Williamsburg, KY – All five Patriots starters were in double figures as the UC women's basketball team opened Mid-South Conference play victorious defeating Georgetown 100-95 Thursday night on Randy Vernon Court.  UC had two players net career-highs in the win as Cumberlands improves to 5-1 overall on the season.

Freshmen Kassie Monday and Kaylie Monday combined for 45 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in the win.  Kassie Monday went 10-15 from the field, including 4-7 from long range for a career-high 25 points, while Kaylie Monday tallied 20 points, four assists and five rebounds.  Channing Lewis notched her first career double-double finishing with 11 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.  Destiny Haworth added 17 points, while Abbi Douglas chipped in 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds.

"This is a great win and an incredible way to start conference play," said Head Coach Rick Reeves.  "Georgetown is a talented team and for our young team to step up and continue to make big plays is a testament to their hard work everyday."

Georgetown (4-1; 0-1) opened the game on a 7-2 run, however, the Patriots quickly answered as Kassie Monday connected with Kaylie Monday for a three to bring UC within two with 8:18 remaining.  The two teams traded baskets over the next minute before Kaylee Mathis drained a three-pointer to cut the deficit to 12-11 just over three minutes in. The Tigers utilized a 12-4 run, over a three-minute span to take their largest lead of the game at 28-17 with 2:46 remaining.  Cumberlands battled back as Kassie Monday and Lillie Hall combined for the final five points of the quarter cutting the deficit to 28-22.

Cumberlands carried that momentum into the second quarter as Douglas converted a layup coupled with a Haworth triple brought the Patriots within one at 28-27.  Georgetown responded with nine unanswered points, however, UC netted four points including Lewis converting a layup to keep within striking distance at 36-31 midway through the quarter.  A minute later, UC went on a 12-2 run highlighted by three's from Kaylie Monday, Hall, and Haworth, which give the Patriots their first lead of the game at 43-42 with 3:26 left in the first half.  The Tigers netted four of the final first half points to take a 46-44 edge into the break.

Just over two minutes into the third quarter, UC retook the lead 50-48 on Kaylie Monday long range shot.  The teams played even over the next several minutes trading buckets as Georgetown took a 62-56 lead with 5:02 remaining.  Cumberlands continued to preserve as Kassie Monday grabbed the defense rebound, pushing up court, and hit from behind-the-arc to bring UC within two.  Two minutes later, Cumberlands converted 6-6 from the charity stripe, including four straight by Douglas, to retake the lead as Lewis put away a layup on the next possession give the Patriots a 68-65 advantage with 3:05 remaining.  The Patriots closed out the quarter on a 6-2 run to take a 76-72 lead into the fourth quarter.

Kassie Monday netted eight straight Patriots points to open the fourth quarter and extend Cumberlands lead to 84-76, with 7:19 left.  A minute later, Kaylie Monday hit one of her career-high four three's to push Cumberlands lead to nine points, their largest of the game with 6:52 remaining.  Georgetown went on a 12-2 run, over the span of three minutes to take a 90-89 edge, however, UC respond as Kassie Monday found Douglas under the basket for a layup to put the Patriots back in front with 3:22 left. The lead changed two more times until Kaylie Monday grabbed an offensive rebound and put it back to give the Patriots a 96-93 lead with 1:29 left.  After Cumberlands defense forced a turnover, the Patriots utilized the shot clock as Haworth drained a three-pointer with nine seconds left to seal the game and the 100-95 final.

It marks the first time since November 27, 2018 that the Patriots tallied over 100 points and the first time surpassing the century mark in a conference game since January 2, 2014 when the defeated Rio Grande 104-89.  The win also marks the third straight season that UC won its conference opener.

UC will return to the court Saturday, November 20, when they host second-ranked Campbellsville on Randy Vernon Court.  Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. with live stats available here and live video available here.

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