Box Score PEORIA, Ill. - In its Missouri Valley Conference opener, the University of Evansville women's basketball team fell to Bradley, 82-51, after a strong first quarter performance on Friday night in Peoria, Ill.

Leading the way for Evansville was freshman Abby Feit, who tallied a team-best 18 points to go along with eight boards, including 15 points in the first half. Feit was accurate in all facets of the game, shooting 46% (6-13) from the field, 60% (3-5) from three, and 75% (3-4) from the line. Also recording impressive performances were junior Lola Bracy (nine points), freshman Jossie Hudson (seven points), and sophomore NaTaya Partee (six points). Scoring a game-high 24 points, Lasha Petree powered the Braves, going 10-18 from the field and recoreding four blocks.

Bradley used a 23-10 run in the second quarter to earn a 17-point advantage at the half that proved to be the difference after Evansville challenged the Braves early on.

The first quarter was a back-and-forth affair that saw five lead changes. Bradley took an 8-4 lead on a three-pointer by Tatum Koenig just past the two-minute mark of the opening period. Responding to the Braves' three, Feit hit a triple of her own as part of her 15 first-half points, that cut the Braves' lead to one at 8-7. The Aces would go in front 11-9 with 4:24 left in the quarter on a layup by Poland. After the game was tied twice more in the final four minutes, the Braves scored two free throws late to take a 15-13 advantage after the first quarter.
 

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Bradley scored four-straight to open the second period, but Evansville worked back within four just minutes later. The aforementioned run for the Braves started with just less than eight minutes remaining before the break as Bradley increased its lead from four to 17 to hold a 45-28 lead at the half.

In the third quarter, the Aces were limited to just five points and shot 1-10 from the field as the Braves' built a 65-33 advantage with one quarter to play. Evansville battled back in the final stanza, out-scoring the Braves, 18-17, as Bradley earned the 82-51 win.

Evansville continues its 2020-opening road trip on Sunday at Illinois State at 2 PM.
 

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