MILLIGAN COLLEGE, Tenn. (Dec. 5, 2018) â€" Sarah Robinson scored 12 of her team high 15 points in the second half, and the No. 25 Milligan College women's basketball team used a 13-0 run in the third quarter and a 7-0 run in the fourth quarter to prevail, 64-57, over Appalachian Athletic Conference foe Montreat College Wednesday evening at Steve Lacy Fieldhouse.
 
The win kept Milligan perfect at 9-0 (7-0 AAC) this season as the Buffaloes matched their hottest start to a season since winning the first nine games in 2015-16. It also improved Milligan to 28-7 against Montreat (5-6, 4-4 AAC) in the last 15 seasons. Milligan remained half a game back of the conference lead.
 
EARLY THIRD QUARTER RUN
The Buffaloes were on the ropes early in the second half. A slow start saw them trail 12-8 at the end of the first quarter and 23-18 at the break. Montreat extended the lead to as many as 12 two minutes into the second half and looked to be on the verge of snapping Milligan's eight-game winning streak until a 13-0 run brought the Buffs back into the game.
 
Kaely Gose and Emma Kate Brown hit back-to-back 3-pointers during the run, and Robinson tied the game with a reverse layup under the basket, assisted by Gose, making it 34-34.
 
LATE FOURTH QUARTER RUN
Milligan and Montreat traded baskets and leads back and forth over the next several minutes until a 7-0 Milligan run put the Buffs into the lead for good. Freshman Hannah Wyrick hit a triple from the wing during the run, and Robinson scored a basket to cap it at 57-50 with roughly two minutes left.
 
Milligan led by at least six the rest of the way.
 
FACTS AND FIGURES
Robinson's team high 15 points came alongside 10 rebounds for her third double-double of the season. She added an assist, three blocks and two steals.
 
Two other Buffaloes reached double figures. Andi Lamb scored 14 points with five rebounds; Brown scored 12 points and added six rebounds and three assists.
 
The game featured six ties and four lead changes. Milligan was 8-of-32 (25 percent) from the field in the first half, compared to 14-of-26 (53.8 percent) in the second half.  
 
For Montreat, which entered the day having won four of its last six, Aliyah Thomas led all scorers with 17 points off the bench.
 
UP NEXT
Milligan returns home Saturday for an AAC showdown versus Columbia College at 2 p.m. The game will mark the last chance to catch the Buffs at Steve Lacy Fieldhouse until 2019.