DANVILLE, Ky. – Centre women's basketball out-played Meredith in the second half Friday evening, winning their season opener in the Lee's Famous Recipe/Hampton Inn Classic by a 59-48 margin in Alumni Gym.
 
The Colonels (1-0) trailed the visiting Avenging Angels (0-3) by one at the halftime break, but were +12 across the final 20 minutes to win their second season opener in a row.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
- Madison Marcum opened the scoring with a 3-point basket on Centre's second possession.
- The Colonels led 9-3 midway through the period, but Meredith bounced back and leveled the game at 11-11 by the end of the first quarter.
- The second quarter followed a similar script, as the Avenging Angels negated an early deficit to climb back and take a 21-20 lead at the half.
- Marcum sparked a big third quarter for the hosts, as Centre nearly doubled its output from the first half and out-scored Meredith, 18-10. Marcum hit consecutive threes early in the period to regain the lead for the Colonels.
- Leading 38-37 in the fourth, Centre went on a 12-2 run to take its first double-digit advantage of the contest. Kylee Murray and Madison Rice provided 3-pointers during the stretch, which helped the Colonels put the Avenging Angels away.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Kat Wilson led the Colonels with 12 points and added seven rebounds, while Marcum finished with 10 points.
- Abigail Stewart had eight points and seven boards, and Abigail Wehby led the team with four assists.
- Nine individuals scored for the Colonels, who shot 43.5% (20-46) from the field and hit 5 of 10 from long range. Meredith went just 14-for-46 (30.4%) from the floor overall.
- Centre finished with a decided edge in bench points (21-2), points in the paint (28-12) and points off turnovers (15-3).
 
UP NEXT
Centre finishes the Classic Saturday at 6 p.m. ET against Covenant. The Scots fell 89-47 to Thomas More Friday evening.