Lipscomb’s redshirt sophomore forward Ashley Southern got her nineteenth double-double of the season in the Lady Bisons’ loss to the Northern Kentucky Norse Saturday 61-57.
Southern is chasing the double-double season record of 21. She finished the game with 27 points and 10 rebounds. Redshirt freshman guard Chandler Cooper added 11 points. Redshirt sophomore guard Danay Fothergill scored 10 points.
Northern Kentucky’s senior guard Kayla Thacker finished with 24 points and nine rebounds. Sophomore guard Christine Roush and freshman guard Kelley Wiegman added nine each.
The Lady Bisons had a slow first half, which led to them chasing the Norse the entire game. Lipscomb shot 27 percent from the field in the first half. The Lady Bisons shot 17 three pointers, while only making four.
“Because of their defense, we couldn’t get what we wanted,” Southern said. “All the credit goes to them.”
Cooper and Fothergill went to the bench with four fouls each with 12 minutes to go in the second half. Southern stepped up, scoring 21 of her 27 points in the second half.
Northern Kentucky went on an 11-0 run at about the five-minute mark of the second half. The Lady Bisons stayed in the game by getting three turnovers on the full-court press with four minutes remaining.
A made three-pointer by Cooper with two minutes left cut the lead to three. Northern Kentucky hit three free throws to take the lead back to six. Another made three-pointer by Southern took the lead back to three with 33 seconds to go. The Norse’s freshman guard Lauren White made two free throws to put the game out of reach with seconds remaining.
Northern Kentucky scored 23 points off of Lipscomb’s turnovers. The Lady Bisons shot 54 percent from the field in the second half.
“Ashley [Southern] was great in the second half, and I thought as a whole we played a good second half,” Lady Bisons head coach Greg Brown said.
Northern Kentucky improves to 14-10 overall and 10-3 in the Atlantic Sun conference. The Lady Bisons fall to 5-20 overall and 3-11 in the A-Sun conference.
The Lady Bisons take on Florida Gulf Coast next Thursday Feb. 27 in Fort Myers, Fla., at 6:05 p.m.