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Eagles Cage Cardinals, 64-54, to Remain Tied Atop the West
1/20/2010 9:32:43 PM | Women's Basketball
Paige Redditt turned in her first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – It was a battle for a share of first place in the Mid-American Conference West Division here Wednesday, Jan. 20, and the Eastern Michigan University women's team came up with a solid effort on both ends of the floor to post a 64-54 win over Ball State University in the Convocation Center.
The Eagles and the Cardinals entered the game tied with Toledo for the top spot in the West Division with identical 3-1 records and the Eagles rode the one-two scoring punch of Cassie Schrock (Wadsworth, Ohio-Wadsworth), with 24, and Tavelyn James (Detroit, Mich.-Mumford),with 20, along with a 46-39 advantage on the boards to move to 4-1 in league play and 14-3 overall. Sophomore Paige Redditt (Kansas City, Mo.-Belton) turned in her first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Eagles.
Junior forward Emily Maggert led Ball State, 9-9 overall and 3-2 in league action, with a double-double on 16 points and 12 rebounds. Senior forward Audra McDonald added 13 for the Cardinals.
The Eagles shot 36.2 percent from the field, hitting 21-of-58 shots while Ball State was held to 34.9 percent on 22-of-63 field goals. The Cardinals made just 3-of-19 three-point attempts for 15.8 percent from beyond the arc.
In the early going it was all Schrock as she scored the Eagles' first nine points of the game to stake the home squad to a 9-6 lead at the 14:33 mark of the first half.
From that point the two teams would trade buckets over the next eight minutes before the Eagles began to gradually built its lead to eight, 28-20, on Redditt layup at the 4:11 mark.
EMU would head into halftime with a six-point lead, 32-26, with Schrock leading the way with 11 points. The Eagles connected on 14-of-33 shots from the field for 42.4 percent while Ball State was hitting 10-of-31 shots for 32.2 percent over the first 20 minutes.
James opened the second half with a long-range triple to boost EMU's lead to 35-26, and the Eastern offense would continue to add to that total, increasing the advantage to 12, 49-37, on a layup by Schrock with 12:25 left in the game.
The Eagles kept their lead near double figures the rest of the way to record the win.
The Eagles will hit the road Saturday, Jan. 23, for a 2 p.m. Mid-American Conference cross-divisional game against the Bowling Green State University Falcons.
