The University of Montevallo women's basketball team gained control in the opening minutes and never trailed in posting a 74-60 victory over Lee inside Walker Arena on Saturday afternoon. The win improved the second place Falcons to 11-4 in GSC play while the Lady Flames slipped to 11-6.
The Lady Flames will close out the regular season on Friday and Saturday when they travel to Auburn Montgomery for the weekend doubleheader. The Falcons will be at home and will be hosting Shorter University in their final two games.
"Montevallo was better than us today and just simply put, the better team won. Life is about choices and today we chose not to compete. It was so disappointing that we didn't play with any energy," said the frustrated Lee veteran coach Marty Rowe.
In a low-scoring first quarter, the Falcons gained a 15-9 advantage. Lee matched Montevallo in the second period as both clubs put 14 markers on the board, but the Falcons still led 29-23. The margin increased to 51-39 after three frames. Each team had their best scoring quarter in the fourth period. Montevallo capped off the afternoon with 23 points and Lee totaled 21 in the loss.
Jennifer Andrew came off the bench and played almost 31 minutes to spark the Montevallo win. The aggressive Andrew totaled 21 points and claimed five rebounds as the Falcons out-rebounded the Lady Flames 33-25 overall. Klya Sain also gave Lee plenty of problems with 17 points. She was also 4-of-4 from the charity stripe as the Falcons made 14-of-16 free throws while the Lady Flames struggled, making 14-of-21 free throws.
Montevallo point guard Marisa Snodgrass added 12 points, six assists and three steals. Jordan Jones made a pair of triples and totaled 12 points to go along with a team-leading nine rebounds. The Falcons shot 51% overall (28-of-55) and were held to 31% from 3-point range. Montevallo had two key points in posting the victory. They outscored Lee 42-28 in points in the paint and 25-1 in points off the bench. Lee shot 42% from the field (20-of-48) but struggled from long range hitting only 6-of-22 (27%).
Haley Schubert played all 40 minutes and had 19 points, five rebounds and eight assists in the loss. Maddie Long turned in 31 minutes of solid basketball, making a pair of 3-pointers in tallying 14 points. Hannah Garrett got into early foul trouble and finished with 12 markers. Halle Hughes knocked down a triple in finishing with five points and tying Schubert with a team leading five rebounds.
