NASHVILLE – The Lipscomb (1-6) women’s basketball team’s struggled to keep up with rival Belmont (4-4) in the Battle of the Boulevard on Tuesday night as the Lady Bisons fell to the hot-shooting Bruins 100-62 in the Curb Event Center.

Senior Alex Banks paced Lipscomb with a team-high 18 points and a team-high seven rebounds.

Junior Loshaveon Jones scored a career-high 13 points and shot 6-8 from the field.

Junior Loren Cagle turned in another solid all-around performance with eight points, four rebounds, and a team-high three assists.

Belmont poured it in from deep all night, as the Bruins shot a blistering 16-24 from behind the arc.

QUICK HITS:

• Five different Bruins finished in double-figures: Darby Maggard (18), Sierra Jones (16), Lauren Thompson (16), Paris Lawson (12), and Sally McCabe (10).
• Belmont shot 36-64 from the field (56.3 percent) compared to Lipscomb’s 24-59 total (40.7 percent).
• 12 different Lady Bisons saw action, with Cagle piling up a team-high 36 minutes.
• Lipscomb was out-rebounded 37-28, while Belmont tossed 26 assists to Lipscomb’s 11.
• Belmont now leads the ‘Battle’ series 46-28.

UP NEXT: The Lady Bisons will be back at home taking on Morehead State on Saturday at 11 a.m.