Women's Basketball: Sharp shooting Bison defeat Barons

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio – The Bethany College women's basketball team earned their third straight victory after defeating the Franciscan University Barons, 89-49, Wednesday afternoon.

GAME FLOW

• The Barons lifted the scoring lid first but their lead only lasted thirty seconds as the Bison knotted the game at 2-2 after Kate Botti made a fast break layup that sparked the Green and White scoring. Bella Skobel hit back-to-back three's adding to the Bison lead. Bethany extended the lead to the double-digits just under the five minute mark after Skobel scored her ninth point of the game. At the end of the first stanza the Bison led, 31-11.
• In the second quarter, momentum shifted to the Barons. Franciscan went on a 10-0 run to cut the deficit in half and would outscore Bethany, 18-12 in the second quarter.
• Bethany led 43-29 at the half.
• The Bison started off the second half shooting the lights out. The Green and White outscored the Barons, 46-20 in the second half.

IN THE BOX SCORE

• Bella Skobel led the Bison with 22 points with five assists and two rebounds. She went 8-for-14 from the field.
• Lindsey Garrison added 14 points and three assists.
• Alyssa Serensky had 11 points.
• Ashleigh Wheeler led the Bison with six assists.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Bethany shot 54.5% from the field (36-for-66) and 45.8% (11-for-24) from behind the arc.
• The Bison held the Barons to 30.8% (20-for-65) from the field and 33.3% (6-for-18) from behind the arc.
• The Bison scored 36 points off of 20 Barons' turnovers.

RECORDS

Bethany College – 9-6 (7-3 PAC)  

Franciscan University – 3-12 (1-9 PAC)

UP NEXT

Bethany returns to action on Saturday, January 13 inside Hummel Field House against Westminster College at 1 pm.