V-Hawks Struggle against Jaguars on the Road

UNIVERSITY PARK, Ill. -- The V-Hawks traveled to Illinois on Wednesday to face off against the Jaguars of Governors State. In their second matchup of the year, the V-Hawks were looking to sweet the series, but the Jaguars had other plans. The V-Hawks fell to the Jaguars 74-56 and drop to 12-12 overall and 10-7 in conference play. The Jaguars improve to 17-9 overall and 12-6 in the conference. 

Offensively, Carly Drew led for the V-Hawks, picking up another double-digit night of scoring. Drew put up 16 points for the V-Hawks, going 5-9 from the field, and 2-3 from three. Nora Tucker added 10 points to the V-Hawk effort as well. Both Marley Hughes and Chloe Auth contributed four assist towards the V-Hawks offensive efforts. Defensively, the V-Hawks were led by Pearla Teko-Folly and Chloe Auth. Each had six rebounds on the night. Nora Tucker picked up three steals to the tally as well. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Nora Tucker scored the first V-Hawk points with a three
• Governors State took an early, dominant 19-3 lead
• The V-Hawks struggled with turnovers
• Shayna Williamson put up a three with two minutes left in the first
• Late scoring from Chloe Auth and Carly Drew closed the gap a bit
• Into the second, Carly Drew scoring brought the V-Hawks within nine points
• Governors State pulled away again, going up 36-20
• The V-Hawks struggled to get back into the game
• Into the half, the score was 45-25 in favor of the Jaguars
• Out of the half, the V-Hawks scored five quick points off of Teko-Folly and Drew
• Governors State continued responding to V-Hawk efforts
• The V-Hawks were down 21 points going into the fourth
• More scoring from Carly Drew and Nora Tucker kept fighting the V-Hawks back
• Zuzanna Pacak scored last for the V-Hawks, and the V-Hawks fell 74-56 on the road

UP NEXT

The V-Hawks will return to the road this weekend. The will travel to Indiana South Bend where they will face off against the team at 12PM on Saturday, February 14.