JACKSON, Miss. - The Belhaven Women's Basketball team picked up their first conference win of the season Saturday knocking off McMurry University 66-51 in Rugg Arena.

It was the visitors who took an early lead in the contest running up their advantage to five points in the first quarter. Despite trailing at the end of the quarter Belhaven was able to respond quickly taking a lead inside the first 30 seconds of the frame. BU took their lead to a six point advantage but still trailed by a pair at the half. 

In the second half the Blazers were able to gain a firmer grip on the game and opened up a seven point lead early in the third quarter. Heading into the fourth and final quarter Belahven led by five and less than two minutes into the fourth quarter extended their lead to 10 points, the first double-digit lead of the game. The Blazers continued to pull away late and wrapped up an important first ASC victory. 

Shomaria Overton led the way for the Blazers with 15 points on 5-10 shooting from the field. Overton added eight rebounds and five assists which were also team-highs. Nyah Davis also finished in double-digit scoring with 11 points while adding four rebounds and three assists. 

As a team the Blazers finished a few ticks over 40% shooting from the field and won the paint battle with 38 points from in close. The game was impacted heavily by the Belhaven advantage in bench scoring with BU outpacing McMurry 32-7. 

With the win the Blazers improve to 5-2 on the year and 1-2 in conference play. Belhaven is back in action on Thursday, December 9th when they travel to Longview, Texas to face LeTourneau at 5:30 PM.

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