Team Odyssey Sims used a hot start and a hot finish to blowout Team Taj Cole 120-95 in Athletes Unlimited play Friday night at Fair Park Coliseum in Dallas.
Team Sims ran away with the game with a 14-2 run that took its lead from 73-67 at the 3:29 mark of the third to 87-69 at the 1:08 mark of the third, after which it lead by at least 15 the rest of the way.
Kierstan Bell went on a 5-0 individual run to get the run started, the first make of which was a three off a Veronica Burton assist. Sims followed with a layup that made it 80-67. After a brief interruption when Team Cole scored, Team Sims rattled off another 7-0 run. Sims assisted a Kelsey Mitchell jumper, Burton assisted Bell on a 3-point play and NaLyssa Smith closed it out with a jumper.
Team Cole trailed 26-8 early. It fought back and cut it to five (54-49) on a Lexie Brown trey with 44 seconds remaining in the first half. But it would get no closer. However, that battle over the course of the second quarter to cut it to five resulted in Team Cole winning that frame. It was the only frame the team won in the game and gave each of its players 50 win points.
Smith came out looking to score; a right baseline hook shot from her and drive all the way up the court for an inside bucket were part of a 6-0 run to open the…
