Mountaineers Shut Down Bruins 110-35 to Begin Season 2-0

BOONE, N.C. – The App State ladies’s basketball workforce (2-0) chalked up this system’s second 100-point sport of the Alaura Sharp period (twenty first in program historical past) in Boone on Friday with a 110-35 victory over Bob Jones University.
 
Friday’s win tied the Mountaineers’ second-highest scoring output in program historical past, initially set on Nov. 14, 1982, in opposition to Tennessee Tech. The Mountaineers (2-0) final surpassed 100 factors in a sport on Nov. 20, 2024 in opposition to Clinton College, which was head coach Alaura Sharp‘s first 100-point sport on the helm of this system. The sport additionally marks this system’s second-largest margin of victory (75 factors), simply shy of the document of 78, which was set throughout the 1979-80 marketing campaign in opposition to Milligan.
 
“I think everyone can tell just how awesome this team is just from a culture standpoint,” mentioned Sharp. “They are simply wonderful individuals and I feel it is actually essential that they are dedicated to desirous to win and so they’re doing the issues that it takes to win at a excessive degree.
 
“We set some goals before this game today. We wanted to hold them under 40 – it got a little dicey there at the end – but I thought they were committed to that. I’m proud of the group. I still feel like there’s things that we can clean up. It’s early in the season, but 20 assists and eight turnovers I think is awesome.”
 
Six Mountaineers scored in double-figures in opposition to Bob Jones (1-2), led by freshman Addie Biel. Biel netted a profession excessive 22 factors, flattening 10-of-11 from the sector and draining 2-of-2 from the charity stripe. She additionally matched graduate pupil Zoë McCrary with a team-high eight rebounds. Freshman Isa Roman scored a career-high 14 factors, whereas seniors Emily Hege, Elena Pericic and junior Daisia Mitchell mixed for 36 factors, every contributing 12. Hege shot 100% from the arc and the sector and Pericic now stands one level shy of 1,000 collegiate factors. Knocking down an ideal 5-of-5 from the sector, graduate pupil Jada Burton accounted for 10 factors, whereas senior Emma Smith dished out 5 assists for the Black and Gold.
 
App State scored 68 of its 110 factors off the bench and shot 61.8% from the sector, whereas holding Bob Jones to a subject objective proportion of twenty-two.8% and a 3-point proportion of 18.5%. Additionally, The Mountaineers scored 21 factors off turnovers and 20 factors off quick breaks, shutting out Bob Jones in each classes. The Mountaineers pulled down 57 rebounds to Bob Jones’ 18 and induced 15 Bruin turnovers.
 
From the bounce, the Mountaineers managed the lead, leaping forward, 11-0, inside the first three minutes of play. Sophomore Feryal Defne Atli made a layup within the paint to place App State on the board, and Mitchell promptly adopted with a layup of her personal. Mitchell netted 10 of her 12 factors within the first quarter to raise the Black and Gold to the massive lead. Over 34 seconds, Burton made three journeys to the basket to place App State up 23-5. Then, Hege beat the buzzer with a layup to shut the quarter, giving App State a 35-12 lead after one quarter of play.
 
In the second quarter, App State netted 26 factors whereas the Bruins confronted a scoring drought that lasted the period of the interval. Biel and McCrary mixed for 12 of App State’s factors, each capturing completely from the sector, and Biel knocked down a pair from the charity stripe.
 
The Mountaineers boasted a subject objective proportion of 71.4% and a 3-point proportion of 57.1% along with extending the deficit to 68 factors within the third quarter. Over 2:47, App State went on a 12-0 scoring run, which featured a trey from McBride, a layup from Smith, freebies from Smith and Pericic and layups from Burton and Roman.
 
In the fourth quarter, Biel went to work, scoring 12 of App State’s 19 factors, draining 6-of-6 from the sector, and grabbing 5 boards. Biel introduced the Mountaineers to the brink of 100 factors (99-29) with a layup within the paint, assisted by Burton, earlier than Burton received to the ring to push the Mountaineers over the 100-point threshold (101-29). Biel made a pair of tip-in buckets earlier than sealing the victory, 110-35, with a last layup within the paint.
 
Up Next
The Mountaineers’ homestand continues subsequent week as App State hosts Davidson on Nov. 12 and Wofford on Nov. 16. Wednesday’s 6:30 p.m. sport in opposition to Davidson is Heroes Night and Camp Out at Holmes. Sunday’s 2 p.m. conflict with Wofford is Sunday Funday.