The Allen Community Collegewomen were threatened by several comeback attempts from the Blue Devils Wednesday night, but those worries were put to rest in the second half.
Red Devils defeated Kansas City, Kan., Community College 63-52 after after taking the lead midway through the first half, and holding it from there.
Allen overcame a small deficit early in the first half with a 3-pointer from DaNara Day, which she immediately followed with a quick score underneath on an inbound pass. Her scores put the home team up 6-5.
Mariah Marusak hit a long 2-pointer, followed by a 3-pointer from Bailey West to put the Blue Devils up by four with just over nine minutes before the half.
ACC’s Brittany Redmond hit two free throws, and Day hit two more from beyond the three-point line to give the Red Devils a 22-17 lead with 2:32 remaining.
The halftime buzzer sounded with a 29-19 ACC advantage.
After the half, it was slow and steady for both teams, with a fairly even scoring effort from both squads.
Kendra Taiclet opened the half with a 3-pointer. The scoring began to come more freely for the home team, with contributions from Leslie Ware and Day as the clock began to wind down.
The Blue Devils made one last effort to get back into the game with three minutes remaining. Paris Johnson hit from underneath, followed by Samantha Hurst and a 3-pointer from Nage Umutlu. But that was as close as they could get
Day led the scoring for the Red Devils with 22 points, followed by 11 from Redmond and 10 from Ware. Day had six rebounds as well, and Miracle Davis had four assists.
As a team, the Red Devils hit 14 for 53 from field goal range (26.4 percent), and eight for 26 from three point range (30.8 percent). From the foul line, ACC sank 27 for 39 (69.2 percent).
KCKCC (19-33—52)
ACC (29-34—63)
KCKCC (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Blaurock 2/1-6-4-13, Marusak 1-0-5-2, Clement 1/1-0-2-5, Johnson 2/1-2-3-9, Hurst 1-2-3-4, West 0/1-1-4-4, Umutlu 0/1-2-2-5, Montgomery 2-4-2-8, Ware 1-0-3-2. TOTALS: 10/5-17-28-52.
ACC (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Jones 0-6-3-6, Saulsberry 0-0-2-0, Davis 0-3-2-3, Day 3/3-7-2-22, Flanigan 0-0-1-0, Redmond 0/3-2-0-11, Taiclet 0/1-0-0-3, Ware 1/1-5-1-10, Blackwell 2-2-3-6, Hall 0-0-1-0, Molisee 0-0-1-0, Sithem 0-2-2-2. TOTALS: 6/8-27-18-63.
ACC women prevail
