{"id":486553,"date":"2026-01-02T07:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T07:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/486553\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T07:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T07:08:10","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-womens-basketball-earns-71-65-asun-road-win-at-jacksonville-clarksville-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/486553\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University Women’s Basketball Earns 71-65 ASUN Road Win at Jacksonville – Clarksville Online"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"APSUJacksonville, FL<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Mya Williams\u2019<\/a> 21 points paced the Austin Peay Women\u2019s Basketball team on its way to a wire-to-wire 71-65 Atlantic Sun Conference win, Thursday, at Swisher Gymnasium.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Austin Peay (9-2, 1-0 ASUN) opened the game on a 13-0 run, which included a three-pointer by Anovia Sheals<\/a> and two by Mya Williams<\/a>. A quick run by Jacksonville (8-4, 0-1 ASUN) allowed the Dolphins to get back within five at 17-12 with 4:21 left in the frame. A three-pointer by JaNiah Newell<\/a> and a layup by Sheals built the APSU Govs\u2019 lead to 23-14 as a layup by Jim\u2019Miyah Branton<\/a> ended the first frame with the Govs leading 25-14.<\/p>\n

The Governors held the Dolphins scoreless for the first four minutes of action in the second quarter, allowing them to lead 30-14. Jacksonville managed to cut its deficit to just three points at 34-31 from a 14-4 run, which ended the first half.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A layup by Kali Howard just 16 seconds into the third quarter cut the Dolphins\u2019 deficit to one at 34-33, but Sheals responded with a layup to get the APSU Govs up 36-33. An 11-0 run by the Governors increased their lead to 45-33 from Sheal\u2019s jumper, but the Dolphins responded with a 9-3 run to get back within six at 48-42. The two teams traded shots as a free-throw by Newell ended the third frame with the Govs leading, 54-44.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A jumper by Newell, less than a minute into the final quarter, gave them a 12-shot lead. A quick run by the Dolphins cut their deficit to five at 59-54 with 6:45 left in the game. A three-pointer by Williams and a layup by Sheals extended the Govs\u2019 lead, but free throws by Jacksonville got them within three at 63-60. A three-pointer by Priscilla Williams and a layup made it a one-shot game at 67-65 with just 17 seconds remaining. Free throws by Sheals and Newell ended the game, giving the Govs the 71-65 ASUN win.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Difference<\/p>\n

Rebounds. The Governor outrebounded the Dolphins 36-23. Austin Peay State University grabbed 27 defensive rebounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Inside The Box Score<\/p>\n

Mya Williams<\/a> led with 21 points, a season high.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Williams\u2019 21 points included four three-pointers. She also led with three steals.<\/p>\n

Anovia Sheals<\/a> has 19 points; JaNiah Newell<\/a> had 11.<\/p>\n

Lameria Thomas<\/a> paced the team with nine rebounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jim\u2019Miyah Branton<\/a> had two blocks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Govs outscored the Dolphins 36-18 in the paint, 16-11 from turnovers, and 10-9 on fast breaks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Follow The APSU Govs<\/p>\n

For news and updates throughout the Governors\u2019 season, follow the Austin Peay State University women\u2019s basketball team on X and Instagram (@GovsWBB) or check back at LetsGoPeay.com. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Next Up For APSU Women\u2019s Basketball<\/p>\n

The Austin Peay State University women\u2019s basketball team continues ASUN play with a Saturday 1:00pm CT (2:00pm ET) game against North Florida at UNF Arena.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacksonville, FL \u2013\u00a0Mya Williams\u2019 21 points paced the Austin Peay Women\u2019s Basketball team on its way to a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":486554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-486553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115824250345928174","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}