FT. WORTH, Texas -- The No. 19 John Brown University women's basketball team faced a quick 8-0 deficit that ballooned quickly as the Golden Eagles (10-5, 4-2 Sooner Athletic) fell 69-49 at Texas Wesleyan in a lopsided affair on Thursday night (Jan. 11) inside the Sid Richardson Center.
In a night that little went well for the visitors, the lone bright spot was junior Baily Cameron's 21-point effort on a 9-of-18 evening from the floor. Senior Kimmy Deines reached double-figure scoring for the first time in nine game with 11 points and six boards. Cameron led all players by securing nine caroms.
Marred by five turnovers and a 2-of-8 start from the field, the Golden Eagles had their hands full as Nicole Gleason started out the contest with four triples, building an early 19-5 lead for the Rams (4-11, 2-5), which has won just twice in its last 10 contests.
What You Need to Know
» The Golden Eagles shot just 33.9 percent (19-of-56), its lowest shooting percentage in eight games and its second-worst single-game mark of the season.
» Junior Baily Cameron topped the 20-point mark for the fourth time this season
» On the back of four triples from Nicole Gleason, Texas Wesleyan jumped out to an early 19-5 lead and never looked back.
» The Rams entered the contest with a -2.4 average scoring margin, while JBU enjoyed a near +19 average margin.
» The win for Texas Wesleyan broke a four-game JBU winning streak in the series. |
A pair of Deines triples helped stem the tide, but John Brown's 11-point hole at the end of the first, 21-10, jumped back up to 15 early in the second after consecutive Ram triples.
Cameron's old-fashioned three-point play and a Deines layup brought the distance to eight, 32-24, but triples from Tomi Sanchez and Falesha Fuller re-established a 17-point TWU lead at the intermission.
The Rams finished the contest 10-of-16 from behind the arc in the first half, making 10 buckets behind the arc, compared to just six inside.
The remainder of the contest stayed within a double-digit cushion for the Rams, which broke JBU's three-game winning streak, until Gleason's sixth triple fell to cement the 20-point margin of defeat for the Golden Eagles.
John Brown, the nation's leading three-point shooting team, managed a sub-par conversion rate for the contest, hitting just 5-of-27 attempts from long range (18.5 percent). Wesleyan entered the contest hitting just a third of its triples this season, finished 12-of-26 (46.2 percent).
Gleason led all scorers with 24 points on 8-of-14 shooting, including six triples, and dished out five assists and recorded four steals. Evie Whorley added 13 points and eight boards while Tomi Sanchez came off the bench to add 11 points in the win.
An always-difficult road trip, JBU will finish the two-game stint in Texas on Saturday (Jan. 13) with a 1 p.m. tip-off at Southwestern A.G. (Texas).
