The Belmont Abbey women's basketball team suffered their second loss of the season as it dropped a 62-52 decision at Anderson University on Tuesday night despite leading by as many as six in the first half. The loss drops the Crusaders to 2-2 on the season. Anderson improves to 2-4 with the win.

With the Crusaders ahead 25-19 Anderson went on a 10-0 run to close the half and take a 29-25 lead into halftime. A Brittaney Rice three pointer to start the second half cut the Abbey deficit to one. A 17-2 Anderson run over six minutes pushed the lead to 46-30, its largest of the game. A late Abbey run cut the lead back down to six with 44 seconds left in the contest, but two Anderson layups pushed the final score to 62-52 to seal the win.

Rice and Melissa Foures led the balanced Abbey scoring with 10 points each. Foures also grabbed a team high eight rebounds. Candace Fox contributed nine points to go along with team highs in assists with four and steals with three. Kelsey Long also chipped in nine points on four of seven shooting from the floor.

Belmont Abbey shot 41 percent (20-48) from the field and was just five of 12 from three-point range. Anderson shot 38 percent (23-60), but was 10-29 (34 percent) from beyond the arc.