Lady Bearcats Use Balanced Attack To Ring In New Year With Rout Of Wiley

MARSHALL, Texas – The Rust College women's basketball program made close to half of their shots from the field (28-for-58, 48.3%) while holding the Wildcats to just 15-of-62 (24.2%) as they declawed the Wildcats of Wiley by a 32-point margin on the road, 79-47.

The Basics: 

• Score
• • Rust – 79
  • Wiley – 47

• Records
• • Rust (13-2, 5-0 Gulf Coast)
  • Wiley (9-5, 4-2 Gulf coast)

• Location
• • Marshall, Texas – Alumni Gymnasium

• Series History (Since 2017-18)
• • Rust Leads 5-0 (100%)

• Winning Streak (Since 2021-22)
• • Rust (W5) | Wiley's Last Win: N/A

Rust Top Performers: 

• Karyn Ford racked up a contest-most ten rebounds over just 15 minutes on the court, adding seven points and a pair of assists to her totals.

• Diamond Sweats fronted the well-rounded assault with a modest 14 points and three dimes plus four boards.

• Ahmari Young posted 11 points via a match-most three long balls, Amelya Hatch also tallied 11 points, both Niya McGuire and Musharapha Alhassan put together nine points plus the squad's two blocked shots with one apiece.

Next:

• A heavyweight battle awaits between the two GCAC powerhouses on Saturday as Philander Smith hosts Rust at 2 p.m. inside Mims Gymnasium on Saturday.

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