Box Score RALEIGH, N.C. – The Spring Hill College (SHC) women's basketball team used a team-record tying 15 3-point buckets to earn a second consecutive non-conference victory in an 83-67 road decision over the Shaw University Lady Bears on Thursday night at C.C. Spaulding Gymnasium.
 
Both the Lady Bears (2-9) and the Badgers opened the night with a cold shooting touch as Shaw held a 2-0 lead off just two free throws after four minutes of play before freshman Elise Reilly gave SHC a 3-2 lead with a long-range jumper at the 6:05 mark.
 
Reilly's bucket took the lid off the rims for both sides and SHC built a 16-11 lead off Reilly's fourth 3-point tally of the quarter just eight minutes into the game. Junior guard Jewel Hill and senior center Leah Washington went to the rim for three consecutive layups to stake the Badgers to a 20-11 lead at the end of the 1^st quarter.
 
Junior Jennifer Clark and Hill dropped in back-to-back treys to open the 2^nd quarter as SHC was shooting 3-pointers at an 85% rate (6-7) for a 29-15 lead after 12 minutes of play. Shaw then rallied to cut their deficit down to 32-25 at 6:11, but Clark answered with another 3-pointer to stop the bleeding and reclaim a 35-25 Badger advantage before the 5-minute media timeout.
 
Stephanie Custodio of Shaw then found pay dirt with two layups out of the timeout to slice the lead down to 35-29, but SHC again found an answer with a Washington layup at 1:32 left in the half and yet another 3-pointer by junior Johnta Hughes with 53 seconds remaining to reclaim a 40-29 cushion. Freshman Daja Walker then joined the 3-point parade with a trey of her own with 5 seconds showing as the Badgers headed to halftime with a 43-30 margin and a stunning 81.8% (9-11) showing from beyond the arc.
 
In the 3^rd period, Clark picked up where the Badgers left off by pumping through a 10^th 3-pointer to open the stanza and added an 11^th at the 7:41 mark as SHC raced out to a 53-30 lead at 7:09. Shaw refused to give in and scored the next nine points to whittle the Badger lead back down to 53-39 before the media timeout at 4:25. Washington found the range with a short jumper out of the timeout to interrupt the run by Shaw, but Bianca Maxwell completed two layups for Shaw as the Lady Bears crept back to within 55-44 at 3:12.
 
Consecutive Washington and Hill lay-ins restored a 59-44 SHC cushion as Spring Hill carried a 61-47 lead into the final 10 minutes of play. Washington and Walker immediately expanded the lead to 65-47 with back-to-back buckets in the paint and Washington connected for the 12^th Badger 3-pointer at the 8:47 mark.
 
Shaw continued to battle back and once again pulled to within 70-58, but this time Reilly provided the answer with a 13^th 3-point basket at 5:11 to rebuild a 15-point difference. Hughes added a 14^th Badger trey at 4:13 and Reilly added the record-tying 15^th 3-pointer at 2:08.
 
Reilly paced the Badgers with a 22-point performance including six 3-pointers while Washington added 19 points, Clark had 12 and Hill contributed 10 points. Hughes hauled down 10 rebounds as SHC dominated the boards 33-22. Spring Hill ended the night shooting 53.4% (31-58) overall and a stellar 68.2% (15-22) from 3-point distance, but suffered 24 turnovers to just eight steals by the Lady Bears.
 
Shaw was and even 50% (21-42) from the field with a 54.5% (6-11) from long distance, but lost 23 turnovers to a season-high 16 steals by the Badger defense. Imani Heggins led the Lady Bears with 17 points as four Shaw players reached double-digits in scoring including Maxwell with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
 
The previous 15 3-point outburst by a Spring Hill women's team came at Dillard University in 2003.
 
Spring Hill (4-4) will next visit High Point, N.C., to play an exhibition game versus the High Point University Panthers (1-7) on Saturday at 2 p.m. (EDT) at the Millis Center.