The No. 16-ranked Ashland University women's basketball team will return home at 3-2 following a second straight win in Tennessee, 77-71, over No. 12 Union on Monday (Nov. 24) night.
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Home-standing Union is 4-3 after scoring 14 points less than its season average (85.3 ppg.) coming into the game.
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Ashland led 11-7 outside of the game's first media timeout, and sophomore guard
Corri Vermilya had seven of those early points. Union then scored eight points in a row, helping lead to a 16-13 Bulldogs lead through one.
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Union extended that advantage to 20-13 to start the second quarter, but a Vermilya layup at the first-half buzzer cut the Bulldog lead to two points at 35-33 at the break – and gave her 11 heading into the locker room.
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Back-to-back 3-point field goals from graduate guard
Jenna Badali put Ashland back on top at 44-40 early in the third period, then baskets from junior forward
Katelyn Harabedian, freshman forward
Jenna Slates and Harabedian moved the Eagle advantage to 50-40.
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Ashland led by double digits for most of the third, but heading into the fourth, that lead was 56-49. Consecutive triples from sophomore point guard
Ashley Mullet lifted the Eagles to a game-best lead at 62-50. Mullet's third trey of the quarter gave AU a double-digit lead again at 67-57.
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A DOUBLE-DOUBLE…AND NEARLY TWO MORE
- Slates' first career collegiate double-double featured career highs of 16 points and 16 rebounds.
- Junior guard Lexi Howe ended with 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists, and Vermilya added 14 points and nine boards.
- Mullet posted 11 points, as four Eagles scored in double figures.
- The Eagles out-rebounded the Bulldogs by a 50-38 count.
- Ashland kept Union to 35.6-percent shooting from the field and 26.3 percent from 3-point range.
NEXT UP
The end of a four-game road swing on Dec. 1 at 5:30 p.m. at California, Pa. (3-5).
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