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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- The East Tennessee State women's basketball team overcame 29 turnovers by knocking down 85 percent at the free-throw line en route to a 57-53 win over Morehead State on Sunday afternoon at Johnson Arena.
ETSU won its second straight game to even its 2012-13 record to 2-2, while MSU dropped its fifth consecutive game and dipped to 1-6. The Lady Bucs outscored MSU 23-12 at the free throw line.
Morehead State fell behind by its largest deficit, 45-36, with 3:38 left but clawed its way back and trailed by just one, 45-44, after freshman Kelsey Funderburgh’s second three-pointer. The Lady Bucs knocked down 12 of their last 13 charity tosses to hold on.
ETSU also had a 30-9 rebounding edge in the final 20 minutes, finishing with 46 boards to the Eagles’ 26. MSU outscored the Lady Bucs, 32-20, in the paint, but MSU was only 3-of-25 from three-point range.
Destiny Mitchell (15), Shawn Randall (11) and Maria Bond (10) reached double figures in scoring for the visitors. Serena Clark grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds, while Bond pulled down nine.
Sophomore guard Almesha Jones scored a season-high 15 points, one short of her career-high, and nabbed a career-best six steals. Junior guard Terrice Robinson totaled 12 points, while sophomore guard Whitney Kyle yanked down a career-best seven rebounds. Funderburgh tallied a career-high nine points, hitting all of MSU’s three-pointers.
Morehead State shot 35 percent (19-of-55) overall and held the visitors to 33 percent (16-of-49).
The Eagles held their final lead at 30-29 with 12:20 left following a Jones’ layup, but the Lady Bucs went on a 10-2 run over the next four minutes to pull ahead 39-32.
Morehead State hosts Western Kentucky on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET. Live stats will be available at MSUEagles.com, and the game can be heard live on WIVY-96.3 FM or on MSUEagles.com.
