Last night we played the long awaited game at home against graceland. After being cancelled twice previously we were ready to get this game in. We started out the first half pretty well but GU's guards kept them in it. They were relentless on driving the paint; they are by far the quickest guards in conference and can be lethal if you don't stop penetration. GU fought back to a 30-35 half time score. Senior Erica Ferguson was on fire tonight defensively and offensively. She led with 9 boards at halftime-4 of them offensive and 3 counted for immediate putbacks.
The second half we put on a great team effort with Ferguson leading the way and getting everyoen going. She ended the game with 22 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 assist and those stats don't even emphasize her efforts on defense-her best played game of the year. Sophomore Brandie Roberts wasn't far behind as she worked for every point she got battling in the paint. She stayed poised and ended with 18 points and 13 rebounds. Sharp shooting senior Hillary Adams chipped in 15 points and hit a couple 3's to give us momentum to take off in the second half, while Senior Jessica Stewart directed traffic and dished out 7 assist and threw in 10 points. The leadership of Stewart behind the ball gives us the lift we need to be successful; she not only runs the team offensively but locks down on defense day in and day out.
Up next...we travel to Evangel on Thursday. The Cardinals are sitting at first in the coference as we trail tightly in second. Last meeting with the Crusaders the game was hard fought but we fell short by 2 at the end. We look to come out hard and play tough every second. This is a game to NOT miss. It'll be exciting as both teams battle it out.
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