The No. 20-ranked Ashland University women's basketball team defeated Lake Erie, 70-40, on the road on Monday (Dec. 16) night in a Great Midwest Athletic Conference contest.
A third straight victory puts the Eagles at 9-3 overall and 3-1 in the league, while the Storm is 2-5, 0-3. Ashland is 24-0 all-time vs. Lake Erie.
Ashland used the long ball to take an early lead, as a pair of 3-point field goals from senior forward
Zoe Miller made it a 10-2 game at the first-quarter media timeout. A layup from graduate guard
Lydia Sweeney put AU up by double digits for the first time at 14-4, and thanks to 13 Miller points, the end of the first quarter had the Eagles up 21-4.
Despite a prolonged scoring drought in the second quarter, Ashland went into the locker room leading 35-12. Miller had 15 points at the half, and the Eagles were out-rebounding the Storm by a 23-6 count.
The two teams played even in the third quarter, with Ashland heading into the fourth with a 52-29 advantage.
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- Miller finished with a game-high 19 points, along with seven rebounds, two assists and two steals, while making 7-of-9 from the field, 3-of-4 from beyond the arc and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line. She moved into 27th place on AU's all-time scoring list with 1,055 points as an Eagle.
- Sweeney's all-around game featured 14 points, six rebounds, six steals and two assists. She made 6-of-9 from the floor and both attempts from the charity stripe.
- Senior forward Hayley Smith, named Great Midwest women's basketball Athlete of the Week on Monday, grabbed 11 rebounds – the third straight game and seventh time in 2024-25 in which she had double-digit caroms.
- Ashland's rebounding advantage was 46-14, and the Eagles kept the Storm to 26.0 percent from the field and 0-of-15 from downtown.
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