CEDARVILLE, Ohio – The UIndy women's basketball team (1-5) ran into a hot-shooting Cedarville University squad Monday night, falling 77-55 in the fourth installment of a five-game road swing. The host Lady Jackets (4-1) shot 53 percent from the field – just the second UIndy opponent to shoot better that 50 percent since November of 2015.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Greyhounds got off to a slow start, as they found themselves in an early 9-0 hole. UIndy went scoreless on its first four possessions before Alexa Bailey's triple broke the seal. Later, a buzzer-beating three gave Cedarville a 25-point first quarter and a 13-point lead through 10 minutes.
 
UIndy would fall behind 20 points at the half before going toe-to-toe with the Lady Jackets in the second half. UIndy hung 20 on the board in the third quarter and got within a baker's dozen with 14 minutes left. Devin Ferguson scored five points – all from the foul line – in a 9-2 spurt midway through the third.
 
UIndy would not get any closer, however, as the Jackets kept the Hounds at arm's length down the stretch. Three Greyhounds would finish in double figures, led by Martha Burse's 15 points.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Battling foul trouble most of the evening, senior Ashley Montanez scored all 13 of her points in the second half.
- Ferguson matched a career high with 13 points to go with seven rebounds.
- Junior Erin Wood notched pair of season highs with four rebounds in 21 minutes played.
- Senior Tina Negoescu recorded two steals, one behind Burse's team-high three.
- Cedarville is only the second UIndy opponent in the Kristin Wodrich era to shot better than 50 better from the floor (Quincy 2/4/17)
 
UP NEXT
Tonight's contest was the first of three this week, as the Hounds start conference play with GLVC games on both Thursday and Saturday. Thursday night's match-up at Wisconsin-Parkside represents the last of five straight road games for UIndy. The Hounds finally return home Saturday afternoon when Southern Indiana comes calling for a 1 p.m. tip at Nicoson Hall.