Ravens Rally to Overtime Win against Grizzlies

The Anderson University women's basketball team rallied to an 80-75 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) overtime victory against Franklin College on Saturday in O.C. Lewis Gymnasium.

Franklin (8-13, 7-8) held a 71-64 lead with 2 minutes, 18 seconds left in regulation. The Ravens (14-7, 11-4) ended regulation on a 7-0 run to bring the game into overtime. Makynlee Taylor scored the final four points in regulation, making layups with 1:09 to go and 23 seconds to go.

COACH JON GIN'S COMMENTS

This was a gutsy win. We came out flat; credit to Franklin as they jumped on us early and had a great game plan. They frustrated our guards all game long, but I thought our team did a great job of persevering through a rough shooting night and finding another way to win. We upped the defensive pressure in the fourth quarter and hit some clutch shots. The fans gave us a huge lift in overtime and we rode that momentum into some great defensive stops.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Grizzlies jumped out to a 25-18 lead through the first quarter. Franklin drained 8-of-12 (66.7 percent) shots from the field in the first quarter.
• The Grizzlies held a 40-39 lead at halftime and a 59-53 lead through three quarters.
• Franklin pulled ahead 71-64 with 2:18 left in regulation.
• Makynlee Taylor came up with an offensive rebound and Jade Shipley drained a 3-pointer to cut the score to 71-67 with 1:59 left in regulation.
• Lexi Dellinger fought for an offensive rebound and Taylor made a layup to trim the lead to 71-69 with 1:09 to go.
• Anderson once again came up with a defensive stop. Taylor collected an offensive rebound and made the game-tying layup with 29 seconds to go. Franklin came up empty on the final possession, sending the game into overtime.
• The Ravens jumped out a 75-71 lead with 3:29 left in overtime as Shipley and Izzy Davis scored on Anderson's first two possessions.
• Franklin went on a 6:17 scoring drought spanning from 2:18 left in regulation to 1:01 left in overtime. Anderson came up with eight consecutive defensive stops during the stretch, while recording a 12-0 run.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• The Ravens outrebounded the Grizzlies 51-36. Anderson's +15 rebounding margin marks the team's highest of the season.
• Anderson held a 19-9 advantage in offensive rebounds and rolled to an 18-5 advantage in second-chance points.
• The Ravens outscored the Grizzlies 32-28 in the paint.
• Franklin made 6-of-24 (25 percent) shots from 3-point range while Anderson hit 7-of-31 (22.6 percent) attempts from behind the arc.
• The Ravens converted 25-of-68 (36.8 percent) shots from the field while the Grizzlies hit 24-of-64 (37.5 percent) attempts from the floor.
• Franklin drained 21-of-24 (87.5 percent) shots from the free-throw line while Anderson made 23-of-33 (69.7 percent) attempts from the charity stripe.
• The Grizzlies committed 17 turnovers while the Ravens turned the ball over 16 times, but Franklin outscored Anderson 22-16 off turnovers.
• Makynlee Taylor – 16 Points, 16 Rebounds, 10 Offensive Rebounds (which result in 15 Anderson points), hit game-tying layup in final minute of regulation
• Lexi Dellinger – 20 Points, 12 Rebounds, 9/9 FT
• Lauren Smith – 14 Points
• Jade Shipley – 11 Points
• Izzy Davis – 10 Points
• Bella Larrison – 6 Points
• Jada Stansberry – 2 Points
• Grace Marshall – 1 Point

UP NEXT

The Ravens take on Defiance College (7-14, 4-11) in HCAC action on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Defiance, Ohio.