Edmonds 20 Points Helps Lead Akron To 4th Quarter Comeback And 63-54 Win Over St. Bonaventure

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Edmonds 20 Points Helps Lead Akron To 4th Quarter Comeback And 63-54 Win Over St. Bonaventure

November 10 | Women's Basketball

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ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y.– Trailing by seven points heading into the fourth quarter, the Akron women's basketball team mounted a furious fourth-quarter comeback outscoring St. Bonaventure, 20-4, as the Zips picked up its first win of the 2019-20 season, 63-54, over the Bonnies on Sunday afternoon inside the Reilly Center.

The Zips took complete control of the fourth quarter en route to earning the victory. On the offensive end, Akron shot just 23.5-percent from the floor but connected on 12 free throws. Senior Shaunay Edmonds (Pittsburgh, Pa.) took over in the fourth quarter scoring seven of her game-high 20 points. In the final six minutes of the contest, Akron scored 17 unanswered points, including nine at the free-throw line.

Defensively, UA limited St. Bonaventure to a game-low four points in the quarter as the Bonnies shot 1-for-13, committed seven turnovers, and Edmonds single-handedly ripped five steals.

Edmonds, the Zips MVP of the contest, turned in her first career double-double on the afternoon scoring a game-high 20 points and tallied a career-high 10 steals while adding two assists and pulled in three rebounds. Three additional Akron players recorded double-figures in the scoring column as senior Caitlin Vari (Richfield, Ohio), senior Haliegh Reinoehl (Westfield, Ind.), and junior Jordyn Dawson (Huntington, W. Va.) scored 13, 12, and 10 points, respectively. Reinoehl picked up her first double-double of the season and the 11^thof her career adding a game-high 11 rebounds to her 12 points.

As a unit, Akron shot 31.6-percent from the floor (18-of-57) and just 2-for-13 from long range. A big reason the Zips came out with the win was the relentlessness and poise Akron showed at the charity stripe going 25-for-31 (80.6-percent) from the line totaling nearly 40-percent of the Zips' points.

On the glass, the Zips outrebounded the Bonnies, 39-to-37, including a 13-to-10 advantage in offensive rebounds. Akron forced 20 turnovers on the defensive end of the floor, 12 steals and blocked five shots.

The Akron Zips showed some season-opening rust in the first two and a half minutes of the contest while St. Bonaventure came out on fire. The Bonnies went a perfect 4-for-4 from the floor in their first four possessions of the ballgame while Akron struggled from the offensive end of the floor going 0-for-4 forcing the Zips to call a timeout trailing 10-0.

Following the timeout, the Zips shook off the rust and took off offensively in the final 6:30 of the first quarter. UA closed out the first stanza on an 11-8 run including a 9-5 advantage over the course of the six-minute span.

While Akron picked up its offensive game, the Zips defense picked up its intensity forcing four turnovers, including a pair of shot clock violations.

Edmonds and Dawson provided the spark for Akron in the first quarter scoring a combined nine points.

The Zips offense flowed into the second quarter as UA opened the ensuing stanza on an 11-5 run en route to the team's first lead of the contest, 22-21, after Edmonds knocked down a pair of free throws from the charity stripe.

However, UA would not hold onto the lead for long as St. Bonaventure came back strong with a 16-8 scoring burst to conclude the first half to reclaim its lead and head into the locker room with a 39-30 advantage.

In the opening five and a half minutes of the second half, UA turned in an 11-5 advantage to close within five points of SBU, 44-39. The quartet of Edmonds, Reinoehl, Dawson, and Vari combined to score the Zips 11 points with each player making one bucket and Reinoehl sinking a free throw.

From that point on (4:27), the Zips and Bonnies went back-and-forth in the closing four minutes of play with St. Bonaventure slightly edging Akron 6-4 to keep its lead at +7 heading into the final quarter.

In the first 1:45 of the fourth quarter, the contest remained deadlocked at 50-43. The first point of the period was scored at the 8:16 mark courtesy of a free throw by Vari and the first four points combined came at the charity stripe.

The first field goal was scored at the six-minute mark by St. Bonaventure, which marked the final field goal the Bonnies would make in the contest.

From that point on, Akron scored 17 unanswered points and walked away from the Reilly Center with a 63-54 win.

Akron returns to Northeast Ohio for games two and three of the 2019-20 season as the Zips host the 2019 Akron Classic at James A. Rhodes Arena. Akron is slated to compete against Purdue Fort Wayne on Friday, Nov. 15, at 4:30 p.m., before going head-to-head with Big10 opponent, #25 Michigan, on Saturday, Nov. 16, at 2:30 p.m.