WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. - The No. 6-ranked Lindsey Wilson women's basketball team closed out the Patriots Classic with a 66-65 loss to No. 25 Spring Arbor on Friday at O. Wayne Rollins Center.
Meadow Tisdale scored a career-high 34 points in the loss. Tisdale was 11-of-21 from the field and shot 85.7 percent (12-of-14) from the charity stripe. She also recorded 10 rebounds for her first double-double of the season.
Saniyah Shelton recorded her second straight double-double with 11 points and a season-high 11 rebounds. Shelton was 4-of-8 from the field and connected on her only shot from beyond the arc.
As a team, the Blue Raiders (3-2) shot just 33.9 percent from the field but connected on 23 of their 30 attempts from the free-throw line. Spring Arbor (4-0) connected on 50.9 percent of its shots (28-55) and was 3-of-9 from three.
Spring Arbor got out to an 8-4 lead in the first quarter, before a Tisdale and-one made it a one-point Blue Raider deficit. After a Cougars' basket pushed their lead back to three at 10-7, Lindsey Wilson scored five of the next seven points tying the game at 12 with 3:50 to play in the first. Spring Arbor scored the four of the final six points in the quarter to take a 16-14 lead. Tisdale finished the quarter with nine points on 4-of-7 shooting from the field.
The Cougars opened the second quarter scoring five of the first six points increasing their lead to 21-15 with 8:15 to play in the half. After a three by
Emily Cox to make it 21-18, Spring Arbor pushed its lead to 25-18. The Blue Raiders responded going on a 10-1 run that lasted 4:12 to take a 28-26 lead with 2:30 to play in the half. Spring Arbor closed out the half on an 8-3 run taking a 34-31 lead into the locker room.
Spring Arbor opened the third quarter on an 8-2 run increasing its lead to 42-33. Lindsey Wilson answered scoring eight of the next 11 points to trim its deficit to 45-41 with 5:09 to play in the quarter. The Cougars responded going on another 8-2 run pushing their lead to 53-43 with 2:15 remaining in the third. Lindsey Wilson closed out the third scoring six of the final eight points to trail 55-49.
Trailing 57-51, Lindsey Wilson went on a 10-1 run that lasted 5:22 taking a 61-58 lead with 2:58 to play. Following a Cougar basket, Tisdale made a pair of free throws making it 63-60 with 2:35 remaining. Megan Zeitz scored the next four points giving the Cougars a 64-63 lead with 1:02 to play. Tisdale put Lindsey Wilson back in front with 38 seconds left making two free throws. Zeitz answered with a layup of her own giving Spring Arbor the 66-65 lead. Lindsey Wilson's final shot came up short as the Blue Raiders fell 66-65.
The Blue Raiders are back in action on Monday hosting Union Commonwealth (Ky.) at 6 p.m. CT at Biggers Sports Center.
