Lyon, Wildcats Secure 63-59 Road Win at UMass

Saturday, February 4

Amherst, Mass.

2:00 p.m.

Davidson College

4-19, 2-9 A-10

Massachusetts

9-16, 3-9 A-10

Davidson

Massachusetts

Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com

Lyon, Wildcats Secure 63-59 Road Win at UMass

2/4/2017 4:59:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Gavin McFarlin - Associate SID

Box Score (pdf)
Game Highlights
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AMHERST, Mass. — Sophomore Justine Lyon scored a career-high 34 points and Davidson secured its second Atlantic 10 win by holding off UMass in a 63-59 road win Saturday afternoon in women's basketball action inside the Mullins Center.

Lyon topped her previous career best from earlier this season by four points, scoring 20 of her 34 in the first two quarters, and helped seal the win by scoring eight of Davidson's (4-19, 2-9 A-10) final 10 points in the last two minutes.

She finished a career-best 9-of-12 from the charity stripe, all coming in the last quarter, while shooting 11-for-20 from the floor overall with a trio of three-balls.

Mackenzie Latt filled the box score with eight points, a game-high 10 rebounds, four assists, two blocks and two steals. Kyla Roland came off the bench for eight points and a career-high tying eight rebounds, five of them on offense.

UMass (9-16, 3-9 A-10) put three players in double digits, led by Alyx Stiff's 22 points. Leah McDerment had 12 points and eight assists, while Maggie Mulligan scored 10.

Davidson led for over 35 minutes of the game, but saw UMass tie the score to start the fourth quarter at 43-all. A free throw by Roland a few seconds later gave the 'Cats back the lead at 44-43.

Three minutes later, the lead would be one again at 46-45, but Latt hit a turn around layup with 5:31 left and Davidson pushed its lead out to as many as eight points the rest of the way.

Behind Lyon's hot-hand in the first quarter, Davidson held a 20-17 lead. The sophomore scored 12 points and the Wildcats shot 56.3 percent in the quarter.

Later in the second, Roland gave Davidson a nine-point advantage, 29-20, on a pair of free throws and Lyon capped off her outstanding first 20 minutes with two more buckets as the 'Cats held a 33-26 lead at halftime.

Davidson had a 39-31 edge on rebounds, including pulling down 15 offensive rebounds and turning them into 20 second-chance points.

The Wildcats close out a two-game road trip with a visit to George Mason, Feb. 8, in Fairfax, Va., with game time set for 7 p.m.

GAME NOTES: This was the fourth meeting all-time between the two schools women's basketball programs … the Wildcats collected their first win in the series today … Lyon's 30-point effort was her second this season and it was her 15th double-digit scoring game of the year … Davidson has had hit the double-digit mark in offensive rebounds in 21 of its 23 games … Latt has led the team in rebounding 17 times this year … the double-digit rebound game was the 22nd of her career … the junior's two blocks moved her into ninth place all-time with 78 … head coach Savage won her 94th career game ... the win snapped the Wildcats' four-game losing streak overall, including a four-game skid in league games, while halting a nine-game road losing streak (five in A-10 road games).