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Covenant College Scots
breezy fast break
Abby Yorke
59
Winner Maryville (TN) MVILLE 11-13,10-5 CCS
48
Covenant COV 9-13,5-9 CCS
Winner
Maryville (TN) MVILLE
11-13,10-5 CCS
59
Final
48
Covenant COV
9-13,5-9 CCS
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Maryville (TN) MVILLE 13 18 17 11 59
Covenant COV 12 1 12 23 48

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Late Charge Not Enough For Covenant Against Maryville

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ga. - Covenant rounded out its home slate with a battle against Maryville. A late charge for Covenant proved to be too little too late as Maryville left town with an 11-point win. 

Final: Covenant 48, Maryville 59
Records: Covenant (9-13, 5-9 CCS), Maryville (11-13, 10-5 CCS)

FIRST QUARTER:

  • Abby Witt scored Covenant's first six points with a 3-pointer and an old-fashioned 3-point play to put her team up 6-2. 
  • A basket by Cair Canady followed by made free throws from Amanda Neff put the score at 10-5. 
  • Maryville went on an 8-0 run to take the lead before Ora Hall scored with 23 seconds left to cut the lead to one point at 13-12. 

 SECOND QUARTER:

  • Maryville outscored Covenant 18-1 this period to blow open a 31-13 lead. 

 THIRD QUARTER:

  • The two teams traded defensive stops and baskets for the first five minutes before Hall knocked down a 3-pointer to make it 34-18.
  • Seven points for Maryville in just over a minute pushed them ahead 44-22.
  • Maryville extended its lead to 25 points before Savage scored with under a minute left which put the score at 48-25.

 FOURTH QUARTER:

  • Covenant's lone basket in the first five minutes was a triple from Savage as the score read 52-28. 
  • Covenant scored eight points in row to gain some momentum before Maryville responded with the next five points to stay up 21 points. 
  • Across just over a minute, Covenant knocked down four 3-pointers, with two coming from Abby Slaton to get within nine points. 
  • Maryville iced the game with free throws in the final 20 seconds. 

GAME NOTES: 

  • Covenant moves to 14-35 all-time against Maryville. 
  • The senior duo of Savage and Witt led Covenant with 13 points and 10 points. 
  • Neff tallied nine rebounds for Covenant. 
  • Olivia Cathers scored 23 points for Maryville to lead all scorers. 
  • Covenant was 36.2% (17-47) from the field and 32% (8-25) shooting 3-pointers while Maryville was 40% (20-50) and 33.3% (6-18) in the same categories. 
  • The rebound margin was tight with Covenant edging out Maryville 32-30.

UP NEXT: Covenant visits Asbury on Thursday night at 5 p.m.   

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