BATESVILLE, Arkansas -
Natalya Kaza led the Lyon College Scots women's basketball team with 28 points in a 105-102 loss to Greenville on Senior Day at Becknell Gymnasium Saturday afternoon.
It was the final SLIAC game of the season.
The Scots finish the year 8-17 overall and 5-13 in conference play. Against Greenville, the Lyon College trailed 23-19 after the first quarter, but came back to take a 47-40 halftime lead. The Scots outscored Greenville 30-21 in the third quarter to lead 67-51, but Greenville stormed back with 44 points in the fourth period to take the lead in the final seconds.
Along with Kaza, who also had seven rebounds and six assists, lone Scots senior
Haven Cooper scored 18 points, Dayle Hambelton had 15 points and nine assists,
Savanna Lopez had 14 points, eight rebounds and five blocked shots and
Jewel Walley scored 11 points. Others to score for Lyon College included nine points from
Molly Mason, four points from
Alexis Shelton,
Savannah Stout had a three pointer, two steals and three assists, while
Olivia Jones and
Izabel Soto played in the game and did not score.
The Scots scored 28 points in the paint, had 32 points off of Greenville turnovers, scored 14 second-chance points, had 27 points on fast-breaks and got 18 points from their bench.
The score was tied five times and there were seven lead changes.
Mason started the scoring for Lyon College with a three-point play, but Greenville came back to go up 9-3 before Kaza hit a three-pointer. Hambleton made a three-pointer and Lopez scored for the Scots to tie the game at 11-11 with 5:31 to go in the first quarter.
Lopez put Lyon in front with a jump shot, but Greenville came back to take a 14-13 lead at the 4:16 mark.
Hambleton put in a layup and Lopez put in another shot to put the Scots up 17-14, but Greenville made three free throws in a row to tie the game and take a one-point lead, then hit a shot to go up by three points. Shelton made two free throws for the Scots with 1:23 to go in the first period and Greenville scored the final three points.
Stout made a three-pointer to start the second quarter for Lyon College. Kaza scored on a layup and put in a three-pointer for a 27-25 Scots lead with 6:33 to go before halftime. Lopez hit her third basket to lift Lyon to a four-point lead seconds later, then Cooper made a three-pointer for a seven-point advantage at the 5:07 mark, 32-25. Mason made a three-pointer and Kaza put in two straight layups in to make it 39-26 with 3:49 to go in the first half.
Hambelton added a three-pointer to make it a 16-point margin for Lyon College 42-26. Greenville got back to within 11 points, but Kaza made two free throws, then made one of two from the line and Shelton put in two free throws with 29 seconds left to make it a 47-35 game, but Greenville made a seven point game at the break.
Kaza opened the third quarter with a three-pointer for the Scots, then Mason followed with a trey to make it a 53-41 lead, but Greenville came back to get within eight points. Lopez made two free throws to break the 1,000 point mark in her career with eight minutes to play in the quarter. Walley put in a layup, Kaza hit inside, then Lopez and Cooper scored to increase the Scots lead back to 16 points, 63-47 with 5:30 to go in the period.
Greenville cut the lead to 11 points again, but Walley made two three-pointers in a row to up the Scots lead to 69-52 with 3:12 left. Cooper made a three-pointer and put in a layup, then Walley made another three-pointer for a 77-59 Lyon College lead with 43 seconds to play in the third quarter.
Lopez made a jump shot to give the Scots their largest lead at 18 points, 79-61 to start the fourth quarter. Greenville came back to cut the lead to seven points 79-72 with 7:42 to play in the game, before Kaza made two free throws and Cooper scored two times in a row to push Lyon's lead to 13 points, 85-72 with 6:19 to play. Kaza scored twice and put in a free throw with five minutes to play to make it 90-76.
Cooper made a free throw, but Greenville cut down the Scots lead nine points before Hambelton made two free throws with 3:20 left, 93-82. Kaza made another free throw after Lopez fouled out for Lyon College. Greenville answered with two three-pointers to make it a four-point game with 2:05 to play, 94-90.
Cooper made a three-pointer with 1:41 to go to make it a seven-point lead for Lyon. Greenville cut the score to three points before Hambelton made two free throws with 54 seconds to go. Greenville made a three-pointer and Hambelton made two more free throws to make it 101-97 with 40 seconds to play.
Greenville made a three-pointer to make it a one-point game seconds later and was able to tie the game at 101-101 with 32 seconds left. Hambelton made another free throw to put the Scots up, but Mason fouled out and Greenville made the next two free throws for the lead at the 25 second mark, then added two more free throws with three seconds to play.