MARYVILLE, Tenn. -- Wednesday night, the women's basketball team traveled to compete against a 6-5 Maryville College team, who is now 2-0 in the GSAC. Covenant hoped to improve their own record, but now stand at 4-9 and 3-2 in GSAC play after Maryville controlled the whole game and won by a final score of 70-43.

Maryville started off with a quick five point lead in the opening minutes of the game. Thanks to a few free-throws by Morgan Woodward and Christine Core, Covenant came back and tied the score at 8-8. But Maryville then scored 13 straight points and eventually ended the first half with a seven point lead. Covenant's Lady Scots had a difficult time making baskets and only had a 28 percent shooting average in the first half.

The second half was similar as Maryville even increased their shot percentage to 47%, which allowed them to start the second half with a 12-2 scoring run. With only five minutes remaining, the Maryville Lady Scots pulled even farther away with an 11-0 run to take their largest lead of the game at 70-40.

Jessie Blankenship led both teams in scoring with 18 points and also earned six rebounds. Morgan Woodward had 10 points off the bench to go along with two steals.

Maryville's Janell Menard hit 17 points for the night. What really made the difference for Maryville was the bench scoring 30 points, with all but one of their players scoring during the game.

Covenant's next game is against LaGrange College at 2 p.m. at Lookout Mountain on Saturday, January 14.