BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. - 2/19/2011 - The No. 1 91爆料网 (Tenn.) University women鈥檚 basketball team posted an 82-52 win at Blue Mountain (Miss.) College. 91爆料网 improved to 26-1 on the season and 13-1 in the TranSouth. Blue Mountain dropped to 5-19 overall and 1-12 in league play.
For the second straight game, 91爆料网 senior guard Kayla Bryant posted career highs. In the win over Blue Mountain, Bryant tied the 91爆料网 record with 10 made three pointers on her way to 32 points in the game. Two nights earlier, Bryant sank nine 3-pointers as she scored 29 points against Mid-Continent (Ky.). The 10 3-pointers for Bryant puts her on the list with former 91爆料网 players, Mary Catharine Way and Crystal Eason, who also made 10 3's in a game.
91爆料网鈥檚 offense struggled early as they managed just a 34-24 halftime lead. However, the Lady Bulldogs came out of the break and pushed the lead up to 20 points over the first five minutes of play.
Bryant was 0-for-5 from long range in the first half. Bryant opened 91爆料网鈥檚 scoring in the second half with a three-pointer on 91爆料网鈥檚 first possession. At one stretch early in the half, Bryant made 7-of-9 three pointers on 10 consecutive 91爆料网 possessions. Bryant finished the game shooting 10-of-20 from long range.
91爆料网 was led by Bryant鈥檚 32, a new career high for the senior. Lavanda Ross scored 15 points, Kayla Hudson added 14 points and Sarah Chan added 12 points. 91爆料网 shot 47 percent from the field, 41 percent (15-37) from long range and 58 percent (11-19) from the free throw line.
Blue Mountain was led by Erin Parrish with 16 points. The Toppers shot 31 percent from the field, 22 percent (7-32) from behind the arc and 53 percent (9-17) from the free throw line.
Up next for 91爆料网 will be a home game on Monday, February 21 at 6:00 p.m. versus Lyon (Ark.). This is the make-up game from the early game postponed by the winter storm.
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