CONWAY, S.C. - App State women's basketball snapped a four-game skid with a 72-58 victory over Coastal Carolina in the HTC Center on Wednesday evening.
The Mountaineers are now 9-10 and 6-7 in Sun Belt play while improving to 6-4 on the road. The four-game win streak away from home is the longest road win streak since the 2011-12 season. Coastal Carolina drops to 3-10 overall and 0-9 in league action.
Brooke Bigott had it going on the offensive end, as she set a career-high with 23 points (17 in the second half) on 8-of-13 shooting from the field. The Katy, Texas native tied the single-game school record with seven 3-pointers. She also pulled down six rebounds and dished out three assists. Pre Stanley got back to her usual ways scoring 17 points, went 6-of-12, pulled down five rebounds, and was a team-high plus-22. Bigott and Stanley combined to shoot 14-of-25 from the field.
Janay Sanders stuffed the stat sheet with 11 points and posted season highs in assists (5) and rebounds (5) in her third start of the campaign. Lainey Gosnell rounded out the leading scorers with nine points and five off the glass. Michaela Porter led the way with nine rebounds on top of five points.
App State put forth its best shooting performance of the season, shooting a season-high 45.5 percent from beyond the arc (10-22) and shot 43.4 percent from the floor. The Black and Gold tied a season-best with 15 assists on 23 field goals.
The Chanticleers started the game with a 14-8 advantage before a 6-0 run that was sparked by a Jackie Christ layup tied up the contest going into the second quarter. Back-to-back trifectas by Gosnell and Porter to start the second frame started an 18-4 run that gave the Apps a 32-18 edge with 3:57 left in the first half.
CCU responded by slicing the gap to six late in the quarter with a run of its own. Sanders' layup at the end of the half stopped an 8-0 run and sent the Apps into the break with a 34-26 lead.
The hosts scored the first five points of the second half to dwindle the App State lead to one possession, 34-31. Bigott caught fire by hitting five straight 3-pointers during a 19-2 surge over a 5:31 span, giving the Apps a 53-33 lead and putting the game out of reach.
Aja Blount scored a game-high 30 points for the Chanticleers with 11 rebounds. Blount hit 12 of her 17 shots (rest of team: 10-36).
App State's plus-15 rebounding margin is the second-largest for an opponent over Coastal.
The Mountaineers will return to action on Saturday, aiming for a sweep against the Chanticleers at 4 p.m. inside the Holmes Center.
Tip-Ins
- App State is 7-0 when scoring 70 points or more points this season.
- The Mountaineers have made at least 10 3-pointers in four games this season.
- Appalachian is 7-3 when it records eight or more steals.
- App State is 5-2 when it records 20 or more points off turnovers.
- Four of Bigott's highest-scoring performances have come on the road, while all three times she's drained five or more trifectas have come away from home.
- The seven 3-pointers by Bigott are the most in a Sun Belt game this season.
- Sanders has scored in double figures in three of the past four contests.
