Tigers Pick Up First Conference Win

Mt. Vernon, GA- The Golden Tigers basketball team bounced back from Thursday's tough loss to cruise past Brewton Parker today 73-48 and earn their first SSAC win of the season. The Barons drop to 2-5, 1-3 with the loss and the Tigers improve to 5-2, 1-2. Brenau raced out of the gate and built an early 10-2 advantage and were never threatened after that as they picked up their first ever win at Brewton Parker. By halftime the score was 36-28 as the Tigers handled the full court pressure and shot well from behind the arc.Ashley Hagans led the scoring with 20 points and added seven rebounds and Paige Cooper and Vicky Wilson also hit double figures with 13 and 10 respectively. Tori Collins continued her recent good play with eight points, including 2-2 from three point land and four steals. Meg Henson and Nikki Reed (who got her first starting assignment today) chipped in with six points each. Brenau shot a blistering .793 (23-29) from the free throw line and forced 28 turnovers while staying even on the boards with the taller Barons. They also held BPC to .302 from the field (19-63) with good solid team defense. "There were times today when we played the kind of basketball that we need to play if we want to contend in the conference," said Coach Gary Bays. "I was particularly pleased that we bounced back from the loss at Southern Poly on Thursday." The Tigers will play next Saturday at home in a rematch with Milligan, whom they defeated earlier on the road.