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THE RUNDOWN
FORT SMITH, Ark. – The UA Fort Smith Lions bench played a key role Saturday in a 76-48 victory over St. Edward's by combining for 50 points at the Stubblefield Center.
 
The Hilltoppers (10-14, 4-8) started the game strong and led 17-16 after the first quarter behind a 10-0 run. However, a 23-point second quarter set the tone for the Lions (16-8, 8-3) for the remainder of the contest as they outscored SEU 37-16 in the second half and held them to just five made field goals in that span.
 
ISABEL HERNANDEZ dropped 19 points on 7-of-11 field goals and was a perfect 3-of-3 at the charity stripe for the Hilltoppers. BAILEY HILL chipped in nine points, LEXI CUNNINGHAM scored eight, and ABBY HOPPER added seven points.
 
UAFS was led by Tayla Taylor who logged a double-double with 17 points on 8-of-8 shooting and pulled down 12 rebounds off of the bench. Micayla Haynes followed with 16 points, and starting forward Sarah Elkins finished with 13 points and seven rebounds. Daijah Brown rounded out the double-digit scorers for the Lions with 12 points. 

HIGHLIGHTS
• St. Edward's is 9-12 in the all-time series vs. UAFS and 8-7 in the Riehl era.
• LEXI CUNNINGHAM's eighth point was No. 350 for her career.
• ISABEL HERNANDEZ turned in her 16^th career game with double-digit scoring.
• BAILEY HILL matched her best single-season mark of 41 three-point field goals set in 2015-16, which ranks tenth in the single-season record book.
• BROOKE PANFILI's first rebound was 50 for her career.
 
THEY SAID IT
Coach J.J. Riehl's thoughts on today's game…
"Fort Smith is a really tough place to play and I thought we were a confident, poised team for about 32 minutes. Fatigue and their pressure wore us down but I thought there were a lot of positives for us to build on today. We got a little tougher and for us that's huge. We've got great kids that want to leave it better than they found it and we will figure this out."

STAT OF THE GAME I
3 – Three of the four leading scorers for UAFS were off of the bench.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Hilltoppers will play the remainder of the season in front of the Hilltopper faithful, beginning with a nonconference game Thursday vs. Arlington Baptist at 6 p.m. Live stats and video will be available at GoHilltoppers.com.

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