Allen Community College women’s basketball held close with Pratt Community College, but the Beavers’ late second half push was too much for the Red Devils.
ACC women lost Wednesday night’s contest 66-58 after a hard-fought game with several lead changes. The game opened and it was all Beavers. They started with an 11-0 run, before Brittney Redmond hit ACC’s first points of the game with a long 2-pointer.
The Red Devils bounced back midway through the first half with the help of Redmond, who had eight of the teams 11 points with 10 minutes remaining. She hit two more threes, along with DaNara Day, to set up an 18-16 lead for the Red Devils.
The game held close to the half. Kayle Morton hit two 3-pointers, one at the buzzer, to give ACC a 35-32 lead. The second half proved to be much less forgiving.
After a 4-0 boost for the Red Devils to start the second half, it seemed as if ACC would hold on for the duration. Both teams slowed their offenses, and the scoring slowed on a defensive struggle.
Despite some key shots from Redmond, Day and Davis, Pratt held on and came back for a 55-50 lead with four minutes left. From there, the energy of the Beavers and the bonus led to ACC’s downfall.
Pratt’s Maddie Pendry hit four for four from the foul line, along with another two from Tatiana Grant. When the fouling began, ACC couldn’t stop some key Pratt scores. The contest ended with a final fast-break layup from Pratt at the buzzer.
Despite a strong showing from Redmond on the evening — she dropped 20 points and shot 100 percent in the first half — the Red Devils were cold from field goal range. The team shot 19 for 74 from inside (25 percent), and 11 for 35 from 3-point range (31 percent). They went 9 for 18 from the foul line (50 percent).
Head Coach Mark James said his team seemed to take a step in the wrong direction in Wednesday’s matchup.
“We didn’t do anything well tonight, it was some bad basketball,” James said. “If we play like this, we won’t beat anyone for the rest of the year.”
Day followed Redmond’s lead in points from the field, with 15 total. She was followed by Miracle Davis with seven and Kayla Morton with six.
Defensively, Davis led in rebounds with 10, followed by Jamie Peel with five. Ebonie Jones had three steals.
The Red Devils will face off against Hesston College y 2 p.m. Saturday at home.
Pratt (32-34—66)
ACC (35-23—58)
Pratt (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Devlin 1-0-1-2, Grant 3-4-3-10, Pendry 4/2-8-4-18, Smith 5-2-1-12, Strobel 0-0-3-0, Broadwater 2-3-3-7, Mehl 2-0-3-4, Parks 0-2-0-2, Stein 4-3-3-11. TOTALS 19/2-22-21-66.
ACC (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Jones 0/1-0-3-3, Davis 3-1-5-7, Morton 0/2-0-1-6, Day 2/2-5-1-15, Redmond 1/6-0-3-20, Peel 0-2-1-2, Taiclet 0-0-1-0, Ware 0-0-2-0, Blackwell 2-0-5-4, Hall 0-0-3-0, Molisee 0-1-0-0. TOTALS: 8/11-9-25-58.
ACC women struggle
