Scots take down William Woods to extend win streak to 18
Batesville, Ark. – In her 17 years of coaching the Lyon College Scots women’s basketball team, Tracy Stewart-Lange has developed a winning strategy that keeps opposing coaches guessing. Even so, she expects hard work and knows how to place players on the court with the understanding of space. She can look at her team on the floor and immediately articulates what she wants them to do. And they listen.
Defense has been Lange’s prowess. No team in the American Midwest Conference has a more potent defense that is first in points allowed by opponents. Lange and assistant Julie Church have orchestrated this season’s Scots to a 23-4 record, an 18-game winning streak and a 15-1 AMC conference mark that is leading the league.
On Saturday night, the Scots held off William Woods for a 66-56 home victory. Paige Kelley led Lyon College with 19 points, while Jade Giron added 16 points, six assists and four steals.
The Scots led 19-13 after the first quarter, but the Owls came back to tie the game at 30-30 by halftime. Lyon outscored William Woods 21-8 in the third period and held on for a 10-point win. The Scots were 23-of-53 from the field for 43 percent, they made 7-of-17 three-pointers for 41 percent and hit 13-of-17 free throws for 76.5 percent. The Owls were 21-of-49 for 42.9 percent, they made 7-of-17 three-pointers and were 7-of-7 from the free throw line.
Katie Turner got Lyon on the scoreboard first, but William Woods ran off seven straight points. Kelley’s jumper with 5:15 to go in the first quarter tied the game at 7-7. Haley Wesley made a jumper, Allison Byars made a three-pointer and Kelley completed a three-point play for a 19-13 lead.
Giron’s layup with 6:18 to go before halftime put the Scots up by eight points, 25-17, but the Owls came back to tie the game at 26-26 and 28-28. Marleigh Dodson scored on a drive to the basket to tie the game at 30-30.
Kristen Baham made a three-pointer, Kelley scored twice inside and Giron put in a layup for a 39-32 Lyon College lead in the third quarter. Kelley highlighted the scoring the quarter with a three-pointer and Giron knocked down a three-pointer at the buzzer to put the Scots up 51-38.
Byars made two free throws with 4:52 to go in the game to put Lyon up by 21 points, 66-45.
Lyon drops game to William Woods
Batesville, Ark. – The Lyon College Scots dropped a 59-46 home decision to the William Woods Owls on Saturday afternoon in American Midwest Conference play at Becknell Gymnasium in Batesville.
Trenton Bell led Lyon College with 17 points, Grant Patterson added 10 points and John Paul Morgan had five points and 12 rebounds. The Scots were 16-of-66 from the field for 24.2 percent. They made 6-of-20 three-point shots for 30 percent and made 8-of-14 free throws.
The Scots trailed 27-21 at halftime. They were down 8-0 before Patterson put them on the scoreboard with a jump shot. Johnathan Iliya scored inside, Bell put in a basket and Bell hit a three-pointer with 1:32 to go in the first half to close the gap to four points, 25-21.
Eric Koludrovic hit two jump shots to start the second half for Lyon College. The Scots got within seven points midway through the second half on consecutive jumpers from Patterson to make it 43-36. Luke Bridges made a free throw, but the Owls moved out to a 14-point lead.
Koludrovic and Morgan both made three-pointers for Lyon in the final minute to get as close as 13 points.
Scots baseball wins
HERNDON, TN – The Lyon College Scots defeated the University of St. Francis 5-0 on Friday night in Herndon, Tennessee in the second game of the day.
Joe Weatherford hit a three-run homer to centerfield that scored Aaron Hurd and Troy Strack in the bottom of the third inning. Alec White singled to left field to score Allen West in the fifth inning to put Lyon College up 4-0 and in the bottom of the seventh inning, Hurd doubled to left field to score Strack.
Bodey Ellis picked up the win for the Scots by throwing five innings allowing four hits in shutout baseball.
Lyon College softball drops games at Texarkana
TEXARKANA – The Lyon Scots softball team made their 2022 debut on the road against the Texas A&M-Texarkana University Eagles on Friday afternoon.
The double-header action saw the Eagles take the first game 11-2 and win the second 3-1.
Lyon College (0-2) trailed 3-0 to TAMUT after two innings. The Scots threatened when Addie Harmon was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Jasmine Carlos hit a line drive to center field to score two runs and make it 3-2.
By the end of the third the score was 5-2 and the Eagles put up six more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.
In Game 2, TAMUT led 1-0 into the third inning when Harmon led off with a bunt-single. She was left stranded and the Eagles scored again to go up 2-0 by the top of the fifth inning. By the top of the seventh inning the score was 3-1.
Baseball team splits games, loses to St. Francis, beats Freed-Hardeman on Saturday
HENDERSON, TN – The Lyon College Scots baseball team lost 6-1 to St. Francis, Illinois in the early game on Saturday at the Freed-Hardeman campus in Henderson, Tenn.
Lyon trailed 6-0 by the fifth inning then picked up a run in the sixth when Haydn Finley hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Aaron Hurd from third base.
Alan West got the loss for the Scots giving up six runs, but only two were earned. He had seven strikeouts.
Lyon College 5, Freed-Hardeman 3
HENDERSON, TN – The Lyon College Scots baseball team trailed 2-0 into the second inning when Alec White doubled in Joe Weatherford.
In the fifth, White singled in Aaron Hurd and Weatherford scored on a wild pitch to put the Scots up 3-2. Freed-Hardeman came back to tie the game 3-3 in the sixth inning, but Weatherford hit a 2-run homer with Kaden Doan on base to give the Scots the win.
Lex Meinderts got the win for the Scots, pitching the full seven innings and striking out 10 batters. He walked two, gave up four hits and three runs.
By Martin Couch, Lyon College Athletics
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