Box Score
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The No. 5 Nova Southeastern women's basketball team moved to 3-0 on the year behind a career-high 22 points from
Taylor Buie (left), routing Kentucky State at the Bellarmine Classic on Saturday afternoon, 81-56.
Buie (So., Puyallup, Wash.) bookended three-pointers on a 20-3 NSU run that gave them the lead for good. The first came with 14:36 left with the Sharks trailing 6-5, and the spurt ended when she sank another at the 7:00 mark, for a 25-9 lead.
The Shark defense forced 11 Thorobrette first-half turnovers and held them to 23 percent shooting in the frame as the lead at the break was 43-24. Buie had 13 of her 22 at that point.
Jasmine Wilkins (Sr., Miami) scored all of her 11 points before the half, while
Amanda Burakoski (Sr., Brooklyn, N.Y.) had nine.
When KSU scored four straight to start the second half, NSU called timeout, and that's when
Richelle Carach (Sr., Naples, Fla.) took over. She scored the next six points of the game to start an 11-0 NSU spurt to push the lead out to 54-28.
Buie's third 3-pointer, with 6:15 remaining, made for the biggest margin of the game, 29 (70-41). The team was able to get minutes for their true freshmen late, and
Brittany Mesler (Wellsville, N.Y.),
Ashley Robinson (Jensen Beach, Fla.) and
Winter Rodriguez (Miami) all got into the scoring column, Mesler and Robinson for the first time in their NSU career.
Besides Buie (22), Carach and Burakoski each had 12 points, while Wilkins added 11.
Jessica Russi (Sr., Lake Mary, Fla.) had eight assists and eight rebounds, tying for team high in the latter category with Carach.
Alexis Murphy (So., Carlisle, Ohio) chipped in with a career-high seven rebounds, including four on the offensive glass.
KSU (2-2) was led in scoring by LaShell West off the bench with 15. She and Brieona Warner shared game-high honors with nine rebounds.
The Sharks will continue play in the Bellarmine Classic on Sunday when they take on Ferris State. The Bulldogs had their first game of the season Saturday, falling to the hosts Bellarmine, 64-61. Tipoff on Sunday is 1 p.m. from Knights Hall.
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