The Lady Eagles suffered a 47-67 loss to LaGrange College tonight. The LaGrange Panthers are known for their physical defense and execution on the offensive end, and tonight that was the story of the game. LaGrange out rebounded our Lady Eagles 54 to 27 and held them to 26% shooting percentage on the night.

The Lady Eagles really competed well in the first and fourth quarter, but LaGrange dominated the 2^nd and 3^rd.  The Lady Eagles were lead in scoring by Sandy McElhaney with 14 points and Caitlin Benedik with 11 points.  Lauran Alvarez led the team in rebounds with 9. The Lady Eagles saw the return of Emma Hardy to the line-up tonight, who contributed 5 points and 5 rebounds.  Carissa Akin brought a burst of energy to the team, scoring 3 points and 4 rebounds in just 15 minutes of play.

Coach Jared Sellars had this to say after the game, "LaGrange is a really good defensive team and they really took us out of our offense. When a team can defend that well, we have to trust our style, our offense, and our teammates. Tonight we got away from that a little bit, but we will learn, get better, and come back ready next game. Tonight was a learning experience for us. We are excited to get back to practice on Monday to adjust our play from what we learned tonight."

The Lady Eagles next game will be at home Tuesday, November 26^th against Faulkner University at 7:00 pm central time.