McPherson, Kan. – In their first home game of the year, the Lady Bulldogs struggled from the field resulting in an 82-58 loss to York College. Mac drops to 1-7 on the year.
The Lady 'Dogs scored first and controlled the game in the opening minutes. Once the shots stopped falling for MC, York made their move; the Panthers pushed their lead to double figures with just over three minutes to play in the half. Mac got the deficit to five a couple minutes later but a 6-0 run by YC gave them a 37-26 halftime lead. The Bulldogs went an ugly 9-of-41 from the floor including 4-of-19 from deep; York was 15-of-35 in the first 20 minutes.
The second half was run by the Panthers as they maintained a double-digit lead. Mac occasionally would inch towards that 10-point mark but never got it back into single figures. YC hit a 20+ advantage by the seven-minute mark and coasted to their 24-point win. McPherson heavily improved their shooting percentage in the second, making 37.5% (12-of-32) from the floor but just 2-of-9 from deep and 6-of-16 from the charity stripe. York dropped in 15-of-37 with five coming from downtown.
McPherson ended the night hitting 21-of-73 field goals which includes 6-of-28 three balls; they made 10-of-28 (35.7%) of their free throws. 45 rebounds were recorded by MC with 23 being offensive boards; the team also had 12 assists and just 12 turnovers along with their eight steals. 35 points were scored in the point and 21 came from bench players.
Bailey Brown dropped in a team-high 14 points on 5-of-13 shooting with 3-of-8 fouls shots going through the net. Whitney Jefferson hit double-digits for the first time this season with her 4-of-5 field goals and 1-of-3 free throws. The top rebounders for Mac were Megan Acklin and Georgia Smart as both tallied had eight; Acklin also scored eight.
The Bulldogs will take on Haskell Indian Nations tomorrow, November 22nd in their second game of the McPherson College Classic at 2:00 p.m. (CT); HINU is coming off their first loss of the season.
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McPherson College is a Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference member school and a part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
