MOUNT VERNON, Ga. – Brewton-Parker Women's Basketball continued with the second installment of a three-game homestand, hosting Faulkner (Ala.) on Tuesday night for Southern States Athletic Conference action.

The Lady Barons (13-6, 5-4 SSAC) were dropped by the Eagles (11-9, 7-3 SSAC) in a 73-56 defeat in Gillis Gymnasium for the first home loss of the 2023-24 campaign.

"Faulkner kicked our butts tonight," Head Coach Steve Edwards said. "They were the better team and we have a long way to go before we can consistently beat good teams. We are in a tough grind right now and we must continue to work and find a way to be there at the end."

How It Happened | First Quarter

The Lady Barons started the game with a quick jumper from Angel McRae, but Faulkner answered back the next possession with a jumper of their own. Cori Keats put up a trey to spark a 9-6 stretch over the next four minutes for BPC to take an 11-8 lead with 4:00 left to play. The stretch was led by McRae with four points and Micah Bess with two.

In the last four minutes of the quarter, the Eagles took a 10-6 stretch to gain an 18-17 lead. During the stretch, Keats put up another three, and Le'la Wright found a bucket and a free throw.

How It Happened | Second Quarter

Nearly a minute and a half into the quarter, BPC broke the silence with a trey from Drexelle Ward to regain a two-point lead at the 8:34 mark. The lead wouldn't last as the Eagles found a bucket seconds later to tie the game up 20-20.

Both teams battled back and forth for the next few minutes, ending with Faulkner taking a 9-6 stretch to put the Lady Barons into a four-point deficit with just under five minutes left in the half.

The Lady Barons ended the half down nine after the Eagles took an 11-5 run over the last four minutes. Tajahnae Wiggins and Keonya Mincey put up jumpers and A'Aliyah Clay made a free throw in the ending stretch as BPC entered halftime down, 40-31.

How It Happened | Third Quarter

Brewton-Parker struck first in the third quarter with a layup from Wiggins, cutting the Eagles' lead to seven. Faulkner responded with six unanswered points to put the Lady Barons in a 46-33 hole.
Over the next four minutes, the teams went on a back-and-forth 6-6 stretch, with McRae and Mincey getting three points from "and ones", in which the Eagles held onto a 10-point lead with 3:09 left in the quarter. The quarter ended with Faulkner finishing on a 7-2 run to put the Lady Barons in a 58-43 deficit.

How It Happened | Fourth Quarter

The Eagles took the first basket of the fourth quarter, extending the lead over the Lady Barons to 17 points. Madison Evans responded at the 7:54 mark to help lead an 8-1 BPC run, cutting the deficit to 10 with just over six minutes on the clock. Faulkner handled the brief momentum shift well by responding with a 12-5 run to end the game, defeating the Lady Barons 73-56.

Inside The Statistics

• BPC shot 33.9% (21-of-62) from the floor, 17.9% (5-of-28) from three, and 69.2% (9-of-13) from the foul line.
• McRae led the team with 12 points and 11 rebounds for her fifth of the season and second against the Eagles in the 2023-24 campaign.
• McRae, Evans, and Keats all finished with three assists each.
• Defensively, Brewton-Parker forced 10 turnovers and recorded six steals.
• Faulkner secured the rebounding battle with a 46-32 margin.

Next Up

• The Lady Barons will take on in-state and conference foe Life (Ga.) on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. ET in Gillis Gymnasium.