Asbury Defeats Behrend Women's Basketball

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio – The Asbury women's basketball team scored 42 points off turnovers to post a 95-65 win over Penn State Behrend in the consolation game of the John Carroll Winking Lizard Tip-Off Tournament held on Saturday.

Final Score: Asbury 95, Penn State Behrend 65
Records:  Penn State Behrend (0-2), Asbury (1-1)

Key Moments:

* The Eagles shot 47.3 percent from the floor and scored 32 fast-break points for their first win of the season
* Asbury got a game-high 26 points from Haleigh Releford
* Releford scored 12 of the Eagles 29 points in the first quarter to take a commanding 15-point lead
* Behrend outscored Asbury in the second quarter 25-18 to cut the lead to eight at halftime
* Over the next two quarters, the Eagles registered a 48-26 scoring advantage to stay out front
* Alexis Furyes (Medina, OH/Highland) led the team with a career-high 15 points
* Lexie Moore (Cochranton, PA/Cochranton) recorded a career-high 14 points
* Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) added 14 poitns, three assists and three rebounds
* Lilly Palladino (Export, PA/Penn-Trafford) pulled down a team-high nine rebounds, while Morgan Altavilla (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) tallied five assists and four rebounds
* Rachel Kaulis (McKean, PA/General McLane) posted 10 points and seven rebounds off the bench

Next Up:

* The Lions return to action Wednesday at Marietta. Game time is 7 p.m.