adding to the drama and intensity
  • SBU held a three-point lead early into the 4th
  • There were two more lead changes until the game became a free throw challenge with SBU leading 77-76
  • Cardinals would hit three free throws to SBU's one giving them a 79-78 lead with 22 seconds remaining
  • A foul with just under 9 seconds left, put Kristin Edmonds at the line where she would make 1 of 2 to tie it up at 79
  • A wild final seconds featured a Jewell turnover and foul, with Edmonds making both free throws
  • An SBU foul in which the Cardinals shooter only made 1 of 2 giving SBU the win
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Hamilton led the team in scoring with 19 points and was 1 rebound shy of her third straight double-double
  • Schlegl and Storr tied each other with 15 points
  • Kristin Edmonds notched 12 points with six from the charity stripe
  • The team as a whole shot 52.7% from the field & 37.5% from three
  • Bearcats outrebounded the Cardinals 38-20
 
UP NEXT
The Bearcats will play one more game before break on Wednesday, December 18th against Oklahoma Wesleyan. This game will take place in the Meyer Center with a scheduled start time of 12:00pm.
 
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