The SIU women’s basketball team (7-10, 4-4 MVC) traveled to Nashville Sunday afternoon to take on the Bruins (9-10, 5-3 MVC) for their final game in their 4-game road series. It just wasn’t meant to be for the Dawgs today, as they suffered their second loss of the season of 50+ points. 

The dawgs only had one player reach double-digits in points, with Jaidynn Mason’s 11 points. No other Saluki starter had more than five points on the afternoon. The Salukis made just 22% of their shots, while Belmont cruised to a 51.5% shooting percentage.

The game immediately seemed out of reach, as the Salukis just couldn’t make a basket for the first nine minutes of the game and Belmont got out to a 17-0 lead in the first quarter. Aja holms layup finally got the Salukis on the board with just over a minute to play in the first. A free throw and a layup by Graduate Student Ashley Jones helped make it a 12-point deficit to start the second, which was as close as it would be all night.

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The Bruins just kept making threes in the second to extend their lead to 31 just before the buzzer sounded before halftime to take a 41-17 lead heading into the break. They kept that going into the third, scoring 27 points in the frame compared to the Salukis’ 13. It took until the fourth quarter for a Saluki to hit a three-pointer.

The Bruins hit the 101 mark off a layup in the final minute and ended the game with a 101-45 final score. The Dawgs just couldn’t shoot today.

SIU will look to improve their shooting when they come back home to the Banterra Center this upcoming Thursday against Drake (11-5, 6-2 MVC). That game will start with a 6 pm tip-off time.

Sports editor Joseph Bernard can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @Jojobernard2001. 

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