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herold
Ryan Hunt
59
Centre CC 3-6
65
Winner LeTourneau LETU 3-4
Centre CC
3-6
59
Final
65
LeTourneau LETU
3-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Centre CC 7 20 22 10 59
LeTourneau LETU 8 14 26 17 65

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Kyle Piercy, Director of Athletics Communications

Yellowjackets hold off Colonels in Atlanta, 65-59

ATLANTA  – Centre women's basketball found itself on the wrong end of another back-and-forth contest Tuesday afternoon, falling by a 65-59 score against LeTourneau as part of the TownePlace Suites by Marriott Classic, hosted by Oglethorpe.
 
The Yellowjackets (3-4) finished strong against the Colonels (3-6), claiming the last of nine total lead changes midway through the fourth quarter.
 
Centre was led in scoring by Kat Wilson, who had 16 points. Rookie Payton Herold finished with a collegiate-high 13 points, hitting all four of her field goal attempts, including three 3-pointers.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
- More than two minutes passed before the opening basket – a 3-pointer from Madison Marcum – as both sides struggled to get the offense going.
- LeTourneau ultimately led 8-7 after 10 minutes.
- Centre was able to turn it around in the second, outscoring LeTourneau 20-14 to grab a lead before halftime.
- Herold sank two of the Colonels' six first-half 3-pointers during the stretch, and led the team with eight points.
- The third quarter was closely contested and high scoring, as the teams combined to sink more than 55% of their field goal tries. Ellen Hicks paced Centre with six points throughout the 10 minutes.
- LeTourneau trimmed the deficit to one point at 49-48 heading to the final period.
- A 10-4 run to start the fourth quarter saw the Yellowjackets take their first lead since early in the second period.
- They would hold Centre to just 4 of 15 shooting overall across the fourth frame, hanging on to secure the victory.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Centre hit 9 of 20 from beyond the arc, led by Herold's unblemished 3-for-3 effort.
- The Colonels connected on 8 of 9 free throws, but the Yellowjackets held an advantage with 21 freebies on 30 tries.
- LeTourneau out-rebounded Centre by a narrow 35-33 margin. Hicks led the Colonels with eight boards, followed by Abigail Wehby's seven and Mikayla Fee's six.
 
UP NEXT
Centre heads to Florida for the Daytona Beach Shootout, beginning with a meeting against 18th-ranked Marymount Thursday evening. Tip is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET.
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