Thursday (Jan. 8) night at Lake Erie, Ashland University's women's basketball team earned its third consecutive victory, all within the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, 67-49.
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The Eagles improve to 8-5 overall and 4-3 in the league, while the Storm are 3-10, 2-5.
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Neither team got off to a strong offensive start on Thursday night, and five minutes in, the Storm had a 7-6 lead. Coming out of the game's first media timeout, however, the Eagles scored nine points in a row to move in front – and force Lake Erie to stop the contest.
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After the first quarter, Ashland led 18-8 – and didn't turn the ball over once.
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The Eagles went up by double digits at 29-19 inside of the three-minute mark of the second quarter, then that lead was extended to 35-19 at the end of an 11-0 AU run. Ashland hit on 51.9 percent from the field in the first half, and kept Lake Erie to 24.1 percent.
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Halfway through the third quarter, the Eagles went up by 20 points for the first time (45-25), but with 10 minutes to go, the Storm had worked the score back to 49-36.
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Ashland kept Lake Erie off the scoreboard for nearly half the fourth quarter en route to victory.
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SLATES BACK ON THE DOUBLE-DOUBLE BOARD
- Freshman forward Jenna Slates earned her seventh double-double of the season on Thursday night (19 points, 12 rebounds).
- Senior guard Alysa Lopez scored a season-high 18 points, and added five rebounds, three assists and a block.
- Redshirt freshman forward Kyra Hill (eight points) was the 10th different Eagle to start a game in 2025-26.
- The Eagles turned the ball over just eight times – marking back-to-back games with single-digit turnovers for the first time since March 11 and 13, 2023.
- AU turned 11 Lake Erie turnovers into 17 points.
COMING UP
The second of four consecutive road games on Saturday (Jan. 10) at 1 p.m. at Walsh.
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