The Lee women's basketball team completed their final exhibition games before heading into regular season play next weekend by defeating Covenant College 89-31 before a Homecoming crowd on Saturday afternoon inside Walker Arena.
 
"We did a lot of good things today," said Lee Coach Marty Rowe. "Defensively we were active and maintained that energy for most of the game. Obviously, we have to continue to improve in all areas, but this was a step in the right direction."
 
Rowe continued, "We have grown as a team over the last week since scrimmaging Bryan and playing at Kentucky. Both of those games exposed different things that we needed to address, and this group has responded. We need to continue that mindset and crave daily improvement."
 
The balanced Lady Flames scoring attack saw six players score in double figures. Hannah Garrett led the way with 18 points. She was 8-of-9 overall from the field and 2-of-3 from beyond the arc. Halle Hughes followed with 13, made three triples and was the leading rebounder with eight. Haley Schubert had 12 points, five assists and six steals. Julia Duncan and freshman Anna Muhonen followed with 11 markers each while Morgan Carbaugh rounded out the double-figure scoring with 10.
 
Lee shot 54% from the field, 42% from 3-point range and 77% from the charity stripe. They outrebounded the visiting Scots 43-21 and forced Covenant into 28 floor mistakes while committing 19 turnovers. The Scots were led in scoring by Cosette Kirsch who had nine points. Destiny Mergilles added eight. Abby Witt came off the bench and led her team in rebounding with five.
 
The Lady Flames will open the regular season next weekend when they host Florida Southern on Friday at 5 p.m. They turn right around on Saturday and entertain Saint Leo (Florida) at 3 p.m. Alabama Huntsville will be the Gulf South Conference representative in the annual GSC/SSC Crossover Tournament.