Lady Cats Face No. 1 Seed Cumberlands in MSC Semi-finals Monday at High Noon
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – After their impressive win (84-58) over Georgetown in the MSC Quarterfinals on Saturday, the No. 5 Bethel Lady Wildcats will meet the University of the Cumberlands Patriots Monday at noon in the conference semi-finals.
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MSC Women's Basketball Tournament Page: https://mid-southconference.org/documents/2025/2/22//MSC_WBB_Tournament_2025.pdf?id=468
The teams split their two games during the regular season. UC won 79-74 in Williamsburg while Bethel won 81-63 later in McKenzie. The victory was Bethel's first ever against the Patriots who lead the overall series 9-1.
Cumberlands is 24-4 and ranked No. 5 in the nation.
Bethel is ranked No. 16 and 21-7 on the year.
Bethel/Georgetown Recap:
Behind the MSC Freshman of the Year Micah Hart, the No. 16 Lady Wildcats led 19-11 after the first quarter. Hart had ten first quarter points. The Cats shot 44 percent from the floor while No.11 Georgetown shot 33 percent from the floor.
Bethel extended their lead to 23-13 early in the second quarter. The Lady Cats led by as many as 11 in the quarter and led 42-33 at the break Micah and Madison Hart had 14 points each. Mikee Buchanan scored 11 in the first twenty minutes. The long ball was a huge factor with Bethel hitting eight treys in the half.
The Cats maintained a double-digit lead throughout the third stanza and led 65-49 after three quarters. The Hart sisters, both first team all-conference performers combined for 49 of Bethel's 65 points.
The Lady Cats did not allow Georgetown to get back into the game and eased their way to the big win, allowing them to move to the semi-finals on Monday.
Micah Hart led Bethel with a game high 28 points. Hart also grabbed seven rebounds. Madison Hart tossed in 27 points and had a team high nine rebounds. Buchanan had 16 points and eight boards.
Bethel hit 13 three-pointers and shot 49 percent from the field.
Bethel's defense held the Tigers to 39 percent from the floor and GC was just 5-of-20 from the outside, The Cats had a 36-32 margin in rebounds and a 26-12 advantage in points off turnovers.