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Peyton Nation
72
Winner Belmont Abbey BAC 17-3,11-1 Conference Carolinas
42
Erskine Ersk 3-14,2-10 Conference Carolinas
Winner
Belmont Abbey BAC
17-3,11-1 Conference Carolinas
72
Final
42
Erskine Ersk
3-14,2-10 Conference Carolinas
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Belmont Abbey BAC 16 17 19 20 72
Erskine Ersk 12 12 11 7 42

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Nation’s 20-20 Effort Lifts No. 23/24 Abbey to Victory at Erskine

DUE WEST, S.C. — Peyton Nation put together a career night for the No. 23/24 Belmont Abbey women's basketball team and two others scored in double figures as the Crusaders earned a 72-42 victory over Erskine Tuesday evening at Belk Arena.

Nation matched her career-high with 21 points scoring, 16 of those coming after halftime, to go with a new single-game best 20 rebounds. She is the first player in Conference Carolinas to record a 20-rebound game this season.

Abigail Crain finished with a game-high 22 points to go with five rebounds, three steals and two assists. Additionally, Janiah Shular added a season-high 12 points off the bench to go with five rebounds.

With Tuesday's results, Belmont Abbey improves to 17-3 overall and 11-1 in Conference Carolinas play. Erskine falls to 4-14 overall and 2-10 in the league.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Nation got the Crusaders on the board early in the quarter but it was Erskine who jumped out to an early 10-2 run.
  • The Crusaders responded with a 9-0 run to close the quarter.
  • After Erskine got back within two points at 20-18, the Abbey pushed the lead up to double figures thanks to an 11-1 run.  Crain led the Crusaders with 15 points in the first half.
  • Belmont Abbey picked up where it left off in the second half with a 7-0 run to start to the half with two baskets from Shular and a 3-pointer from Cate Schieber.
  • The Crusaders extended the lead with another 7-0 run in the fourth quarter as Belmont Abbey's largest lead in the contest was 33 points.
  • The Abbey had 16 assists, eight coming from Riley James. She added six points, four rebounds two steals and a blocked shot.
  • Belmont Abbey outrebounded Erskine 40-25 in the contest.
  • The Crusaders finished the game shooting 50.8 percent from the field. It is the fifth time this season that the team has finished better than 50 percent shooting in a game.
  • Belmont Abbey finished with 38 points in the paint and 21 points off turnovers in the game compared to 12 and 9, respectively, for Erskine.

RANKINGS UPDATE
  • The Belmont Abbey women's basketball team stayed in the Top 25 in both the D2CSC and WBCA Polls at No. 23 and 24, respectively.

UP NEXT
  • Belmont Abbey returns home for a pivotal Conference Carolinas contest against Francis Marion at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Wheeler Center.
  • The Crusaders and Patriots are ranked No. 3 and No. 6 in the Southeast region, respectively.
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