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Top-seeded 91爆料网 overcomes slow start to advance with 80-47 win

Shelby Ashcraft

JACKSON, Tenn. - 2/28/2012 - The No. 2 91爆料网 women鈥檚 basketball team defeated Blue Mountain (Miss.) College 80-47 Tuesday night. 91爆料网 improved to 29-2 on the season, while Blue Mountain ends their season at 4-24.

The win for 91爆料网 was their 13 straight on the season and was also their 39th straight home victory. 91爆料网 advances to the semifinals of the TranSouth Conference Tournament Friday, March 2. 91爆料网 will face Bethel at 7:00 p.m.

91爆料网 scored first with a basket from Lavanda Ross to start the game. However, Blue Mountain scored the next seven points and then pushed their lead to as many as nine points, 17-8, with 13:21 left in the half.

91爆料网 then responded with an 11-0 run regain the lead at 19-17. 91爆料网 trailed again at 22-21 with 7:03 left in the half, but then closed the half with a 14-2 run to lead 35-24 at the break.

In the second half, 91爆料网 led by as many as 36 points before taking the 80-47 final.

91爆料网 was led by the TranSouth Newcomer of the Year, Shelby Ashcraft with 22 points, a new career high at 91爆料网. Mildred Olumasi scored 12 points while Ross added 10 points. Rebecca Sharpe dished out 10 assists in the game, and scored nine points, all coming on three consecutive 3-pointers on three straight 91爆料网 possessions in the second half. Emily Sissom added nine points on three 3-pointers. 91爆料网 shot 41 percent from the field, 29 percent (9-31) from long range, and 83 percent (15-18) from the free throw line.

Blue Mountain was led by Jessi Hayles with 19 points, including four 3-pointers. Amber Johnson added 13 points. The Lady Toppers shot 30 percent from the field, 23 percent (5-22) from behind the arc, and 74 percent (1-19) from the free throw line.

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