Lady Trailblazers make program history in big Region 24 win over Shawnee

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Lady Trailblazers shooters were on fire from long range Wednesday night in the Physical Education Complex, riding an outstanding 19 three-point makes to setting a new VU school record for most points in a single quarter after scoring 49 points in the third quarter.

The Lady Blazers controlled the game wire-to-wire to pick up a massive 138-56 victory over the Lady Saints, the second most points a Lady Trailblazers team has ever scored in a single game.

VU set the tone early against Shawnee, after the Lady Saints scored the first three-pointer of the game, Vincennes answered back with 19 straight and extended into a 31-2 scoring run.

Vincennes closed out the first 10 minutes of play to hold a 33-7 lead over the Lady Saints.

VU kept the defensive pressure up in the second quarter, using a 14-0 scoring run to build a 53-15 lead and closed out the first half on an 11-0 run to take a 68-20 lead at the halftime break.

The scoring run continued out of the locker room, with the Lady Blazers opening the second half with 12 straight points and closed out the third quarter on a 29-3 scoring run to hold a 117-30 lead going into the final period of play.

In the fourth quarter, the Lady Blazers let fly almost exclusively from behind the three point arc.

While the Lady Saints were able to put together a few small scoring runs and ultimately win the fourth quarter scoring, it was far from enough as the Blazers cruised to a 138-56 victory over Shawnee.

The Lady Blazers obviously filled up the stats sheet Wednesday night, led by another outstanding outside shooting game by freshman Karina Scott (Noblesville, Ind.) who connected on a career-high eight three-pointers to set a new career-high of 28 points. Scott also came away with three rebounds, three assists and three steals.

Freshman Destinee Hooks (Indianapolis, Ind.) was the second VU scorer to cross the 20-point mark, finishing with 20 points, four assists, four steals and three rebounds.

Sophomore Brie Miller (Bainbridge, Ind.) just missed out on another double-double off the bench, scoring 19 points and grabbing nine rebounds on the night.

Freshmen Giavonnie Belton (Indianapolis, Ind.) and Makyla Tucker (Indianapolis, Ind.) came off the bench to score in double figures, with Belton finishing with 16 points, five assist and four rebounds and Tucker ending her night with 14 points, five assists and three rebounds.

Sophomore Katrina Litte (Valmiera, Latvia) picked up her first collegiate double-double, coming away with 14 points, a career-high 11 assists and six steals.

Sophomore Elikya Baseyila (Paris, France) also recorded a double-double, her seventh of the season and 19th of her VU career, ending with 12 points and a team-high 14 rebounds.

Sophomore Maycee Lange was the final VU scorer in double figures and not only recorded a double-double, but was very close to notching a triple double, finishing with 11 points, 10 rebounds and a season-high nine assists.

The Lady Trailblazers will look to keep this strong momentum going as VU heads into their next game, Wednesday, Feb. 14 when Vincennes hosts No. 6-ranked Wabash Valley College in a game that will not count towards the Region 24 standings.

The Lady Blazers fell to Wabash Valley 125-91 on January 27th at the Physical Education Complex. Tip-off time for your Lady Trailblazers will be 7 p.m. eastern.

VINCENNES BOX SCORE

VINCENNES (138): Maycee Lange 4-9 1-2 11, Elikya Baseyila 5-12 2-3 12, Destinee Hooks 9-14 1-1 20, Karina Scott 10-19 0-0 28, Katrina Litte 5-16 2-2 14, Giavonnie Belton 6-12 0-0 16, Makyla Tucker 6-11 0-0 14, Najra Voloder 1-2 2-2 4, Brie Miller 6-10 7-9 19, Team 52-105 15-19 138.

Shawnee – 7   13   10   26 – 56

VU (13-8, 8-1) – 33   35   49   21 – 138

Three-point goals: VU 19 (Scott 8, Belton 4, Lange 2, Tucker 2, Litte 2, Hooks). Rebounds: VU 57 (Baseyila 14). Assists: VU 40 (Litte 11). Steals: VU 23 (Litte 6). Blocked Shots: VU 4 (Hooks 2). Turnovers: VU 9. Personal Fouls: VU 16. Fouled out: None.