FAIRMONT, W.Va. – Five Fairmont State (9-4, 5-2 Mountain East Conference) women's basketball players reached double figures in an 84-72 win over Alderson Broaddus (3-9, 2-5 MEC) on Wednesday (Jan. 4) evening at Joe Retton Arena in Fairmont, W.Va.
 
Jertaya Hall led the way with 16 points and shot 6-for-11 from the field. Madeline Huffman and Aaliyah Brunny each finished with 12 points. Jalen Gibbs scored 11 points and was one rebound shy of a double-double and was the team's leading rebounder. Alyssa DeAngelo rounded out the double-digit point scorers with 10 points.

As a team, the Fighting Falcons shot 38 percent from beyond the arc and held the Battlers to no three-pointers the entire game. The Fairmont State bench contributed 30 points in the winning effort.
 
After Gibbs drove the lane for a layup following the opening tip, Madeline Huffman connected on a triple that gave the Fighting Falcons a 5-0 cushion from the jump. Madeline Huffman swished another three-pointer that gave the Falcons an 11-2 lead and forced an Alderson Broaddus timeout with 7:07 left in the first quarter. The hot start continued when Gracey Lamm found Brunny in transition for a layup to push the Fighting Falcons' lead to 10 points. In the second quarter, Zaniya Murray made a layup and Lamm drilled a three to put Fairmont State ahead by 15 points. DeAngelo sank her second three-pointer of the period with 3:07 left to extend the lead to 20 points. The Fighting Falcons led by as many as 22 in the first half and led 44-24 at the intermission.
 
Hall was a perfect 3-for-3 from the field in the third quarter, which included a triple that increased the Fairmont State cushion to 22 points. A pair of free throws by Katy Darnell gave Fairmont State its largest lead of the night, a 25-point edge, with 5:02 remaining in the third quarter. The Fighting Falcons led 64-46 in the third quarter. Fairmont State began the final period on a six-point scoring run from a pair of layups by Gibbs and a putback layup by Hall. The Battlers would not trail by less than 12 points down the final stretch. The Fighting Falcons picked up a double-digit win that improved their conference mark to 5-2.
 
Fairmont State women's basketball will travel north to South Euclid, Ohio for a Saturday (Jan. 7) afternoon game at Notre Dame (Ohio). Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m.