Campbellsville's Lady Tigers used a balanced scoring attack against offensively high-powered Olivet Nazarene Friday night in the Powell Athletic Center defeating the team from Illinois 110-82 for their 14th victory of the season. The 14 wins ties the best start ever in Lady Tiger basketball history.

The win gave the Lady Tigers their second seven-game win streak and momentum as they go on the road Monday for their final non-conference game against Midway.



Olivet came into the game averaging nearly 95 points a game. Campbellsville, averaging 86 points per game, knew that something had to give. Campbellsville was plus 14 and Olivet minus 13 to their averages.

"We knew exactly what was coming," said Lady Tiger coach Ginger Colvin. "We did not run a play tonight, not one. They want to get you in an up-tempo game, turn you over and hope they make more baskets than you do."

It was one of the more interesting matchups this season as Olivet jacked up 17 3s in the first half and 30 for the game. But Olivet hit two less from behind the arc than the Lady Tigers, who canned 10 of 19. And Campbellsville hit their 3s at a 53 percent clip, 16 percent better than their opponent.

Corin Dunn

Olivet substituted freely in the game, sending in five fresh players every two minutes. But they were no match for 14-1 Campbellsville. The loss dropped Olivet to 7-10.

Campbellsville scored the first 12 points of the game and were never seriously threatened. After Olivet closed to within 25-15 with 11 minutes to go in the first half, the Lady Tigers outscored their opponent 20-13 to led 55-38 at the break.

It didn't get much better for Olivet in the second half, as consecutive 3s by Mackenzie Lee, at the 10-minute mark, pushed the Lady Tiger lead to 22 (80-58). When Whitney Ballinger stole a pass and hit a layup at the 6:20 mark the score had ballooned to 97-67.

Ten Campbellsville players reached the scoring column, led by Lee's and Courtney Danis' 19 each. They were joined in double figures by Melly Heaton (16) and Ballinger (12). Ballinger also had five assists and six blocks.

The Lady Tigers outrebounded Olivet 53-49, led by seven carom performances by Ballinger and Corin Dunn. Megan Isaacs grabbed six boards.

"With the pace of play we had to play a lot of people and Keisha Compton and Corin Dunn did a good job for us tonight," said Colvin.

Dunn had seven points to go along with her rebounds, and Compton, although she didn't score, dished out three assists.

Although the Lady Tigers made 28 turnovers, Colvin thought her team did a good job of making the extra pass. Campbellsville held a three-turnover margin over Olivet.

After playing Midway, CU opens Mid-South Conference play on Jan. 14 at home against Pikeville. That game starts at 6 p.m.


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BOX SCORE


SHORT BOX
Olivet Nazarene Univ (7-10)
McCall Kitchel 0-2 0-0 0, Courtney Neil 3-13 6-8 13, Jaimie Buckman 0-4 0-0 0, Holly Wiersema 3-12 6-6 12, Danielle Pipal 3-6 1-2 9, Lexie Heinold 1-5 0-0 3, Sandy Cabadas 0-0 0-0 0, Mary Beth Broda 0-0 0-0 0, Devin Johnston 2-4 0-0 4, Simone Coburn 7-15 1-2 16, Abby Doran 0-1 0-0 0, Taylor Haymes 2-3 0-0 5, Rachel Kearney 5-8 0-0 11, Laura Johnson 1-4 0-0 3, Lisa Beyer 2-2 2-2 6, Nikki Dier 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-80 16-20 82

Campbellsville University (14-1 NAIA #10)
T.J. Thomas 3-4 2-2 9, Kayla Hopkins 0-1 0-0 0, Keisha Compton 0-2 0-0 0, Melly Heaton 6-13 0-0 16, Wendi Messer 2-5 0-0 5, Millie Deason 0-1 0-0 0, Courtney Danis 7-12 5-5 19, Megan Issacs 3-5 0-0 6, Alexia Williams 3-5 0-0 7, Shabree Hunter 0-1 0-0 0, Corin Dunn 5-7 0-1 10, Whitney Ballinger 5-9 2-2 12, Kristi Ensminger 3-7 1-3 7, Mackenzie Lee 7-7 2-3 19. Totals 44-79 12-16 110

SCORE BY PERIODS	1st	2nd	TOTAL
Olivet Nazarene Univ	38	44	82
Campbellsville University	55	55	110

FG%: Olivet Nazarene Univ .362, Campbellsville University .557. 3-pt FG:Olivet Nazarene Univ 8-30 (Kitchel 0-2, Neil 1-5, Buckman 0-4, Wiersema 0-2, Pipal 2-4, Heinold 1-4, Coburn 1-1, Doran 0-1, Haymes 1-2, Kearney 1-2, Johnson 1-2, Dier 0-1), Campbellsville University 10-19 (Thomas 1-1, Heaton 4-9, Messer 1-3, Issacs 0-1, Williams 1-2, Lee 3-3). Rebounds: Olivet Nazarene Univ 49 (TEAM 9), Campbellsville University 53 (TEAM 13). Fouls Olivet Nazarene Univ 15, Campbellsville University 20. Fouled out: none. Technical: none. Assists: Olivet Nazarene Univ 19 (Pipal 5), Campbellsville University 26 (Danis 5, Ballinger 5). Steals: Olivet Nazarene Univ 16 (Wiersema 7), Campbellsville University 19 (Thomas 4). Blocked shots: Olivet Nazarene Univ 3 (Buckman 1, Wiersema 1, Cabadas 1), Campbellsville University 8 (Ballinger 6). Turnovers: Olivet Nazarene Univ 31, Campbellsville University 28. Attendance: 300.