FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. Offense comes alive for Methodist women's basketball in the second half of Wednesday evening USA South Athletic Conference contest win, 57-36, against Meredith College in the March F. Riddle Center.

For the first time since the 2013-14 season, the Monarchs have reached the 10 or more conference victories in a single-season. That 13-14 team would go on to reach the conference tournament semifinals.

JUST THE FACTS
Final score: Methodist def. Meredith, 57-36
Records: Methodist 12-10 (10-6 USA South), Meredith 4-19 (4-13)
Location: March F. Riddle Center; Fayetteville, North Carolina

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Methodist would jump out to a 6-2 lead before the Avenging Angels tied the game at six a piece. With less than three minutes left in the frame, a steal by Melissa D'Oleo led to a quick lay-in by Aniyah Tate to give the Monarchs the advantage back but Meredith scored the final four points to go up 10-8 heading into the second.
• The first bucket of the new quarter came from Zytipha Joines, of Methodist, which led to a 6-0 run to push the Monarchs back in front 14-10. After a five to nothing spurt by the Avenging Angels, a couple of lead changes occurred in the last five minutes until the final shot of the period by Kiley Hicks to make the score 20-17, in favor of Methodist, heading into the locker rooms.
• The Monarchs came out from the break and looked like a different team out on the court for majority of third, as they used two different 6-0 runs to go up by double figures, 32-20. Three-pointers by Zykeria Jenkins and Alyssa Shazer finished up the scoring for Methodist, in the stanza, for a 38-24 score.
• After Meredith added on two points from the free throw line, the Monarchs scored seven straight points for almost a 20-point difference, 45-26. The Avenging Angels got four of those back before another seven unanswered points by Methodist, which saw Jordan Langston make five of those. A three by D'Oleo and jumper by Serenity Webb were the last shots for the Monarchs to make it 57-32 with less than a minute left on the clock.

MORE TO IT

• Even though she was on the losing end, Kate Perko of Meredith was the best player on the hard wood as she had game-highs in both points and rebounds, 19 &14. The closest Methodist player that compared to her was Hicks with 10 pts. & nine boards.
• It was a tale of two halves shooting for the Monarchs. In the first half, they shot 9 for 33 for a 27.3 percentage. The second half saw them take 30 shots and knocking down 13 of them for a 43.3 percentage.
• Methodist made the Avenging Angels pay with their turnovers. The Monarchs were able to force 22 Meredith turnovers and they scored 20 points off those. The Avenging were able to force 13 turns themselves but only got five points off them.

UP NEXT

• Methodist stays in Fayetteville on Saturday as they take on Southern Virginia University for a USA South match-up, in their annul Play 4Kay game, at 2 p.m.
• Meredith heads back to Raleigh to play their regular season finale against USA South opponent Greensboro College, on Saturday, at 2 p.m.