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Ava Guilford
Leilani Casteele
Ava Guilford notched 17 points that helped the Britons to a victory over Alma.
63
Alma ALMA 9-13,5-8 Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn.
72
Winner Albion Albion 16-6,9-4 Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn.
Alma ALMA
9-13,5-8 Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn.
63
Final
72
Albion Albion
16-6,9-4 Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn.
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Alma ALMA 18 16 15 14 63
Albion Albion 13 16 22 21 72

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Noah Tylutki, Interim Sports Information Director

Britons Muscle Past Alma After Fourth-Quarter Swing

ALBION, Mich. – The all-time series between Albion and Alma was deadlocked at 47-47 heading into their showdown.

The Britons broke the knot, as they muscled their way past the Scots 72-63 at Kresge Gymnasium and outscored Alma 43-29 in the second half.

Albion found themselves down 18-13 after the first. The Scots went on a 6-0 run to close out the period.

The Britons took their second lead of quarter No. 2 on a three-pointer from Payton Baker to make it 22-20 with 6:26 left, but Alma answered right back with a triple of their own to retake the advantage for the rest of the half and outscore Albion 14-7.

The MIAA's leading scorer, Meghan Trewhella, had just two points (both on free throws) in the first half.

Alma kept their momentum going in the third, jumping out to an 11-point lead, 42-31, three minutes in.

However, Albion began to chip away at the advantage on a 16-3 run to take their first lead of the half, 47-45, with 2:25 left and ended the stanza up 51-49.

Alma opened the fourth on a 7-0 run, but the Britons tied it up on a Trewhella layup, 58-58, with 5:56 remaining.

A Trewhella free throw and two Scots points from the charity stripe later, Albion found themselves down by one.

It was all Britons from there, as Deziray Skirka made a layup with just under five minutes to go to regain the lead for good.

Skirka started what would be a 10-0 Albion run and allowed just three points the rest of the way.

Trewhella ended up scoring 21 second-half points, including three triples, and added seven rebounds. Ava Guilford, who played all 40 minutes, notched 17 points and five assists, while Payton Baker chipped in 10.

All five starters played at least 30 minutes, and the team committed just nine turnovers – a season-low and least amount in a conference game since January 24, 2024, at Hope.

Milestone Watch
Trewhella is now 15 points away from breaking Sarah Caskey's program record for points in a season (463) set in the 2004-05. Head coach Doreen Carden is one win away from becoming the 41st active head coach in Division III to win 400 career games.

Up Next
Albion will head to Kalamazoo on Saturday, February 14 for a 1 p.m. tipoff.
 
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