BPC Downs Firehawks On Saturday

Courtesy of BPC

Saturday’s road trip to Pulaski, Tenn. proved to be a successful one for the Brewton-Parker Women’s Basketball program as they were able to take down Tennessee Southern for their sixth Southern States Athletic Conference win of the season.

The Lady Barons (148, 6-6 SSAC) were able to return to winning ways, extinguishing the Firehawks (4-13, 3-9 SSAC) for the second time this season in a 66-53 win on the road, snapping a three-game losing skid.

“I challenged our team in a major way last night and this morning,” Head Coach Steve Edwards said. “They responded like I expected, and I am proud of them. We look forward to continuing to improve.”

How It Happened | First Quarter

The Firehawks opened with an early 6-0 punch in the first 90 seconds of play before a pair of treys from A’Aliyah Clay and a bucket from Madison Evans shifted the lead into the hands of the Lady Barons with an 8-6 advantage with 6:25 on the clock.

After a leveling score from UTS, Brewton-Parker took a 14-8 lead over the next two minutes as Clay knocked down another shot from beyond the arc followed by an “and-one” play from Evans. BPC finished the period on a hot run, outscoring the Firehawks 11-2 in the final three minutes to hold a 25-10 lead.

Clay led with an impressive 15-point display, shooting 5-of-8 from beyond the arc while Evans scored eight points while shooting 3-of-4 from the floor.

How It Happened | Second Quarter

Nearly two minutes in, no score from either side fell until the Firehawks found a long-distance bucket to open the quarter. Keonya Mincey hit a distance bucket of her own at the 7:04 mark and went 1-of-2 from the charity stripe at the 5:08 mark to give BPC a 29-13 edge.

Madison Evans connected for her second three-pointer of the game with 4:13 on the clock to move the Lady Barons’ lead to 19. Tennessee Southern responded with an 8-2 run over the next couple of minutes to cut the deficit down to 13, but Clay answered with her sixth trey of the game with 30 seconds remaining to close the quarter with a 37-21 lead.

How It Happened | Third Quarter

The Firehawks came out of the break with a strong 10-2 run in the first four minutes to cut the deficit down to eight points. A jumper from Tajahnae Wiggins at 4:38 moved the BPC lead back to 10 points before the hosts responded with five points over the next few minutes.

Another trey from Clay with six seconds left gave BPC a 44-36 lead to close out a quarter where UTS led 15-7 in scoring.

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Fourth Quarter

Four points from Angel McRae and a bucket from Wiggins opened the quarter for BPC, moving the Lady Barons to a 50-36 lead within the first 30 seconds. For most of the game, both teams were competing in back-andforth action until BPC closed with the 66-53 victory.

Brewton-Parker outscored the hosts 22-17 in the period and was led by eight points from McRae and seven from Evans. McRae finished with an unblemished 3-of-3 from the floor. BPC scored just six field goals in the quarter but went 10-of-17 from the foul line with Evans shooting 5-of-7.

Inside The Statistics

· BPCfinished shooting for 42.3% (22-of-52) from the field, 33.3% (10-of-30) from three, and 60% (12-of-20) from the foul line.

· Clayledthegame with a season-high 25 points, scoring seven times from beyond the arc.

· Evansfollowed behind with 22 points, seven rebounds, and six assists while McRae notched 10 points and a leading eight boards.

· TheBPCdefense snagged six steals from 15 UTS turnovers.

· Brewton-Parker earned the regular-season sweep over the Firehawks with the win and snapped a three-game losing streak.