LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ga. - Covenant hosted Belhaven in its annual Max Out Barnes game in a matchup between two teams with a 3-1 CCS record in Barnes PE Center. After rallying from an early 20-point deficit by coming as close as six in the fourth quarter, the Scots came up short losing a highly competitive game, 67-57.

Final: Covenant 57, Belhaven 67
Records: Covenant (7-6, 3-2 CCS), Belhaven (7-6, 4-1 CCS)

FIRST QUARTER:

• Belhaven scored the game's first six points before layups by Lucy Benson and Abby Witt pulled the Scots within two points.
• After some back and forth action, the Blazers finished the quarter on a 10-1 run in the final 3:20 of the quarter to give them a 22-10 lead after the first.

 SECOND QUARTER:

• Belhaven continued their success in the beginning of the second quarter as Coach McIntosh had to call a timeout with her team down 29-12.
• Covenant started to find it's offense late in the first quarter as they went on an 8-0 run in just 46 seconds off the backs of threes by Faith Wasden and Abby Slaton, which was followed by a steal and break away layup for Wasden. This run cut the Belhaven lead to 35-23.
• A buzzer-beating layup from Belhaven gave it a 38-23 lead going into the locker room for halftime.

 THIRD QUARTER:

• Covenant came out with a different energy in the second half as they cut the Belhaven lead to 40-29 after a 3-pointer from Breezy Savage and three free throws from Witt.
• Covenant kept itself within striking distance with the help of Cair Canady who made a layup and an old-fashioned three point play to help cut Belhaven's lead to eight with 4:37 to play in the third quarter..
• The Scots scored the last four points of the quarter including a buzzer-beating jumper from Hannah Eidson to trim the Belhaven lead to 51-43.

• Covenant continued to fight in the fourth as a basket from Amanda Neff and three from Slaton kept the deficit at eight.
• A layup and a steal in the back court from Benson with two minutes to play kept the Scots close but they couldn't make enough shots at the end, eventually falling 67-57.

GAME NOTES: 

• Covenant moves to 3-5 all-time against Belhaven.
• Savage led the Scots balanced scoring attack with 10 points to go along with four assists, three steals, and three rebounds.
• Slaton and Canady each contributed eight points off the bench.
• Witt led the team in rebounding with eight, to go along with five points.
• Covenant outrebounded Belhaven 42-40.
• The Scots were cold from the floor making just 25% (5-20) of their three pointers, 38% (21-56) of their shots from the floor, and 50% (10-20) of their free throws.
• Covenant's turnovers hurt it, especially in the first half as it ended up with 28 for the game while Belhaven had 21 turnovers.

UP NEXT: Covenant travels to Piedmont on Tuesday night at 5 p.m. for another conference game.

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