Brevard, N.C. – The Brevard College women’s basketball team played their last game of the 2007 calendar year on Saturday afternoon, as they fell at home to the Lady Saints of Limestone College, 73-63.

 

The loss drops BC back to .500 at 4-4, while Limestone improves to 3-6 with the win.

 

The first 20 minutes of play saw both teams struggle to put points on the board, as the Tornados couldn’t take care of the ball, committing 17 turnovers which limited them to only 18 shot attempts for the half. While the Lady Saints out shot BC with 38 attempts of their own, they were ice cold from the floor as they only made 11-of-38 attempts (28.9 percent) from the floor against a very aggressive Tornados’ defense that forced nine turnovers and had five block shots.

 

Despite the turnovers, the Tornados once again were able to maintain their lead in the first half from the free throw line, as BC made 13-of-16 attempts from the charity stripe to take a 31-26 lead into the halftime intermission.

 

The second half of the contest was much different than the first, as both teams came out shooting the ball well from all over the court. After hitting only 28 percent of their shot attempts in the first half, the Lady Saints shot 51.7 percent from the floor in the final 20 minutes, including going 8-of-13 (61.5 percent) from behind the three-point arc.

 

The Tornados bounced back from a wild first half to shoot 47.6 percent from the floor in the second half, connecting on 10-of-21 shot attempts.

 

In the first five minutes of play in the second half, the teams traded the lead back-and-forth as neither team could put together a string of baskets to run off with the lead. However, a jumper by Addie Graves at the 14:47 mark gave the visiting Lady Saints a two-point lead which they would not relinquish for the rest of the game.

 

The Tornados would get as close as eight points, 69-61, at the 1:16 mark but that was as close as they would get as Limestone would go 4-of-4 from the free throw line in the closing minute to seal the 73-63 victory.

 

BC was led by senior forward and co-captain Holly Krogman who recorded a team high 23 points and seven rebounds for the day. Fellow senior Courtney Brandon was the only other Tornado in double-figures as she had 12 points. Off the bench freshman forward Kelsey Sill had a season-high eight points.

 

Leading the way for Limestone College was Tiffany Jones with 17 points, while Tierney Burdett and Lindsay Kyle had 13 and 12 points, respectively.

 

The Tornados will not return to competitive play until the new year, as they will have the next three weeks off due to end of semester exams and Christmas break. BC’s next game will be at home on Thursday, January 3, as they host the Cobras of Virginia Intermont College at 6 p.m. The Cobras defeated the Tornados 77-66 in their earlier meeting this season in Bristol, Virginia.

 

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