RedStorm women fall at Georgetown College

Georgetown, Ky. ---- The University of Rio Grande RedStorm women's basketball team squared off with Georgetown College on the road on Thursday evening at the Davis-Reid Alumni Gymnasium with sole possession of third place on the line in the Mid-South Conference. Rio Grande dropped a 73-58 decision.

Rio Grande (13-10, 4-3 MSC) fell behind 9-2 out of the gate and could never really close the gap in the first half, falling behind by 13 points six different times.  Rio started 1-of-8 from the field and really struggled in the first half, making only 9-of-30 (30 percent) shots before halftime.

The cold shooting continued in the second half as Rio ended up at only 31.7 percent for the game (19-of-60), including 8-of-27 (I29.6 percent) from beyond the three-point arc. 

Rio Grande has now lost two straight games. The RedStorm are 5-6 on the road this season.

The RedStorm had a 10-2 run to begin the second half to cut the deficit to 43-37, but would not be able to get any closer. 

Junior forward Leah Kendro (Strongsville, OH) led Rio Grande with 14 points and junior point guard Bre Davis (Marietta, OH) added 13 points.

Georgetown (14-8, 5-2 MSC) was able to take a 14-point lead to halftime at 41-27. The Tigers shot the ball well from the floor in the first half as they made 13-of-29 (44.8 percent), including 4-of-9 (44 percent) from long range.

The Tigers improved their shooting in the second half and closed the game at 49 percent (25-of-51) and went 6-of-14 (42.9 percent) from three-point land.

Georgetown placed three players in double figures led by Kourtney Tyra with 21 points. Emily Drees added 11 points and Devon Golden scored 10 points off the bench.