One day after setting a new school record with 17 treys in their first round victory over Stonehill, Roberts Wesleyan’s women’s basketball team overcame a ten-point third quarter deficit in a 78-69 win in the championship of their Alumni Tournament.
The Redhawks built a five point lead after one quarter led by a pair of treys by senior Kindsay Brandt before the Storm had a 9-2 second quarter run to tighten the contest.
Lake Erie outscored Roberts 16-6 to open up a ten point advantage in the third quarter, but the Redhawks rallied at the free throw line with junior guard Brooke Fields, Brandt and Taya Andrews going a combined eight-for-eight from the free throw line. A Fields acrobatic shot at the end of the third quarter cut the deficit to two.
Two three-pointers by Lucy Covley in the early minutes of the fourth kept the Storm lead at just two before the Redhawks 18-5 run anchored by Fields two field goals and three free throws, an old-fashioned three-point play by Brandt along with a trey, another Covley three-pointer and free throws by Necedah James.
“Coach really got on us (after the first half) and we really had to pick it up,” Fields said. “We started out a little slow and that’s not how we normally start off. So we all had to regain our focus and come back in the second half.”
Five Redhawks scored in double figures led by All-Tournament team selection Covley’s 18 points and Brandt’s 15. Fields scored 13 with a team-high four assists while tournament Most Valuable player Emily Miller, who set a career high with 29 points in the semifinal win, and Sara Nady each added ten points. Andrews led with nine rebounds.
The Redhawks were 18-19 from the free throw line during the game as they improved to 4-1.
