Women's Basketball: Cold shooting dooms Bison in loss to Gators

BETHANY, W.Va. – The Bethany College women's basketball team struggled to find an offensive rhythm Tuesday evening as the Bison dropped a 73-55 decision to Allegheny College inside Hummel Field House.  

GAME FLOW

• Allegheny and Bethany exchanged buckets with Ashleigh Wheeler giving the Bison a 3-2 lead.
• The early Bison lead would be the last that the Green and White saw the lead. The Gators went on a 13-2 run to take a 15-5 lead.
• Allegheny led 23-11 after the first stanza.
• In the second period, the Gators extended their lead to 20, taking a 41-21 lead into the halftime break.
• The Gators continued their hot shooting from the field in the third quarter. Allegheny shot 8-for-13 (61.5%) while the Bison shot 7-for-22 (31.8%).
• In the fourth the Bison outscored the Gators, 19-13.

IN THE BOX SCORE

• Sophomore Ashleigh Wheeler led the Bison with 14 points. She had four rebounds, and two steals.
• Junior Makenzee Mason added 12 points and a team-high eight rebounds. She had three assists and three steals.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Allegheny shot 48.5% from the field (32-66) while Bethany shot 34.4% (21-61).
• The Bison shot 91.7% (11-12) from the charity stripe.
• Both teams were even in rebounds with 33.
• The Bison had 17 turnovers while the Gators had 16. The Gators had 16 points off of turnovers with the Bison scoring 14.

RECORDS

Bethany College – 1-3 (1-2 PAC)

Allegheny College – 2-4 (2-1 PAC)

UP NEXT

Bethany will travel to Greenville, Pa. for a PAC matchup against Thiel College on Nov. 30 for a 6 pm tipoff.