FORT MYERS, Fla. - The old adage that it's tough to beat a team three times unfortunately rang true on Friday night in Southwest Florida as the UWG women's basketball team dropped the opening round of the ASUN Tournament, 60-49, to the Austin Peay Governors.
West Georgia (13-17) could not catch a break and get shots to fall, shooting their lowest field goal percentage of the season, 31 percent, while Austin Peay (13-17) shot nearly 50 percent from the field.
Still, the Wolves hung in there, and trailed by four points at the final quarter break before being outscored 23-16 in the final 10 minutes, while APSU sealed it at the free throw line, going 13-for-13 at the stripe down the stretch.
The Wolves had two in double-figures as Zuriyah Davis led with 12 in her final game and Destiny Jones wrapped up her freshman campaign with 10 points.
Despite shooting just 25 percent and turning the ball over 10 times in the opening half, West Georgia only trailed by eight at the break.
Austin Peay scored the game's first seven points, with UWG's first field goal coming from K'Nari Holliday at the 7:33 mark. By the 3:01 mark of the period, Amanda Blake hit a layup to give UWG their first lead of the game at 12-11, and the Austin Peay was back up by one at 15-14 by the end of the period.
The Govs then clamped down the defense, holding UWG to a 2-for-12 clip from the field in the period and just seven points. A Grace O'Gara three-pointer with a minute left cut the Wolves' deficit to eight midway through the contest.
In the third, UWG used tough defense and chipped away and cut the deficit to just four. Destiny Jones scored eight of her 10 in the third quarter to put UWG down 37-33.
Austin Peay hit clutch shots down the stretch, growing their lead to as much as 13 late in the period.
The Wolves did a great job on the boards, pulling down 34 rebounds including 12 offensive boards, and were able to turn that into 11 second chance points.
West Georgia wraps up their inaugural season of Division I basketball winning 13 games and reaching the ASUN Tournament in their first year eligible.
