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RedHawks Rally Past Indiana State for Fifth Straight Win
12/19/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 19, 2017
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The RedHawk women's basketball team battled back to earn their fifth straight victory in a 68-56 decision over Indiana State on the road Tuesday evening.
After trailing a majority of the first half, Miami rallied to tie the score heading into the fourth quarter. There, the Red & White outpaced the Sycamores, 21-9, to grab the win and improve to 7-3 on the season.
Lauren Dickerson racked up a game-high 26 points, her 21st-straight double-figure scoring performance. Leah Purvis and Baleigh Reid each chipped in nine points. Wendi Bibbins led the ISU effort with 22 points.
Bank's open for 13! 💵
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The teams swapped makes over the first few minutes with the score standing at 7-7 with 3:48 gone by. Indiana State seized control the rest of the quarter, scoring 10 of the final 13 points in the frame. Through 10 minutes of action, the Sycamores led, 17-10.
Trailing by a game-high eight points at 21-13 with 8:09 to go in the first half, Miami started climbing back in it courtesy of a jumper and a three-pointer by Dickerson. After a Sycamore bucket, Dickerson hit another triple to cut the deficit to just two at 23-21 at the 3:50 mark. Following another ISU make, the RedHawks tallied six of the next eight points, the final two a Molly McDonagh layup that evened the contest at 27-all with just over two minutes left in the quarter. Back-to-back jumpers quickly put the Sycamores ahead by four but a Kayla Brown conversion from downtown made it 31-30 with under a minute to play in the half. An Indiana State field goal with 30 seconds to go put the Sycamores up 33-30 as the teams entered the locker room.
Brown from downtown! 👌
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Megan Galloway kicked off the second half with a quick score to put MU within one, but six straight ISU points suddenly restored a seven-point lead for the Sycamores. The RedHawks answered with the next seven points, knotting the game at 39 apiece with 5:43 to go in the period. Almost exactly two minutes later the game was still tied, this time at 43-all, before a Reid free throw put Miami in front 44-43, its first lead since the opening bucket of the night. However, following a Purvis three-pointer, a pair of free throws and a jumper for the Sycamores had the contest deadlocked at 47 through three quarters.
AND ONE! Reid takes the contact and scores. She hits at the FT line too, giving Miami a 44-43 advantage with under four minutes left in the third.
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The RedHawks dominated the final quarter behind the power of 14 makes at the charity stripe. In total, MU outscored Indiana State, 21-9, to capture a comfortable 68-56 win.
The team is back in action on Thursday at 7 p.m. when it closes out non-conference play at home against Florida A&M.
