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PORT HURON, Mich.---The Bay College Norse women's basketball team was outscored 20-4 in the first quarter on Thursday and could not recover, losing to the 20th ranked Illinois Central College Cougars, 84-35, in Port Huron.
It was the first game of the Thumb Coast Tip-Off Challenge, hosted by St. Clair Community College. Six of the eight teams in the tournament played in the national tournament last spring.
“A slow start coming out of the gate, and we just couldn't really get on track the whole game,” Norse Coach James Fassett said. “They're a very good team. They don't have very many players either (both teams had eight). They play hard, and they execute what they do. They attack the basket well, feed it inside, and they were able to score well.”
Bay was outscored in all four quarters. Olivia Kelly-Taylor led the way with a double double of ten points and ten rebounds, and she was 6-of-6 at the free throw line. Kennedy Robinson contributed nine points. The Norse, however, turned the ball over 30 times and Illinois Central made them pay by draining eight three-point baskets.
Hannah West led the Cougars (3-2) with 22 points. Ellie VanMeenan added 17 points and had seven steals on defense. The Cougars had two players with double-digit rebounds and they outrebounded the Norse, 57-36.
Bay continues tournament play on Friday with a game against State University of New York-Niagara. Game time is 1:00 ET and it will be broadcast live across the Upper Peninsula on Maverick FM-106.3.
