LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ga. - For the first game of Mountaintop Madness, the Scots hosted Regent. Covenant led from start to finish to pick up its second victory of the season. 

Final: Covenant 81, Regent 62 
Records: Covenant (2-4), Regent (3-5)

FIRST QUARTER:

• Lucy Benson and Amanda Neff each hit triples to help the Scots jump out to an 8-0 lead. 
• Covenant kept pushing as it eventually scored the first 14 points of the game. 
• Breezy Savage and Benson hit two more 3-pointers for the Scots to take a 20-3 lead. 
• Ella Grace Squires had Covenant's final basket of the quarter as Covenant led 22-5 after 10 minutes. 

 SECOND QUARTER:

• The Royals opened the second quarter on a 7-2 run to cut the lead to 24-12. 
• Covenant responded with a 10-0 run, highlighted by triples from Benson and Savage to put it ahead 34-12.
• Sydney Sandhoff got on the scoresheet with an inside basket with 2:13 remaining to give the Scots a 38-15 lead. 
• Regent ended the quarter on a 9-0 run, but Covenant went into the locker room ahead 38-24. 

 THIRD QUARTER:

• McIntosh knocked down a 3-pointer for Covenant's first points of the third quarter with 7:17 remaining to put the score at 41-29. 
• Midway through the quarter Savage got a basket on the fast break to keep the lead at 12 points. 
• Each team went scoreless for just over the next three minutes. 
• McIntosh hit another triple with 24 seconds remaining, but Regent got a basket right before the buzzer to only trail 50-39 going into the fourth. 

 FOURTH QUARTER:

• Benson scored on Covenant's first possession of the quarter with a 3-pointer. 
• A baseline jumper by Megan Rouse followed by Benson's fifth and final triple of the game put the Scots ahead 61-43.
• Six made free throws across a couple of minutes put the Scots ahead for good at 73-55 with 2:53 left. 
• Hannah Eidson and Emma Kayle Fuller each scored for Covenant in the final two minutes. 

GAME NOTES: 

• Covenant moves to 1-0 all-time against Regent. 
• Benson posted a double-double with career-highs in points with 22 and rebounds with 11. 
• Savage and McIntosh each tallied 17 points. 
• Neff flirted with a double-double with nine points and 11 rebounds. 
• Covenant shot 39.7% (25-63) while Regent shot 28.9% (22-76).
• The Scots outrebounded the Royals 54-36.
• 81 points is a season-high for the Scots. 

UP NEXT: Covenant faces future CCS foe Asbury tomorrow at 4 p.m.

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