Botti Nets Career-High as Bison Roll

WAYNESBURG, Pa. - Five players reached double figures as the Bethany College women's basketball team slowly pulled away in the second half to record the 99-77 win over Waynesburg in Presidents' Athletic Conference action inside the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse. 

Sophomore Kate Botti notched a career-high 25 points with a season-high 10 rebounds for her first double-double of the season, and the fourth of her career. Botti added a career-high four blocks in the game.  

Senior Lindsey Garrison continued her hot scoring streak with 23 points on 8-of-13 shooting, including 4-of-6 from three-point range.  

Junior transfer Kaedlee Potter shot 7-of-9 from the floor for 16 points. She added five rebounds and four assists. Graduate student Bella Skobel tied a season-high with 15 points and senior Ashley Wheeler finished with 10 points.  

Bethany used an efficient fourth quarter, scoring 32 points on 12-of-14 shooting, including making all three three-pointers attempted in the final frame. The Bison outscored their host 32-21 in the frame. 

While it was the efficiency of the fourth that all coaches searched for, the third quarter witnessed the gradual pulling away for the Green & White. The Bison scored nine of the first 13 points of the third quarter and extended its advantage with a 10-5 spurt. 

There were a couple of spurts, 7-0 and 13-5, in the first quarter for the Bison as Bethany led by nine at the end of the first. Waynesburg held the control in the second, outscoring BC, 27-21.  

INSIDE THE BOX & NOTES 

• The Bethany defense forced three shot-clock violations and a 10-second violation among the 15 turnovers forced. 
• Bethany led from start to finish. 
• The Bison held Waynesburg's leading scorer, Kalista Friday, to three points in her first start of the season. She came into the game averaging 17.0 points per game.  
• Garrison has reached double figures in all five games this season, including back-to-back 20-point contests. 
• Potter has scored in double-figures in four straight games. 
• Bethany made (19) and attempted (25) a season-high from the foul line.  
• BC shot a season-high 57.4 percent (35-of-61) from the floor and a season-high 58.8 percent (10-of-17) from three-point range.  

Bethany (3-2 overall, 2-0 PAC) returns home 5:30 Wednesday, hosting Franciscan. 

This article was written by Assistant Athletic Director for Communications, Jayson Ameer Rasheed. If you believe that there are mistakes in information-- or have a separate thought relating to the event in the article-- please email ameer.rasheed@bethanywv.edu for any corrections/comments.