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Astrid Hutteman
45
West Georgia WES 9-10, 8-7 GSC
63
Winner Union (TN) UU 12-10, 7-9 GSC
West Georgia WES
9-10, 8-7 GSC
45
Final
63
Union (TN) UU
12-10, 7-9 GSC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
West Georgia WES 11 10 13 11 45
Union (TN) UU 13 14 21 15 63

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Union Sports Information

Union women shoot past West Georgia 63-45

JACKSON, Tenn. – The Union University women's basketball posted a 63-45 win over the University of West Georgia Saturday afternoon. Union has now won back-to-back games for the first time since November 29/December 2 games. 

GAME DETAILS
Final:  Union 63  |  West Georgia 45  
Records: Union 12-10, 7-9 | West Georgia 9-10, 8-7
Location: Fred DeLay Gymnasium - Jackson, Tennessee
Series: Union leads 10-2
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WHAT HAPPENED

  • Union started the game with four straight points, and six of the game's first nine points. West Georgia answered with 6-3 stretch to tie the game 9-9 with just under three minutes left. Union's Fredi Nielson scored the next four for Union to give the Lady Bulldogs a 13-11 lead at the end of the first quarter. 
  • West Georgia's Julianne Bayer opened the second quarter with a 3-pointer to give her team their first and only lead of the game, 14-13. Union answered with an 11-3 run including three 3-pointers, one from Chelsea Bodiford and two from Astrid Huttmann to take a 24-17 lead at the 2:32 mark. After four straight points from the Wolves, Union's Tiffany Rechis made it four straight 3-pointers for the Lady Bulldogs. Union led 27-21 at the half. 
  • Union's Jada Smith gave Union a quick start to the second half with back-to-back baskets, giving Union a double-digit lead for the first time in the game, 31-21.
  • West Georgia cut the deficit to six points, but Union's Huttemann hit back-to-back 3-pointers and Rechis followed with three free throws to give Union a 44-29 lead with 3:18 left in the third quarter. Union ending the third with a 48-34 lead. 
  • Huttemann got Union back up to a 15 point lead, 53-38, for the second time in the game following her fifth 3-pointer of the night. Bodiford's third 3-pointer of the game put Union up 58-40 with 4:23 left in the game. Union led by as many as 20 points down the stretch (60-40) and costed to the 63-45 win.

STAT OF THE GAME
Today's win for Union marked the first victory on a Saturday since Union's opening weekend win at Nova Southeastern November 12. 

TEAM STATS

  • Union shot 40 percent from the field, 39 percent (9-23) from 3-point range and 92 percent (12-13) from the free throw line. 
  • West Georgia shot 25 percent from the field, 20 percent (5-25) from long range and 77 percent (10-13) from the free throw line. 
  • West Georgia edged Union 39-38 in rebounds, but controlled the offensive glass 14-7. Union committed 12 turnovers to 10 from the Wolves. 

PLAYER STATS

  • Union was led by Huttemann with 19 points and 10 rebounds. She hit 5-of-9 from 3-point range, snapping an 0-for-19 stretch from behind the arc. Bodiford and Smith added 11 points for the Lady Bulldogs. 
  • West Georgia was led by A'Kia Harris with nine points, while D'Asia Cain and Jessica Brown added eight points each. 

UP NEXT

Union hits the road for a pair of GSC games. The first stop is Valdosta State Thursday, February 9 and then on to West Florida February 11. Listen on 93.1 FM or online at www.uuathletics.com/live. 

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