Ragland's field goal then gave the Pioneers their last lead of the night. Two free throws each by Audra Ruston and Brenda Jacoby pushed ACU's lead to 25-13 lead, but the Pioneers wouldn't go away and twice cut the deficit to eight. Then two baskets by Bucher helped ACU maintain a 12-point cushion. A trey by Shea Purkiss and another layup by Bucher opened a 15-point lead. It got as high as 19 points.
Someone always steps up.
Lately, we've been playing around with some of the teams, but we didn't want this one to be close. So we stepped up our defense and put them away earlier. ACU coach Wayne Williams substituted liberally because of tonight's game, and he received points from 11 different players. Ruston and Jill Kurschner led the scoring with 10 and 12 points, respectively, off the bench. Not only did we get valuable minutes, but they also played solid defense and we got points as well.