KINGSPORT, Tenn. – The Bluefield University Rams women's basketball team advanced to the quarterfinal round of the Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament with an 82-67 win over the Columbia College Koalas, Wednesday afternoon at the Meadow View Resort and Conference Center. The Rams will take on #2 seed Point University, Thursday at 3:30.
INSIDE THE GAME

• Columbia raced out to an early seven-point lead and was up by as many as nine. The Koalas led 17-13 at the end of the first quarter.
• The Rams rebounded in the second period and led 36-35 at halftime.
• The game was delayed for approximately 15 minutes in the third quarter with the Rams leading 63-53 as a power outage affected play.
• BU built a 24-point lead in the fourth period.
• Bluefield shot only 22% from the field in the first quarter, but took control of the game in the third period when they made 50% of their shots. BU finished the game shooting 39% from the field.
• The Rams bench out-scored the Koala bench 35-7.

LEADERS

• Abi Melton came off the bench to lead the Rams with 17 points. Melton sank four three-point shots.
• Destiny Long had a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds.
• Jaydn Hoover finished with 12 points, six rebounds, six assists, and four steals.

NEXT IN LINE

• The Rams (15-13), take on the tournament's second seed, Point University (20-8), Thursday afternoon at 3:30. In the regular season Point took both games between the teams, winning in Georgia 72-60, and 88-73 at the Dome Gymnasium.