RICHMOND, Ky. – To remain unbeaten at home, EKU women's basketball extends its home winning streak to 10 straight with a 67-58 win over North Alabama on Saturday night at Baptist Health Arena.
 
With the win, EKU (14-5, 3-2 ASUN) have won its last three Atlantic Sun Conference games, all three by nine or more points.
 
Leading the Colonels was graduate guard Ivy Turner, who finished with 16 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals.  The Danville, Kentucky native went 7-for-8 from the charity stripe.
 
Additionally, senior forward Jasmine McGinnis-Taylor finished with eight points going 4-of-9 from the floor, while padding 10 rebounds for her second straight game.
 
EKU's Brie Crittendon finished with 13 points and seven rebounds, which tied her season high value for the third time this year.  Antwainette Walker, after a slow start, ended with six points and eight rebounds.
 
After the first quarter media timeout, McGinnis-Taylor broke up a back-and-forth affair with made layup, extending the Colonels lead to five. EKU's Sierra McCullough converted made layups on consecutive possessions to bring the home team up at the end of the first, 16-15.
 
North Alabama (6-12, 2-3 ASUN) opened the second quarter with a three-point swing to take the lead over EKU.  The Colonels scored on their next five possessions to take a three-point lead, 24-21 at the media timeout.  Four points from Raphaela Toussaint and a pair of free throws from Crittendon sent EKU to the locker room up 30-27.
 
Walker scored six points to open the second half, which sparked a 9-2 Colonel run entering the final minute of the third quarter.  A Crittendon made three would conclude the third quarter with an 11-point, 49-38 EKU lead.
 
Five points from Crittendon, a three from Turner, and made layups from Kaitlyn Costner would push EKU to its largest lead of the game to 16 with just 2:45 left in regulation.  UNA would close the gap to seven points off call from the officiating crew, but EKU would hold on to secure its third consecutive conference win, 67-58.
 
EKU out-rebounded North Alabama by a wide 50 to 32 (+18) margin, its second time with 50 rebounds against an ASUN Conference opponent since joining the league in 2021.  The Colonels went 19-of-24 (.792) from the free throw line, despite going 15-for-15 into the late stages of the third quarter.
 
The Colonels return to action next with two games in the Sunshine State against Jacksonville and North Florida.  Fans can find both games streamed live on ESPN+ or heard over-the-air with Wes Chandler courtside on the call via 92.5 WEKY.