Women’s basketball earns seventh consecutive victory
BARBOURVILLE, Ky. (Nov. 20, 2021) — Sheyvonne Owens connected for a career-high 20 points to lead the Point University women's basketball team to a 77-60 Appalachian Athletic Conference victory over Union College Saturday afternoon on the road. With Saturday's win, Point advances to 7-0 (4-0 AAC).
Owens opened the scoring up in the first quarter with an old-fashioned 3-pointer, and Iyanna McMillan followed with a made layup to help Point take an early 5-0 lead. The Skyhawks extended its lead out to 11 with a made layup from Hannah Williams making the score 18-7. Marta Gimenez opened the second quarter with a layup to extend Point's lead 20-7, but the Bulldogs would battle back and bring Point's lead back down to seven with under two minutes remaining in the half.
The Skyhawks would close the half out with back-to-back made shots from Jasmine Griggs and McMillan to extend its lead back out to 11 and enter the second half leading 34-23.
Owens started the second half off in similar fashion as she opened the game, with an old-fashioned 3-pointer before Union responded with a made basket from the perimeter, followed by a a layup to bring the score back within nine (37-28). After a 30 second Skyhawk timeout, Williams scored Point's next 10 points, starting with a jump shot followed with back-to-back triples and ending with a layup to extend Point's lead out 47-32. With 4:30 left in the quarter, McMillan connected for a 3-pointer to give Point a 20 point lead (52-32). The Skyhawks would lead by double figures for the remainder of the game.
Owens led all scorers, going 8-for-12 from the field and 4-for-5 from the charity stripe, and added six rebounds to her stat line. McMillan followed with 16 points, going 6-for-14 from the field and 3-for-7 from the perimeter. Williams and Alexis Tate finished with 12 points apiece each going 5-for-11 from the field. Tate finished with seven rebounds, two assists and four steals and Williams finished with five rebounds, three assists and two steals. Marta Gimenez finished the day with eight points, six rebounds, six assists and three steals.
"Today was a great team win and I'm proud of the effort of our young ladies," Head Coach Tory Wooley said. "Collectively, we did an outstanding job on the defensive end as Marta took on the responsibility of guarding the opposing team's best player and holding the reigning player of the year to only six points.
Shey was special for us and she did an outstanding job dominating on the inside. Iyanna's consistent shooting has been great and we're excited about a much needed Thanksgiving break so we can come back ready to close out the new year on a great note."
Point, will be back in action on Wednesday, Dec. 1 at Bluefield University. The Skyhawks will play a total of four games in the month of December, three on the road and one inside West Point Park Gymnasium. The Skyhawks' final home game of the 2021 portion of the schedule will be on Wednesday, Dec. 8, against Paine College.