KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Bethel College Women's Basketball team took to the road to face off with the Avila Eagles as they finished off their first go round of KCAC play. A low scoring, turnover ridden first half put the Threshers behind big early as they were never able to recover, falling to the Eagles 78-45.

Bethel struggled early on in the contest spotting the Eagles with an early 9-0 advantage. The Threshers coughed up the ball 15 times in the opening half on their way to trailing the Eagles 38-22 at the break.

The turnover struggles continued for BC in the second half as they gave up the ball 12 more times. Avila took advantage of the Thresher miscues as they were able to balloon their lead to as much as 33 points late in the contest.

Key Statistic

The Threshers turned the ball over 27 times in the loss resulting in 28 points for the Eagles.

By The Numbers

The Threshers lost the points in the paint battle 36-24 to the Eagles.

Bethel finished the game with 5 steals. 

Eight Threshers scored in the loss.

Bethel shot 34.9% from the floor and 9.5% from three point range. 

Bethel recorded 33 rebounds to the Eagles 40.

Josie Stupey set a career high with 11 points.

Thresher Leaders

Points: Josie Stupey (11)

Rebounds: Josie Calzonetti (8)

Assists: Josie Calzonetti, Kendall Michalski (2)

Steals: Josie Calzonetti, Troi Lucas (2)

Blocks: Alex Bearup (1)

Next Up

The Threshers will continue their road trip as they start the second round of conference play Thursday, January 13th as they take on the Bethany Swedes in Lindsborg at 6:00 PM.