Box Score

PIKEVILLE, Ky. – Brogan Conley hit five 3-pointers to finish with a game-high 19 points, but No. 4 Campbellsville (Ky.) made its shots from the free-throw line count to tally a 75-59 win over the University of Pikeville on Thursday night at the East Ky. Expo Center.

The Tigers shot 21-of-28 from the stripe, making 15 more free throws than UPIKE, while also forcing the Bears into a season-high 26 turnovers. Campbellsville needed those miscues as UPIKE shot 63.6 percent from behind the arc 7-of-11, including making all six attempts in the second half.

Cheyenne Madden joined Conley in double figures with 10 points while no other Bear scored more than nine. Conley and Madden also paced the Bears on the boards with six rebounds each as the Tigers edged UPIKE on the glass 39-36. Conley moved up to 14th on the all-time scoring list at Pikeville with her night of hot shooting.

Ellen Sholtes matched Conley with 19 to lead Campbellsville and Mary Jehlik added 17 and Katie Allen finished with 15 points. Lindsey Burd led the Tigers on the glass with eight boards.

Campbellsville finished the game shooting 40.3 percent from the field and 30.8 percent (4-of-13) from three, compared to 45.1 percent from the field and 64.6 percent from long distance for the Bears. The Tigers were hard to comeback against while swiping a whopping 18 steals.

Looking to avoid a quick start from the high-scoring Tigers, UPIKE jumped out to a 4-0 lead after a basket by Madden in the paint. The Bears kept the Tigers close for the first eight minutes, tying the score at 12-12 on a layup by Courtney Haney.

As good as the opening parts of the game were, the Bears couldn't keep up with a quick 12-0 burst by Campbellsville that started with a three from Jehlik and ended with a free throw from Daizah Kimberland to take a 24-12 lead.

Kandice Porter sank a free throw with 5:50 left in the half to get within seven at 30-23, but the Tigers closed out the first 20 minutes with an 11-4 run to build a 41-27 lead at the break. Sholtes and Jehlik led the Tigers in the half, finishing with 10 points each.

Campbellsville went on to lead by double figures the entire second half, pushing ahead by as many as 24 points on a basket by Lindsey Burd with 10 minutes left to play. UPIKE responded with a furious 14-1 run to get within 11, aided by a pair of three from Christin Haney, but the deficit was too big to overcome.

The Tigers put the game away for good with one last 9-0 run over a four-minute span that ended with two Caroline Owen free throws to put Campbellsville up 71-53.

UPIKE plays its final regular-season game at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday against St. Catharine (Ky.). The Bears are looking to improve their seeding at the Mid-South Conference Tournament which they have at least qualified for as the No. 8 seed after Cumberland (Tenn.) lost to Shawnee State (Ohio) on Thursday.