WALESKA, Ga. (Nov. 20, 2018) â€" Mackenzie Raizor and Andi Lamb combined for 41 points, including 30 in the second half, and the Milligan College women's basketball team kept its perfect season intact with a 78-73 victory over Appalachian Athletic Conference foe Reinhardt University Tuesday on the road.
 
Raizor scored a career high 21 points with 12 rebounds and Lamb had one shy of her career high with 20 points as Milligan improved to 6-0 (4-0 AAC). The Buffs remained half a game off the conference lead. Milligan and Reinhardt (5-1, 4-1 AAC) both entered the day perfect on the season; Reinhardt was receiving votes in the latest NAIA coaches top 25 poll.
 
The win moved the Buffs to 15-6 against Reinhardt since the Eagles joined the AAC in the 2009-10 season. Milligan also has now won six of the last seven meetings.
 
BUFFS STORM OUT OF SECOND HALF GATES
After a relatively slow start and quick first half which saw the game tied 33-33 at the break, Milligan used a 12-5 run to open up a 45-38 lead within the first four minutes of the second half. The 12-5 run out of the gates featured an 8-0 run on the tail end which put Milligan into the lead for good.
 
Reinhardt made three free throws to go ahead 38-37 early in the second half, but Lamb answered with a 3-pointer on the other end to go up 40-38. Sarah Robinson scored two of her 10 points to extend the lead to 42-38, and Raizor knocked down a triple, assisted by Robinson, to make it 45-38.
 
BUFFS FINISH STRONG
Reinhardt never drew closer than three the rest of the way, although the Eagles had it 71-68 after a pair of made free throws with less than a minute and a half left. Emma Kate Brown had the answer this time with two made free throws of her own on the next possession, and the Buffs closed the game with enough made free throws on the offensive end and stops on the defensive end.
 
After Reinhardt cut it to 71-68, Milligan used a 7-2 run to help seal the win. Reinhardt's last three points came on a triple made at the buzzer.
 
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Behind Raizor, who registered her third double-double this season, and Lamb, Robinson filled up the stat sheet with 10 points, 11 rebounds, five assists, two blocks and three steals, her second double-double of the season.
 
Six other Buffs entered the scoring column, including Kaely Gose who scored seven in the first half on the way to nine for the game.
 
FOR REINHARDT
Four Eagles made it to double figures in scoring, led by Jada Hubbard who had 28. The Buffs held Bethany Headrick, who ranks No. 3 in the AAC in scoring at 16.6 points per game, to 12 points on 6-of-15 shooting.
 
UP NEXT
Milligan comes home for its next game, an AAC matchup against Truett McConnell University next Wednesday, Nov. 28. Opening tip is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. with the men's game to follow.