Women's Basketball: Lopez earns first career win; Bison defeat Yellow Jackets

BETHANY, W.Va. – The Bethany College women's basketball head coach Mikayla Lopez earned her first career win as a head coach in the Bison's 82-74 victory over Waynesburg University Saturday afternoon.

GAME FLOW

• Waynesburg held an early 3-2 lead after an Avery Robinson three-pointer. The lead was quickly taken away when senior Sophie Morey knotted the game at 3-3 and moments later, Bella Skobel made a layup giving the Bison a 5-3 lead.
• The Bison would pull ahead 14-3 and led 17-8 after the first stanza.
• In the second quarter, the Yellow Jackets scored the first seven points cutting the deficit to two, 17-15. The Bison strung together a few small runs to build the lead back up to 33-17. A layup and back-to-back three pointers by the Yellow Jackets cut the Bison lead to 35-25.
• Bethany led 37-31 heading into the halftime break.
• In the third the Yellow Jackets cut the deficit down to as close as four points in the third but the Bison continued to answer the Yellow Jackets threat.
• The Green and White led 61-50 after three quarters of play.
• Despite being outscored 24-21, the Bison were able to hang on for the victory.

IN THE BOX SCORE

• Sophomore Lindsey Garrison and freshman Francesca Mulas led the Bison with 14 points apiece.
• Senior Sophie Morey added 12 points and eight rebounds, while Bella Skobel contributed 12 points.
• Ashleigh Wheeler added nine points while pulling down five rebounds and dishing out four assists.  

BY THE NUMBERS

• The Yellow Jackets held the slight rebounding advantage, 32-31.
• Bethany shot 32-for-61 (52.5%) from the field while Waynesburg shot 25-for-62 (40.3%) from the field.
• Both teams had 10 assists.

RECORDS

Bethany College – 1-2 (1-1 PAC)

Waynesburg University – 0-3 (0-2 PAC)

UP NEXT

Bethany will host Allegheny College in a PAC matchup on Tuesday, Nov. 22 inside Hummel Field House for a 6 pm tipoff.