ELKINS, W. Va. - Taking a one-point advantage into the intermission, Davis & Elkins women's basketball closed the nonconference portion of its schedule with an 84-66 home victory against Alderson Broaddus on Monday night.
D&E (3-13) placed four players in double figures, led by a game-high 26 points and 15 rebounds from
Jamiyah Johnson.
Jessica Eadsforth-Yates went 3-of-7 from beyond the arc and added 15 points and three rebounds for the Senators.
Sydney Nestor got the job done at the foul line and posted a solid all-around outing with 13 points, eight rebounds and a pair of assists.
Peyton Mohler added 11 off the bench for Davis & Elkins in 25 minutes.
Alderson Broaddus (6-12) led briefly in the third quarter, but trailed the majority of the second half in its sixth consecutive loss. Jenna Weatherspoon notched a team-high 16 points in 32 minutes, while Madeline Moyer added 15 points of her own. Hannah Henderson, who entered the game as the Battlers' leading scorer, was held to just six points on 3-of-11 from the floor.
Monday's game was originally set to be hosted by Alderson Broaddus, but was moved to Elkins late last week.
THE RUNDOWN
- Davis & Elkins (3-13, 2-8 MEC) - 84
- Alderson Broaddus (6-12, 3-7 G-MAC) - 66
- McDonnell Center - Elkins, W. Va.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Alderson Broaddus opened up an early lead in the opening quarter, jumping ahead by as many as six in the latter stages of the first frame. Nestor worked free in the paint for a layup off a Rachel Bolyard pass as time expired in the opening quarter.
- Johnson scored quickly to start the second with a layup off a feed from Courtney Roth to trim the deficit to just two at 19-17, but the Battlers countered back to ultimately extend their advantage to double digits with a Madeline Moyer jumper at 5:26. After pushing the lead to 10 again at 4:10, D&E scored the next seven points, keyed by an Eadsforth-Yates trey.
- Johnson sank a jumper to make it 36-35 and force a timeout with 1:30 left in the half and the junior pushed D&E in front with under a minute remaining on a layup. D&E led 39-38 at the break after Eadsforth-Yates posted the final score of the frame with just under 30 seconds remaining.
- Eadsforth-Yates converted a clutch three at 7:33 in the third and D&E did not trail the rest of the way, pushing its advantage to seven just minutes later following a Mohler three-pointer.
- Tailyn Silver dropped the stick-back with 1:31 left in the third, pushing the lead to seven once again. Mohler made it a double-digit advantage with her jumper at 6:35 in the fourth as D&E held on to the comfortable lead for the remainder of the game. Kirsten Doleman and Angel Broadus scored inside to hand the Senators an 18-point cushion each time with under one minute to play.
GAME NOTES
- Johnson extends her streak of consecutive double-doubles to 11 consecutive games. Her nine offensive boards are the third most this season for the DII leader in offensive rebounds/game.
- The Senators got contributions from throughout the lineup with 10 players scoring a basket.
- D&E held a big advantage on the glass (47-23) and second chance points (23-6).
- Eadsforth-Yates posted her seventh double figure scoring game, converting the most three-pointers since the Senators 101-point outburst at West Virginia State on January 8.
- Nestor tied a career-high in made free throws with six, set previously back on February 14, 2019 against Ohio Valley.
- Jay Kilpatrick dished out a season-best five assists for the second time in three games.
- D&E clamped things down defensively in the final frame, holding AB to just 3-of-18 (16.7%) from the floor over the last 10 minutes.
UP NEXT
- D&E returns to the court on Wednesday, January 22 against Fairmont State.
