Women's Basketball | 02/12/2021

WBB: Turnovers Plague AWC in loss to EAC


YUMA, Ariz---Finding an edge against a tough, physical Eastern Arizona Gila Monster (4-0 Overall, 4-0 ACCAC) proved too tall a task Friday night for the Arizona Western Lady Matadors (1-5 overall, 1-2 ACCAC) in a 68-50 at The House.

The Matadors never found their range from deep, shooting just 1-13 from the arc on the night, while Eastern establish a physical interior presence from the beginning.

The Matadors also saw EAC turn 8 turnovers into 12 points to build a first half lead.

Catarina Ferriera got to the line and cleaned up the boards, ultimately finishing with 12 points and 7 rebounds.

That was long enough for Eastern to find their rhythm on the outside as Isis Smith had three 3’s, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, finishing with 16 points, a game high.

Mary Workman added a couple of three’s for Eastern.

The Matadors were led by several acrobatic shots from Buse Utku, who finished with 11 points. Mizha Gilberto had 9 points and 8 boards while Jenny Nkem-Womsi contributed 8 points and 7 rebounds.

The Gila Monsters outrebounded AWC 47-30. But it was in combination with a high number of turnovers that did Arizona Western in, as they finished with 25 turnovers on the night.

Both teams will return to action at 2:00pm against each other at The House in Yuma. The game will be broadcast by AWC TV (Spectrum Channel 74 in Yuma) and streamed on awcmatadors.com.
