McPHERSON, Kan. -- The No. 18 John Brown University women's basketball team opened up with a 23-7 first-quarter lead and never looked back, limiting the hosts to a paltry 29.7 percent effort from the field, and racked up a 92-58 victory at Central Christian (Kan.) inside the Ed Pyle Sports Complex on Tuesday night.
The Golden Eagles (7-3, 2-0 Sooner Athletic) won their third straight by knocking down five triples in the first quarter and allowed the Tigers (1-10, 0-3) to make just 3-of-18 from the field to take a commanding lead for the rest of the contest.
Scoring at least 20 points in each quarter, John Brown came close to tying a program record as senior Luize Skrastina set career-bests in 3-pointers (7) and 3-pointers attempted (13) as she scored 21 points, all from behind the arc, while securing seven rebounds and four assists. Senior Jana Schammel and junior Baily Cameron each registered 10 points while senior Kimmy Deines added six assists, eight rebounds and five points.
Assisting on 27 of 35 field goals (77 percent), JBU's offensive sets starkly contrasted with the up-tempo, shot-heaving attack of Central Christian, which yielded little results as the Tigers managed just five assists on 22 successful field goals.
Central Christian's Abbie Banks netted a team-best 19 points while Holly Golden and Kassidy Forsberg each contributed 11 points in the loss. As difficult a time as the hosts had shooting the ball inside the arc, beyond it was even worse, hitting just 5-of-30 attempts from long range (16.7 percent).
Powered by Skrastina's seven-triple effort, John Brown took a season-high 42 3-point attempts, hitting 16 for a 38.1 percent clip, just below the season average. On defense, however, the Golden Eagles proved the better team, rejecting five Tiger shots, and out-boarding the hosts, 62-43.
The 62 caroms that John Brown collected proved to register another season best.
Central Christian held the lead just once, for 14 seconds, at 2-0 before Cameron hit a triple handing the visitors the lead for good. The advantage grew to as many as 34, when Deines hit a triple with 7:46 remaining in the game to give John Brown a 78-44 lead.
The Golden Eagles returned to action on Saturday, hosting No. 8 Oklahoma City in the team's final game before the Christmas break. Results were not available at presstime.
Sports on 12/10/2017