Ravens Charge Past Yellow Jackets with Wire-to-Wire Victory

Wednesday in O.C. Lewis Gymnasium, the Anderson University women's basketball team secured a 77-64 HCAC victory against Defiance College. Anderson (10-11, 7-7) remained dominant from the jump, defeating the Yellow Jackets (11-7, 6-5) with a wire-to-wire victory.

Prior to the game, Payton Moore (Spiceland, Ind. / Tri) was recognized for scoring her 1,000th career point on Jan. 29.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Ravens started off with two quick baskets by Lexi Dellinger and Cassie Pallett less than 1 minute, 30 seconds into the first quarter. 
• Anderson kept the pressure applied and won the first quarter 13-6.
• AU started the second quarter off slowly until a much-needed basket from Lexi Dellinger fell with 5:06 left in the quarter.
• The Yellow Jackets fought in the second quarter, but found themselves down by 11 heading into halftime.
• Defiance started making their way back into the game during the beginning of the third quarter.
• Despite the efforts of Defiance, Anderson was able to keep a 55-41 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
• Defiance managed to win the fourth quarter by one point, but the game was too far gone and Anderson was able to pull out a 13-point win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Anderson and Defiance shot 28-of-63 (44.4 percent) and 20-of-68 (29.4 percent) from the field respectively.
• Defiance committed 15 turnovers while Anderson turned the ball over 14 times. The Ravens held an 18-8 advantage in points off turnovers.
• Anderson powered to a 14-0 advantage in fast-break points.
• The Ravens lost the battle of the boards with 40 rebounds in comparison to the 48 of Defiance.
• Lexi Dellinger led the Ravens with 19 points and five assists. She also contributed two blocks.
• Payton Moore notched 16 points as well as team-highs of nine rebounds and five blocks.
• Anderson finished with four double-digit scores. Jade Shipley scored 15 points while Makynlee Taylor tallied 13 points and eight rebounds.

CASSIE PALLETT'S COMMENTS

• With only four regular-season games left, we have to put it all out there every single game and we just need to do what we can on the court.
• [During the second half] I think we were able to take the lid off for Payton. If we just keep shooting we know it will fall, especially for Payton. We're confident with her taking any shot.

PAYTON MOORE'S COMMENTS

• [During the first half], I wasn't getting quick to the basket. During halftime, the coaches told me to do what I know I can do, so I came out and tried to fix that a little bit.
• The coaches just said to keep what we're doing and shots happened to fall in the second half, so [Coach Gin] kept giving the ball to me and it worked out.

COACH JON GIN'S COMMENTS

It was a great team win [on Wednesday] with four players in double digits. Everyone was ready from the jump and the energy from the bench was so awesome. I'm really proud of this group and how they came together, had some fun and got the dub!

UP NEXT

The Ravens travel to Lexington, Ky. for another conference matchup this Saturday at 3:00 p.m. Anderson looks to build off of its dominant win when facing the Pioneers of Transylvania University (18-0, 10-0), which is ranked No. 4 in the latest D3hoops.com national poll.