Haring leads Griffins to final win of 2015
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Rust
|
12 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 67 |
|
Fontbonne
2-7
|
18 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 83 |
Team Stats
Rust
| Game Statistics | Rust | Fontbonne |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (22-59) | (33-70) |
| Field Goal % | 37.3% | 47.1% |
| Rebounds | 41 | 38 |
| Assists | 6 | 14 |
| Turnovers | 25 | 18 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 11 | 31 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 17 | 12 |
| Pts in the Paint | 26 | 44 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 2 | 14 |
| Bench Pts | 18 | 25 |
St. Louis, Mo. - Fontbonne and Rust were tied 8-8 when the Griffins, who totaled five fouls with four minutes left in the first quarter, began pressing. Fontbonne's pressure allowed the team to score 10 consecutive points to push past the Bearcats and take an 18-12 lead after the first round.
Rust opened second-quarter play with an 11-6 run, forcing the Griffins to take a timeout. Fontbonne came out of the huddle strong, scoring the next six points to lead by seven. Rust cut Fontbonne's lead to four (35-29) but back-to-back buckets by Olivia Hollander put the Griffins up by 10 until Rust's Jasmine Golden recorded her third trey of the first half. Fontbonne led 39-32 at halftime.
Emmie Haring posted 17 second-half points to give the Griffins a nice cushion that began in the third quarter. Golden netten another three-pointer narrowing Fontbonne's lead to seven with 7:22 on the clock. Fontbonne retaliated with nine points in the next two minutes that broke upon the game. The Griffins held onto the lead for the rest of the contest. Fontbonne led by as many as 20 points and scored 31 points off turnovers compared to the Bearcats' 11. Golden finished with a game-high 29 points on 5-of-11 from three-point range.
At the end of three quarters Haring had totaled 16 points, six assists, five rebounds and five steals. She added eight points, two steals and one assist in the final frame to total a career-high 24 points while shooting 64.3% overall and two-of-four from long-range. Freshman Jessica Jordan brought down eight rebounds in the fourth quarter as she finished with her fourth double-double of the season, recording 12 rebounds and 10 points. Junior DeAmbra Pilkinton tallied 16 points while Hollander finished with 12 points. Pilkinton has recorded double-digit scoring in seven of nine games this season.
The win snapped a five-game losing streak for Fontbonne who returns to Lee McKinney Court this Saturday to take on SLIAC foe Westminster College. The Griffins and Blue Jays are set to face off at 1 p.m.