La Verne, CA – Nazareth's women's basketball team finished their road trip to California with a 66-52 win against the University of La Verne Leopards. The Golden Flyers move to 7-3 while La Verne moves to 3-6.
How It Happened
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The two teams started things off with a defensive battle, each going scoreless through nearly 3 minutes of play.
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Kiara Anglin led the Golden Flyers to a 12-6 lead after one quarter with 8 points of her own.
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The two teams found their rhythms in the second quarter, combining for 11 points in just over three minutes to start it off. Nazareth expanded their lead to 8 points (19-11) in that time, with buckets coming from three different Golden Flyers.
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Physicality picked up as the game went on, with the two teams combining for 9 fouls in the second quarter.
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The pace remained high all the way into half time, sending Nazareth to the locker room with a 27-15 lead over the Leopards.
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Nazareth opened the second half on fire, powered by a 12-0 run through the first 4 minutes to extend their lead to 24 (39-15). Sarina McDowell led the offensive outburst with 6 points of her own.
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La Verne made their biggest push of the game in the last 6 minutes of the third quarter, outscoring Nazareth 16-10.
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The Golden Flyers were narrowly outscored in a back-and-forth final quarter (21-17), but they persisted to a 66-52 victory.
Game Notes
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Kiara Anglin notched a season-high 18 points. She added a season-high 14 rebounds to record her first double-double of the season.
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Sarina McDowell picked up 2 steals and 9 rebounds to go along with a season-best 18 points.
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Katie MacLachlan also had 18 points, accompanied by 12 rebounds and 5 assists; her second double-double of the season.
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Nazareth's largest lead of the game came in the third quarter; 24 points.
What's Next
The Golden Flyers will kick off the new year with a home conference game against Houghton University on Tuesday, January 6th at 5:30pm.
