Three Roos Reach Double Digits, KC falls to Alabama A&M

Tuesday, November 19

Huntsville, AL

11:00 AM

Kansas City

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Alabama A&M

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Alabama A&M

Photo by: Anna Simms

Three Roos Reach Double Digits, KC falls to Alabama A&M

11/19/2024 2:17:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score Highlights

Emani and Elauni Bennett put up 11 points each and Alayna Contreras logged 10

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Kansas City Women's Basketball (2-3) battled it out with Alabama A&M (2-2) forcing ten lead changes, but ultimately fell 57-52 to the Bulldogs. The Roos faced scoring struggles early, but a strong third quarter allowed them to reclaim the lead momentarily and kept them within one of the Bulldogs at the end of the period. Kansas City was led by Emani Bennett and Elauni Bennett who put up 11 points each. The Bennett sisters combined for ten rebounds with El. Bennett bringing down seven. Alayna Contreras was the only other Roo to reach double-digits, earning 10 points, an assist and two steals.

KEY MOMENTS | HIGHLIGHTS
1Q — 4:20 / 10-9| Kelby Bannerman dribbled around a Bulldog defender, finding Emani Bennett in the paint. Bennett went up for the jump shot, putting Kansas City up by two. On the next Kansas City scoring drive Em. Bennett knocked down another jump shot to keep KC ahead and put her on a six-point scoring drive.
2Q — 6:20 / 15-21 | El. Bennett drove the ball in the lane, finding a wide-open Contreras outside the arc. Contreras knocked down the three to bring KC within six.
3Q — 6:23 / 26-31 | Em. Bennett found her sister right under the basket with a bounce pass. El. Bennett knocked down the shot and picked up a foul earning three points on the play.
3Q — 0:54 / 36-35 | Kaia Ponder faced pressure from the Bulldogs. She shook her defender and drove the ball inside the arc, knocking down a jumper to give KC the lead.
4Q — 0:08 / 51-55 | On the inbound, Tamia Ugass received the ball just under the net. She quickly put up the shot to bring Kansas City within four of Alabama A&M.

STATS TO NOTE

El. Bennett played a career-high 30 minutes in the match, going 5-for-6 from the field. She matched her previous career-high of seven rebounds that she earned against Alabama A&M last season on Dec. 14, 2023.
Kansas City knocked down three three-pointers, just one shy of its season high. The Roos shot .231 outside the arc, marking their second-best three-point shooting of the season.
The KC bench contributed 21 points in the match. El. Bennett led the bench in scoring and Chloe Dallas was just behind her with five points and a rebound. On average, the Kansas City bench knocks down 19 points per game.

UP NEXT
The Roos return to Kansas City for their second home game of the season. KC faces off with Lindenwood on Friday at 7 p.m.