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MOREHEAD, Ky. – Morehead State didn’t take much time to decide the outcome of its game with visiting Tennessee Tech Saturday night. A 21-6 run to open the game helped the women's basketball Eagles go on to defeat the Golden Eagles 80-45.
MSU improved to 18-6 overall and 11-2 in the Ohio Valley Conference, winning their fifth consecutive game and equaling MSU’s longest success streak of the year. The 18th win also allowed this year’s Eagle squad to become the fourth winningest MSU team since 1981-82. TTU fell to 9-14 and 4-9 in the league.
For the second straight game the Eagles placed four players in double figures. Ashley Martin and Courtney Lumpkin led MSU with 15 points each. Chynna Bozeman scored 12, while Tiffanie Stephens tallied 10. Lumpkin also had seven assists. The Eagles grabbed a season high 60 rebounds to TTU’s 44. Freshman Ashar Harris, the OVC’s leading glass cleaner, pulled down 18.
“They’re (TTU) the second best team in the league in rebounding so that was a huge emphasis tonight,” said head coach Mike Bradbury. “Out post players also really ran the floor well and we got some easy layups. Ashley (Martin) has been playing well lately but she has been practicing well also.”
MSU was relentless on the offensive glass early, and that led to a 12-4 lead in the first six minutes. The Eagles upped the lead to 16-4 in the next three minutes. TTU started the game 2-for-14 from the field.
The margin increased to 21-6 with 9:54 left in the first half. Bozeman hit her first trey at the 10:21 mark on the clock and then backed it up with a 10-foot jumper 25 seconds later. Tech continued to misfire and the Eagles’ transition game continued to heat up. With 3:07 left in the first half, the Eagles were up 37-13.
MSU led 44-17 at the break, shooting 45 percent and out-rebounding the Golden Eagles 34-16. It marked the fifth straight half the Eagles had eclipsed the 40-point plateau.
The Eagles went on to lead by as many as 38 in the final half.
MSU shot 42 percent for the game (28-of-67) while holding the Golden Eagles to just 22 percent. The Eagles hit 8 of their 24 three-pointers and 16 of their 21 free throws.
TTU got a 12-point, 10-rebound double effort from Kellie Cook. Allison West Mason scored a career high nine points in a career high 23 minutes.
The Eagles travel to Eastern Illinois on Thursday, Feb. 11 for a 6 p.m. EST game that will be for first place in the league.
