Basketball Tops Toppers For Third Straight Win
The Brenau basketball team used a strong defensive effort to defeat Blue Mountain (Miss.) College 60-52 and win their third straight Southern States Conference road win on Monday in Blue Mountain.
The Golden Tigers outscored the Toppers in three quarters, including holding the home team to only nine points in the opening period to capture their 11th win of the season.
Brenau led the entire game, shooting 22-55 (40%) from the floor, while Blue Mountain was 18-63 (29%) for the game.
"Getting three straight road wins is really tough," said head coach Kris Stewart. "We played exceptional defense throughout the game and hit some key shots in the second half to hold off Blue Mountain. Coach Driskell and Blue Mountain are a very good team and we knew that they would make a run. Our bench gave us a really big boost defensively in the first quarter, so this was a great team win."
Autumn Dodson led all scorers with 19 points, while Sydney Hass scored eight of her 10 points in the second half. Jasmine Knight recorded her second consecutive double-figure rebounding game with 12 rebounds.
Raylin Starks led Blue Mountain with 11 points.
Brenau (11-5 overall, 4-4 SSAC) next hosts Brewton Parker (Ga.) College on Thursday at 5:30 pm in Gainesville.