LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It started with a bang and ended with
Erin Toller on fire.
A sensational night of offense saw five Bellarmine University women score in double figures as the Knights steamed to a 105-70 win over Midway on Wednesday evening in Knights Hall.
The 105 points matched Bellarmine's D1-era high. The Knights first hit that mark against Spalding in 2021-22.
Senior guard
Hayley Harrison and junior guard
Miyah Brown registered 21 points apiece for Bellarmine (2-0), which shot 57.3 percent and amassed a minimum of 20 points each quarter. Senior forward
Skylar Treadwell went 8-for-9 from the floor in notching 18 points.
Toller was simply unconscious in the fourth quarter. The junior guard hit all six shots, including a trio of 3-pointers, during a stretch in which she scored 15 straight points. Toller finished with 17, senior guard
Ashlee Harris supplied 12 on 4-for-4 shooting, including three from deep, and freshman center
Hana Abdel Aal grabbed 10 rebounds for her first career double-digit rebounding effort.
Bellarmine's shooting numbers were off the charts. The Knights burst out to a 26-11 lead after one quarter while shooting 47.6 percent, but that actually ended up being their lowest tally. BU shot 66.7 percent in the second period, 50 percent in the third and, led by Toller's lights-out performance, 73.3 percent in the fourth.
Bellarmine was equally dangerous from the outside and the inside. The Knights canned 10 3-pointers behind a 45.5 percent clip from long range and piled up 54 points in the paint. They also converted 21 Midway turnovers into 28 points. Harris led a 13-steal effort with four thefts.
Harrison, Harris and Brown all drilled 3-pointers inside the first three minutes as Bellarmine shot out to a 14-0 lead. Senior guard
Hope Sivori spotted Brown with one of her seven assists as the advantage quickly swelled to 21-2. Midway got within 11 a few times in the first half, but after taking a 46-32 halftime lead, the Knights extended the advantage to 30 in the third quarter.
Bellarmine will play at 1 p.m. (ET) Sunday at Ohio in its first road game of the season.
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