Box Score Glendale, AZ- Sophomore Baylee Slaughter scored a career high 18 points while securing 13 rebounds on Saturday afternoon as Arizona Christian held on for a 70-66 win over San Diego Christian.
- Game score: Arizona Christian - 70, San Diego Christian - 66
- Records: Arizona Christian - 9-14, 4-9 GSAC, San Diego Christian - 5-19, 0-12 GSAC
- NAIA Top 25 ranking: Arizona Christian - not ranked, San Diego Christian - not ranked
- Location: ACU Events Center, Arizona Christian University, Glendale, AZ
- Baylee Slaughter - 18 points, 13 rebounds (second most in an ACU uniform)
- Emily Vaszary - 12 points, 4-5 shooting
- Kelsey Miranda - 9 points
- Toni Davis - 8 rebounds
- Katy Fairbanks - 7 rebounds
- Down 9-7 in the first quarter, ACU used three pointers from Tee Watters, Emily Vaszary, Kelsey Miranda and a layup from Lea Mutoni to build an 18-12 lead
- ACU built their biggest advantage of 13 points at 29-16 with seven minutes left in the half
- The Firestorm held a 38-32 lead at the break (Slaughter- 7 points and 7 rebounds)
- SDCC fought back and grabbed the lead in the third quarter
- The teams exchanged leads in the fourth before ACU held just a 67-66 edge with 19 seconds to play
- The Firestorm converted three of four free throw attempts to seal the deal
- SDCC missed 11 free throws (18-29) while ACU missed just two (11-13)
Thoughts from Coach Rogers
"San Diego Christian had an answer for everything we threw at them--we were lucky to get the W! Fortunately, we played extremely hard the full 94-feet and it may have helped fatigue them a little bit the last few possessions to seal the win. Our bench was outstanding!"
Next for the Firestorm
On Tuesday, the Firestorm will meet up with Park-Gilbert at San Tan Charter High School (the Power Road campus). Game time is set for 7:30 pm.
