MOUNT VERNON, Ga. – On Saturday afternoon, Lady Barons basketball continued action in Gillis Gymnasium with an SSAC matchup against Blue Mountain (Miss.).

Brewton-Parker (6-2, 1-1 SSAC) dropped the first conference loss of the season to the Toppers (6-2, 1-1 SSAC) in a 72-65 loss.

"We came out super flat today and Blue Mountain hit us in the mouth," Head Coach Steve Edwards said. "We aren't a very tough team, and we did not respond well to adversity today. To be a good team we must play with passion, and we did not do that."

"Blue Mountain played well, and they did a great job against us today," Edwards added. "We will get back to work and we will be better."

How It Happened | 1st Q

• The Toppers opened the game with an early 5-0 lead, taking advantage of back-to-back missed three-pointers from the Lady Barons.
• Keyanna Tolbert knocked down a three to open the scoring for BPC at the 6:31 mark before Angel McRae leveled the score nearly two minutes later.
• BMCU responded with a 6-0 run, leaving three minutes on the clock.
• Two-straight treys from Madison Evans and a fastbreak score from McRae equalized the game at 13-13 with 1:21 left.
• McRae secured a layup to give BPC a 15-14 lead in the final moments of the period.

How It Happened | 2nd Q

• Blue Mountain scored 19 unanswered points over the span of nearly eight minutes of play to open the second quarter.
• After a sluggish start, Brewton-Parker began chipping away at the 17-point deficit with an 8-0 run to pull the Toppers' advantage down to nine points with 55 seconds left in the half.
• BMCU produced five points in the final 40 seconds to close out the half with a 37-23 lead, outscoring BPC 23-8 in the second period.

How It Happened | 3rd Q

• After an opening layup from BMCU, Brewton-Parker produced five points to knock the deficit down to 11 points with 6:33 on the clock.
• The Lady Barons began to chip away at the deficit, scoring seven unanswered points to pull the game to 42-35 with 4:15 remaining.
• A trey from A'Aliyah Clay at the 3:36 mark made it a two-possession ball game.
• Blue Mountain outscored Brewton-Parker 8-3 in the final minutes of the quarter to lead, 52-41.

How It Happened | 4th Q

• Brewton-Parker managed to produce their best scoring quarter in the fourth, posting 24 points.
• A 10-4 run to open the quarter moved the Lady Barons' deficit to just five points behind the Toppers with six minutes left to play.
• Some back-and-forth action between both teams occurred before scores from Tolbert and McRae pushed the score to just a one-possession game at the 2:02 mark as BMCU led, 63-60.
• Unfortunately, BPC could not pull back under five points as the Toppers were able to hold off the Lady Barons to seal the 72-65 win.

Inside The Statistics

• Brewton-Parker shot for 32.9% (23-of-70) from the field, 20.6% (7-of-34) from three, and 52.2% (12-of-23) from the charity stripe.
• McRae led the way for BPC, notching a double-double with 17 points and 14 rebounds.
• Evans scored 16 points and produced four assists followed by Clay with 11 points.
• Defensively, the Lady Barons recorded 12 steals on 18 turnovers from the Toppers.

Other Notables

• Blue Mountain led the rebounding efforts with a 42-35 advantage.
• Brewton-Parker gave up just six turnovers on the afternoon.

Next Up

• Brewton-Parker hosts Coastal Georgia on Tuesday at 2 p.m. ET in Gillis Gymnasium.