Campbellsville, KY – The Patriots women's basketball team got off to a quick start, however, a couple scoreless droughts proved to be the difference as they fell to fourth-ranked Campbellsville 81-65 Thursday night at the Powell Athletic Center. With the win the Tigers improve to 18-2 overall and 10-2 in conference play, while the Patriots move to 13-7 and 7-5. 

Kaylie Monday led the way for UC with 13 points, five rebounds, and two steals.  Channing Lewis added 11 points, four rebounds and three blocks, while Abbi Douglas chipped in ten points.  Kassie Monday and Destiny Haworth finished with nine points each as Shelby Moore grabbed a team-best eight boards.

The Patriots defense came out strong forcing three turnovers on Campbellsville first four possessions.  Offensively, Shelby Moore  got the scoring started before Haworth three point play and Kassie Monday added a layup to make it 7-2 three minutes into the first quarter.  The Tigers even the score, before Channing Lewis netted seven straight Patriots points to give UC a 14-9 edge midway through the quarter.   The Tigers went on a 12-3 run to close out the first quarter with a 21-17 lead.

Campbellsville opened the second quarter on a 9-0 run, over the span of four minutes.  Cumberlands battled back as Destiny Haworth hit a pair of deep balls, while find Casey Coleman under the back for a layup to cut the deficit to 32-25 with 4:38 left.   After the teams traded points, the Tigers went on a 6-0 run, before Abbi Douglas added a free throw in the closing seconds to cut the deficit to 39-28 at the break. 

The Patriots opened the second half with Haworth finding Kaylee Monday behind-the-arc for three.  Campbellsville added five straight until the Kassie Monday converted layup to cut the deficit to 45-33 with 6:31 left.  UC added layup from Monday and Douglas, however, Campbellsville used the deep ball to extend their lead to 58-37 midway through the third quarter.  The Patriots continued to battled with a four point possession as Lewis converted a layup, while Shelby Moore grabbed the offensive rebound, off a missed free throw, and put it back.  Cumberlands outscored the Tigers 6-5 over the final two minutes as Kassie Monday found Kaylie Monday for a three before knocking down a pair from the charity stripe cutting the deficit to 63-46.

The two teams traded baskets over the first several minutes of the fourth quarter until Douglas converted a three-point play to make it 71-53 in favor of the Tigers with 5:33 left.  That sparked a 10-2 run for UC cutting it to 73-60 with 2:11 remaining.  Campbellsville closed out the game on an 8-5 run, with all five Patriot points coming from Kaylie Monday for the 81-65 final.

The Patriots will return to the court Saturday, when they travel up I75 to face Georgetown.  Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.

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