St. Louis, Mo. – The Belhaven University women's basketball team fell in their second game of the 2018 season on the road at Webster University on Friday evening in non-conference action.
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INSIDE THE MATCHUP
 
Final: Webster 79 | Belhaven 58
 
Records: WU (1-0)| BU (0-2)
 
Location: Grant Gymnasium| Webster Groves, Mo.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED

- In the opening period, neither team led more than five points for the duration of the first quarter.

- Both teams exchanged baskets, but Belhaven had the slight 21-19 advantage over Webster to end the first quarter.

- Destiny Johnson opened up the scoring in the second quarter, after a made layup to make the score 24-19.

- Webster pushed back and took a 26-25 lead over the Blazers, but a made free throw by Lauren Brooks even the score at 26.

- An 11-3 run by Webster pushed the Gorloks ahead by a score of 37-29 to go into the halftime break.

-  Peyton Papenburg opened the scoring for the second half to close the gap to only six.

- The Gorloks caught an offensive spark making the score 52-35 with 4:10 left in the third quarter.

- Webster went on an 8-6 run to close out the third quarter to bring the score to 60-41 heading into the fourth quarter.

- The Gorloks led by as many as 26 points in the fourth quarter, but the Blazers did not go down without a fight chipping the lead down to 19 with just under two minutes left in the game.

- Belhaven could not find a basket in the last two minutes of the game, making the final score 79-58 with Webster coming out on top.
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KEY STATISTICS
 
- Brittany Ford led the Blazers with 13 points and shot 55.5 percent from the field. Additionally, she tallied two rebounds and made the only two baskets from behind the arc.

- AaLiyaha Thornton was the other player for Belhaven to score in the double-digits. The senior also posted a perfect 4-4 from the charity stripe, grabbed five rebounds, and had the team-high four assists.

- Lauren Brooks put up nine points, while Peyton Papenburg earned eight points. Papenburg also tied the team-high in rounds with five.

- There were nine different Blazers to contribute on the offensive side of the ball.

- As a team, the Blazers had 22 second chance points and 18 points came from the bench.
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UP NEXT

The Blazers will remain in St. Louis, Missouri for a neutral site game against Spalding University (Ky.) on November 17 at 1:00 p.m.
 
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