WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

The HU women’s basketball team suffered its worst loss of the year Wednesday night, 80-46, to the #6 Knights of Marian University. MU, ranked 3rd in the preseason, most certainly lived up to their billing as one of the nation’s best on this given night at Platt Arena.

For two of the four quarters, the first and the third, the Foresters played within five points of the Knights, but the other 20 minutes were one-sided. Marian outscored Culler and crew 47-18 in the even stanzas to make for the lopsided affair.

Emily Seboe’s bucket in the paint with just over a minute to go in the third made it a 16-point contest at 50-34 which proved as close as HU would get in the second half. Unfortunately, it was short-lived thanks to a Marian traditional and regular three to end the quarter after which they proceeded to miss just four shots in the final ten minute-segment to run away with the game.

Seboe finished with a game-high 17 points, a new career-high for the rookie forward, to go along with a team-leading six rebounds. Sam Vaughn added ten points as the only other Forester in double figures. Dazia Drake chipped in seven points, all of which came in the opening 20 minutes.

Imani Guy paced the Knights with 16 points and nine rebounds. Kinnidy Garrard came off the bench to toss in a season-high 14 points while Macy Willoughby and Ella Collier posted 12 and ten points respectively.

With this loss, Huntington drops to 6-5 overall, 3-4 in league play while MU enjoyed their ninth straight win to move to 15-4 overall which includes a perfect 8-0 record in CL action.

Next up for the Foresters is a road trip to #RV Taylor on Wednesday for a 7:00 p.m. tip-off with the Trojans.