NEA NAIA Roundup (1/21/21) Williams Baptist splits with Lindenwood-Belleville Crowley s Ridge College men fall to Lincoln College. (Source: SOURCE: KAIT) By Region 8 Newsdesk | January 21, 2021 at 10:18 PM CST - Updated January 22 at 1:29 PM
Lyon swept a basketball doubleheader Thursday. Williams Baptist split at home while Crowleyâs Ridge was swept on the road.
Williams Baptist (Women) 88, Columbia 75
A career night for Taylor Freeman (SR/Murfreesboro, Tenn.) helped lead the Lady Eagles to a comeback victory over (RV) Columbia Cougars 88-75 on Thursday night. With the win, the Lady Eagles 7-4; 4-2 in conference play.
Freeman set a new career high with 27 points, 18 of which came in the second half. The Lady Eagles went into halftime down, 45-36, but came out of halftime and really cranked it up, especially in the fourth quarter when they outscored the Cougars 32-16.
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#22 Lyon women s basketball routs Stephens in home opener By Region 8 Newsdesk | January 14, 2021 at 10:25 PM CST - Updated January 14 at 10:25 PM
Lyon picked up wins Thursday in menâs and womenâs basketball. Williams Baptist split a hoops doubleheader at Harris-Stowe.
#22 Lyon (Women) 77, Stephens 35
Behind a career-high 25 points from Paige Kelley, the 22nd-ranked Lyon College womenâs basketball team opened up the home portion of its schedule on Thursday night with a 77-35 demolition of Stephens College in American Midwest Conference play.
The Scots improved to 3-0 (3-0 AMC), while the Stars fell to 0-3 (0-3 AMC).
Lyon got off to a fast start and took a 13-3 lead midway through the first quarter after a three-pointer by Mari-Hanna Newsom. The last time that Stephens was even within single digits came at the 2:14 mark of the first quarter after Maddy Denslow split a pair of free throws. The Scots went on to close the quarter on a
NEA NAIA Roundup (1/7/21) Williams Baptist splits with Lindenwood-Belleville Crowley s Ridge College men fall to Lincoln College. (Source: SOURCE: KAIT) By Region 8 Newsdesk | January 7, 2021 at 10:42 PM CST - Updated January 7 at 10:42 PM
Williams Baptist, Lyon, & Crowleyâs Ridge all swept basketball doubleheaders on Thursday.
Williams Baptist (Men) 61, William Woods 59
The Eagles defeated the William Woods Owls 61-59 for their first conference win of the 2020-21 season in a game that went down to the wire.
The Eagles had a slow start to the game that saw them facing a 32-26 deficit at halftime. The Eagles were able to make strides at the beginning of the second half, but could never find a way to take the lead. In fact, the Eagles werenât able to take the lead until there was 2:17 left in the game, when Shackeel Butters hit two free throws that gave them a one-point lead.