GAME INFORMATION

Score: Montevallo 72, Point Loma Nazarene 114

Records: Montevallo (1-3) | Point Loma Nazarene (4-0)

Location: Golden Gymnasium (San Diego, Calif.)

Montevallo Starters: Paige Ward (G), D'Miyah Foster(G), Kiya Sain (G), Kassidy Bonebrake (G), Cheyenne Cunningham (F)

Point Loma Starters: Alex Brunk (F), Tayla Hepburn (F), Roya Rustamzada (F), Cara Liggins (G), Sydney Peterson (G)

GAME NOTES

·         The Falcons had three players score in double figures in tonight's game.  Jomekia Morine led Montevallo with 19 points in the game.  D'Miyah Foster and Cheyenne Cunningham each netted 13 points.

·         Montevallo shot 33 percent from the field but struggled with shots behind the three-point line.  The Falcons only shot 18 percent from long range.

·         Point Loma controlled the boards and outrebounded the Falcons 53 to 32 in the game tonight.

TEAM LEADERS

Montevallo

Points: Jomekia Morine (19)

Rebounds: Jomekia Morine, Cheyenne Cunningham, Kourtnie Smith (5)

Assists: 7 players had 1 assist

Point Loma Nazarene

Points: Alex Brunk (29)

Rebounds: Roya Rustamzada (10)

Assists: Roya Rustamzada (11)

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Ties: 5 times

Lead Changes: 2 times

Largest Lead: Point Loma, 44 points (4^th Period, 1:26)

UP NEXT

The Falcons will return home to play a game against Stillman College on Tuesday, November 21^st.  Tip-off is set for 6:00 pm in Tuesday's game.

RECAP

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The University of Montevallo women's basketball team was defeated 114-72 in their second of two games played this week in the state of California.

Montevallo is now 1-4 on the season while Point Loma moves to 4-0 on the season.

The Falcons led for most of the opening period as Montevallo kept pace with the Sea Lions. After trailing 5-2 early in the period, Paige Ward tied the game for the Falcons with a three-pointer with 6:24 remaining in the game.  Kiya Sain gave the Falcons their first lead,7-5, of the game a few minutes later with a jump shot in the paint.

Montevallo was able to push their lead to as many as four points in the first period.  Montevallo held off the Sea Lions offense and ended the period with a 20-18 advantage.

In the second period, the Falcons offense became stagnant as they were outscored in the period 31 to 14 by the Sea Lions who led 49-34 at halftime.

Montevallo was unable to recover from the deficit as Point Loma outscored the Falcons 65 to 28 in the second half.