ANDERSON, S.C. – Anderson University women's basketball used stingy defense and a big scoring third quarter to put away Young Harris, 71-48, on Wednesday evening at the Abney Athletic Center.

KEY STATS

• The Trojans outrebounded the Mountain Lions 58-37
• Anderson shot 14-of-17 (82.4%) from the charity stripe
• The Trojans placed three players in double-digit scoring
• Anderson recorded a total of six blocked shots on the evening
• The Bobcats placed one player in double-digit scoring (Ellie Hutchinson-11 pts) and one player with double-digit rebounds (Pamela Diokpara -10 rbs)
• Anderson shot 58.8% in the third quarter tallying 27 points

SCORE BY THE PERIODS

NOTES

• Junior Madison Baggett led all scorers with 22 points while adding seven rebounds and three assists
• Senior Ace Easter dropped in 19 points while grabbing seven rebounds and dishing out four assists. Easter also recorded two steals and one blocked shot
• Junior Alexy Mollenhauer recorded her second double-double in three outing with 12 points and 18 rebounds
• Young Harris led for a total of 2:23 while the Black and Gold led for 37:12
• Anderson juniors Alexis Tate (6), Amari Grevious (6) and Cassie Ketchum(5) ripped down a combined 17 rebounds

EXTRA DRIBBLE

• AU's Easter has amassed over 1000 points during her playing career

UP NEXT

Anderson will travel to nonconference opponent Claflin on Saturday. Tip-off is slated for 1:30 pm.