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Wesleyan Falls to League-Leading West Liberty, 88-66

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WEST LIBERTY – The West Virginia Wesleyan Lady Bobcats simply ran into a better team today against the West Liberty Lady Hilltoppers in a Mountain East Conference contest.

West Liberty, currently tied for first place in the MEC, was simply too much for the Lady Bobcats as they recorded an 88-66 win over Wesleyan.

Adrian Cunningham and Mari Stewart both hit jumpers to stake Wesleyan to an early 4-0 lead with two minutes gone, but it was the only lead Wesleyan would own.

Down 14-7, Stewart popped in a jumper and Allie Browne (pictured) drained a three-pointer to bring Wesleyan to within two, at 14-12.

Wesleyan continued to hang around in the first half as an Allyson Freiermuth jumper left the Lady Bobcats down by only one, at 21-20, with 9:44 remaining in the first half.

West Liberty's Baylen Dyrlund and Wesleyan's Alex Mortenson traded baskets to make it a 23-22 game, but West Liberty went on a 17-0 run to take a commanding 40-22 advantage with 3:09 left in the half.

An Andrea Lee jumper finally ended the six-minute scoring drought for Wesleyan to make it a 40-24 game.

West Liberty would take a 46-27 lead into the intermission.

The closest Wesleyan could get in the second half was 14 points on two different occasions.

Once after a pair of Stewart free throws that made the score 66-52 with 9:44 remaining and again after KiKi DeVane made a jumper to make the score 68-54 with 8:58 left.
 
Browne led the Lady Bobcats with 17 points. She was lethal from the three-point line as she was an impressive five-for-six.
Cunningham was the other Lady Bobcat to reach double digits as she scored 10 points.
Stewart added nine points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
 
Wesleyan was good on 25 of their 66 attempts for a 37.9 shooting percentage.
 
The loss dropped Wesleyan to 0-8 in the MEC and 0-11 overall.
 
They will return to action Monday night when they host Wheeling Jesuit at 5:30 p.m.
(File photo courtesy of Peter Galarneau Jr.)
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Players Mentioned

Allie Browne

#24 Allie Browne

Guard
5' 5"
Junior
Adrian Cunningham

#34 Adrian Cunningham

Guard
5' 10"
Sophomore
KiKi DeVane

#42 KiKi DeVane

Forward
6' 0"
Senior
Allyson Freiermuth

#22 Allyson Freiermuth

Guard
5' 10"
Sophomore
Andrea Lee

#12 Andrea Lee

Forward
5' 11"
Redshirt Freshman
Mari Stewart

#20 Mari Stewart

Forward
6' 0"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Allie Browne

#24 Allie Browne

5' 5"
Junior
Guard
Adrian Cunningham

#34 Adrian Cunningham

5' 10"
Sophomore
Guard
KiKi DeVane

#42 KiKi DeVane

6' 0"
Senior
Forward
Allyson Freiermuth

#22 Allyson Freiermuth

5' 10"
Sophomore
Guard
Andrea Lee

#12 Andrea Lee

5' 11"
Redshirt Freshman
Forward
Mari Stewart

#20 Mari Stewart

6' 0"
Freshman
Forward
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