The Piedmont College women's basketball team fell to host Methodist University 69-61 tonight in the opening round of the InnKeeper Turkey Shootout in Fayetteville, NC. MU outrebounded the Lady Lions 41-25 as they fall to 1-3 overall on the season. 

Piedmont took the early lead in the first half before Methodist took over with a 3-pointer by freshman Michaela Myers to go up 14-12 with just over 12 minutes remaining. Piedmont's Beth Adcock tied the game at 26 with 2:08 left in the first half, but the Monarchs went on a 7-2 run in the final two minutes to make the score 33-28 at halftime.

Methodist came back in the second half expanding their lead to 10 at two different points, but Piedmont stayed just close enough to keep the Monarchs fighting. Rebounding became a team effort as four different players pulled in five or more boards. Methodist scored 16 second chance points following their own missed shots. Junior Lisa Jackson knocked down two 3-pointers on the way to a game-leading 19 points. 

Yetta Bailey netted a season-high 17 points on 6-11 shooting from the floor to lead the Piedmont offense. Sheena Trimiar added 12 points, four rebounds, and a team-high four steals. 

Piedmont will complete play in the InnKeeper Turkey Shootout tomorrow afternoon as the Lady Lions square off against USA-South member Ferrum College at 2:00.