Women's Basketball: Presidents Edge Bison

Washington, Pa. – The Bethany College women's basketball team fell to the Washington & Jefferson Presidents 59-50 in a PAC contest inside Salvitti Family Gymnasium Wednesday evening.

GAME FLOW

• After a scoreless two and half minutes to begin the game, the Presidents struck first with a shot from behind the arc.
• On the next Bison possession, freshman Lindsey Garrison hits a three knot the game at 3-3.
• The Bison trailed 11-9 after the first stanza.
• In the second quarter the Bison and Presidents battled with the Green and White gaining momentum to take the lead away from the Presidents.
• Freshman Ashleigh Wheeler hit shot from behind the arc to give the Bison a 19-18 lead.
• With the game knotted at 21-21, Makenzee Mason hits an old-fashioned three point play to give the Bison a 24-21 lead with 1:32 left in the second stanza.
• Moments later, Mason powers in another three-point play to give Bethany a 27-21 lead.
• The Bison took a six point lead into halftime.
• Mason scores the first bucket in the second half. Moments later, the Bison force a 10-second call leading to an Alexis Heap bucket to give the Bison a 31-21 lead.
• W&J chipped away at Bethany's lead scoring nine points to take a 31-30 lead.
• Taylor Stinnett ended the W&J run to give the Bison a three-point lead.
• Moments later, W&J knotted the game at 33-33 and took the lead with 1:25 to go in the third.
• A Wheeler three deadlocks the game at 35-35, but the Presidents we able to regain a 37-35 lead to end the quarter.
• The Presidents continued with the momentum in the fourth stanza hitting back-to-back threes to take an eight point lead, 43-35.
• Senior Courtney Walker pulled the Bison within five (47-42) with a short jumper in the paint.
• Another Walker jumper pulled the Bison within three with 4:06 to go in the final stanza.
• Wheeler hit a three to knot the game at 47-47 with three minutes to go, but the Presidents climbed out and pulled ahead by five.
• With 2:10 to go, Wheeler hit another shot from downtown to pull the Bison within two, 52-50.
• With under forty seconds to go, the Presidents nailed a dagger three with seconds left on the shot clock.
• The Presidents' three sealed the victory over the Bison.

IN THE BOX SCORE

• Makenzee Mason led the Bison with 16 points
• Ashleigh Wheeler had 13 points and four assists
• Taylor Stinnett had two blocks along with four rebounds and four points
• Lindsey Garrison had nine points

UP NEXT 

The Bethany Bison return to action after the holiday break, when they travel to Marietta, Ohio to face the Carnegie Mellon Tartans on Wednesday, December 29 at 5 pm.