Jayden Merriweather | Berea College Athletics
Jayden Merriweather | Berea College Athletics
Mountainners Push Win Streak to Seven Games with Victory Over Maryville
The Berea College women's basketball team continues to roll through conference play, defeating the Maryville College Scots 85-59 on Saturday afternoon.
The win puts the Mountaineers at 17-1 on the season and 9-0 in CCS contests, while also extending their winning streak to seven games.
Several Mountaineers had career performances as sophomore Jayden Merriweather hit a career-high six three-pointers to lead the team with 21 points. Freshman Madison Howell recorded a career-high 12 points with four makes from beyond the arc, sophomore Dailyn Spalding notched a career-high seven assists, and freshman LynKaylah James grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds. As a team, Berea shot 12 of 24 from behind the arc and corralled 39 rebounds.
The Mountaineers had a good defensive performance as they forced the Scots to just 26 percent shooting from the floor.
The first quarter was a tight contest as Berea trailed by one point at the end.
It was the second quarter where the Mountaineers took control of the contest, outscoring Maryville 25-8 to take a 41-25 lead into halftime.
Howell connected a pass to senior Destiny Combs to score the first points of the second quarter and giving Berea the lead, which they never let up the rest of the way.
Back-to-back three-pointers from Howell and Merriweather with 6:32 left in the half pushed the Mountaineers' lead to 10 points and the Scots couldn't bring the contest back to single digits as Berea came away with an 85-59 win and their ninth conference victory.
The Berea College women's basketball team look to keep their winning streak alive on Wednesday hosting Covenant College.
Tipoff is scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Seabury Center.
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