Rockets, RedHawks Earn Sunday Victories
Sunday’s Women’s Basketball Results
Miami 59, Austin Peay 52
Toledo 76, Northern Kentucky 73
Bradley 66, Central Michigan 57
Michigan State 79, Western Michigan 42
Stories Courtesy of MAC Athletic Communications
Miami 59, Austin Peay 52
Box Score
OXFORD, Ohio – Miami scored the game's final six points in a 59-52 victory over Austin Peay State University on Sunday afternoon. Maya Chandler was one of four RedHawks to scored in double figures as Miami improves to 3-1 on the season. Austin Peay drops to 1-3.
Joining Chandler in double figures were Enjulina Gonzalez (12), Amber Tretter (11) and Tamar Singer (11). Tretter added a game-high nine rebounds and Singer chipped in five assists.
How it Happened:
- Three different RedHawks scored in the first four minutes of the contest and a turnaround jumper from Chandler gave Miami an 8-7 advantage midway through the opening quarter. Enjulina Gonzalez hit back-to-back three pointers and Chandler hit a pair from the foul line to extend the lead, 16-7. APSU banked in a three late in the quarter for a 16-10 Miami lead after 10 minutes of play.
- Miami extended their lead, 25-17, with help from two three-pointers from Tretter five minutes into the second. The Governors responded with a 12-7 run before Gonzalez drove between multiple defenders for a layup with six seconds left in the quarter. Miami led 34-29 at the half.
- The RedHawks stormed out of the locker room. Chandler opened the scoring with a triple and moments later Núria Jurjo snuck past the defense for a layup. Chandler then knocked in another triple and Jurjo found Singer for an easy bucket for a 44-30 Miami advantage less than three minutes into the quarter. APSU finished the third on a 9-4 run, cutting Miami's lead, 48-39 entering the final stanza.
- Austin Peay's run continued into the fourth. The Governors used a 9-2 un in the first five minutes of the quarter to cut the lead, 50-48. Katey Richason and Singer free throws stretched the advantage, 53-49 with 1:49. APSU cut the lead to one, 53-52 with one minute to play. Singer then knocked in a pair from the free throw line and after Miami forced an errant three pointer, Singer connected on two more free throws to ice the win.
Toledo 76, Northern Kentucky 73
Box Score
TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's basketball team surged back from a double-digit deficit for the second time this season, overcoming a 14-point deficit in the second half in a 76-73 win over Northern Kentucky at Savage Arena on Sunday.
The Rockets (2-1, 0-0 MAC) trailed 55-41 in the third quarter, but out-scored the Norse (2-3, 0-0 Horizon League) 35-18 over the final 13:42 to come away with the victory. Trailing 73-70 entering the final minute, sophomore Kendall Carruthers hit the game-tying three-pointer before graduate student Nan Garcia delivered the game-winning putback with just 2.8 seconds to play.
Graduate student Khera Goss delivered a season-high 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting, including 3-for-6 from three-point range. Classmate Sammi Mikonowicz added 16 points of her own, shooting 4-for-7 from the floor and a perfect 7-for-7 at the line. Carruthers finished with her second-straight 15-point effort, adding three assists which led the Rockets.
Mikonowicz and Garcia each crashed the glass for a game-high seven rebounds on the afternoon. Defensively, freshman Faith Fedd-Robinson came up with four steals and added a block to her total. Carruthers added two swipes while Garcia and Goss each tallied a block.
The victory earned Toledo its 17th-straight home win as the Rockets have now reached a full calendar year without a home defeat.
