Recap: Tyasha Harris Leads Team Harris to Dominant 93-73 Victory

Harris, who posted her second 20-point game of the season, secured MVP 1 accolades and 668 leaderboard points after knocking down 7-of-10 shots from the floor, including a 4-for-6 effort from three-point range, while adding four rebounds and three assists.

Guard Lexie Brown followed with an MVP 2 performance by contributing 18 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the field in addition to a perfect 5-for-5 at the charity stripe. The former Duke standout claimed 642 leaderboard points after adding five steals.

Center Elizabeth Williams completed the Game MVP sweep for Team Harris in the victory after nailing down MVP 3 notice. She narrowly missed a double-double after notching 12 points with nine rebounds and a pair of blocked shots, giving Williams 555 leaderboard points.

Captain Kia Nurse paced her squad in the loss by pouring in 18 points with eight rebounds and seven assists. Guard Sydney Colson added 11 points, while guard Kierstan Bell pitched in 11 markers on 4-of-6 shooting from the field.

Guard Evina Westbrook contributed her first career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 11 rebounds.

KEY MOMENT

Team Harris, which never trailed in the contest, sprinted to a 15-2 lead in the game’s opening three minutes by converting five of its first seven attempts. The squad led by as many as 26 points in the third quarter and didn’t trail by fewer than 13 points after the intermission.

LEADERBOARD IMPACT

Brown and Williams rose into the top four spots on the Week Two leaderboard in the No. 3 and No. 4 positions, respectively. Guard Rebecca Harris, who added 12 points and six rebounds in the victory, surged up the weekly standings by 20 spots after her 444-point effort.

NOTES OF INTEREST

• Both teams initiated a captain’s challenge in the second half of Saturday’s game … Team Nurse was unsuccessful on its challenge with 5:12 left in the third quarter … Team [Tyasha] Harris had a successful challenge on an out-of-bounds call with 3:54 left in regulation … Teams are now 4-for-12 in captain’s challenges through 11 games.

• Saturday marked the 16th time in league history where a team secured a victory by 20 or more points, including the fifth time this season.

• The designated home team has won 7-of-11 games so far this season.

• Team Nurse becomes the 10th team in Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball history to lose all three games during a single week, including the first squad this season.

• Teams wearing the Blue jersey have now dropped five of their six outings this season.

• Team Harris converted its first 16 free throws before guard Taylor Mikesell missed the first of three attempts with 5:56 remaining in regulation … The squad finished with a 21-for-23 success rate at the charity stripe.

• Team Harris scored 35 points in the opening quarter, which tied the league season high for points in any quarter … Team Siegrist had 35 points in the second period against Team Nurse on Wednesday night in the Week Two opener.

• Brown has finished with double-digit scoring in 5-of-6 games this season … She now has 30 career games with 10 or more points.

• Brown also became the first player in Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball history to accumulate 100 career quarter wins after taking 3-of-4 frames in Saturday’s win over Team Nurse … She owns 101 career quarter victories across her four AU campaigns.

• Westbrook became the seventh different player to register a double-double this year … In addition, Westbrook posted 10 or more rebounds for the first time in her AU career.

• Williams earned the first Game MVP honor of the season, becoming the 16th player to receive Game MVP laurels this season … She also notched her third consecutive double-digit scoring effort.

• Brown claimed Game MVP recognition for the 10th time in her AU career … She stands as the ninth player in the league’s four-year history to record double-digit Game MVP honors.

• Forward Theresa Plaisance authored her eighth career double-digit rebounding performance after finishing with 10 rebounds in the victory for Team Harris … She has tallied 10 or more rebounds in 3-of-6 appearances this season.

• Guard Taylor Mikesell set a season high with 10 points off the bench on Saturday, knocking down 3-of-6 field goal attempts, including a 2-for-3 performance from beyond the arc.

GAME MVPS

• #1 – Tyasha Harris (Team Harris), +90 points
• #2 – Lexie Brown (Team Harris), +60 points
• #3 – Elizabeth Williams (Team Harris), +30 points