December 27

Bird Takes HCAC Player-of-the-Week Honors

GREENWOOD, Ind. – Sarah Bird led Defiance to its eighth win of the year, and third in as many tries with a 25-point outburst in the Yellow Jackets’ 86-60 victory against Myers University on Thursday night.

Bird poured in 20 of her career high 25 points in the second half of DC’s 26-point win on seven-of-eight shooting from the floor after the break. The Fayette, Ohio, native added three assists and a pair of steals to her 25-point showing.

The performance ignited a second-half rally for Defiance, as the Jackets racked up 57 points in the final 20 minutes and hit 18 of their first 21 shots from the field to turn a five-point halftime deficit into the 26-point victory.

Sarah Bird
Bird has now reached double figures in the scoring column in five of DC’s 11 games this year and is currently averaging 9.7 points a night while shooting at a 43-percent clip from three-point range.

Defiance (8-3, 2-2 HCAC) will play at Adrian on Thursday night at 7:30 pm before returning home to host Capital on Saturday at 3:00 pm.

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