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UNC Greensboro 69, Ohio 52
GREENSBORO, NC - In the first meeting between the two schools, UNC Greensboro came out on top 69-52 over Ohio in the consolation game of the 2005 UNCG/Marriott Thanksgiving Tournament on Saturday afternoon at Fleming Gym. The win marks head coach Lynne Agee’s 475th victory at the helm of the Spartans women’s basketball program.
UNCG (1-2) junior Brittany Frazier followed up yesterday’s double-double performance with a game-high 14 points to go with seven rebounds and three blocks and junior Irene Otamiri added 12 points and four steals. Sophomore Kemena Brooks and junior KaLeah Latham tossed in 11 and 10 points respectively off the bench for the Spartans.
Katie Reihmann led Ohio (1-4) with 12 points, while Ciara Iglehart and Simone Redd added 11 and 10 points respectively for the Bobcats.
With a seemingly comfortable 34-17 lead for UNCG heading into the second half, the visiting Bobcats put together a 16-9 run over the opening 9:07 of the stanza to get to within 10 points, 43-33. Ohio would cut its deficit to eight points, 50-42, on a two free throws by Rachel Frederick, but that was the closest the Bobcats would get. UNCG went on a 12-3 spurt to take a 62-45 lead with 3:25 left in the contest and Spartans never looked back for their first win of the season.
Latham scored all 10 of her points in the second half.
Unlike yesterday when UNCG struggled with its shooting in the early going against Longwood, the Spartans went 6-for-11 from the field in the first seven minutes to take a 12-4 lead. Frazier keyed the hot-shooting with four mid-range jumpers.
Iglehart drained a 3-pointer to get Ohio to within five, 12-7, but UNCG rattled off a 10-2 run to take a 22-9 lead with 5:58 to go. Otamiri capped the run with a beautiful running jumper in the lane. Freshman Ashley Mullins maintained UNCG’s lead with a 3-pointer for a 27-14 advantage and later, classmate Gini Grimsley converted a fastbreak layup to give UNCG its largest lead off the half, 34-16, with under a minute to play.
UNCG outscored Ohio 22-6 in the paint and scored 14 points off 14 Bobcat turnovers in the first half. Frazier led the way with 11 points, while Otamiri had eight points.
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Wofford 94, North Carolina A&T 50
SPARTANBURG, SC - Six players reached double-figure scoring, including a double-double from senior Nakia Mister, to pace the Wofford women's basketball team to a 94-50 victory over visiting North Carolina A&T Saturday afternoon in the Benjamin Johnson Arena. With the win, the Terriers improve to 3-1 and are off to their best start since going 5-0 to open the 2001-02 campaign.
The 44-point margin of victory is also the largest since moving to the Division I ranks in 1995-96 and has only been surpassed by two games, including a 102-43 win over Division II Limestone December 14, 2001.
Mister led the team in scoring for the second-straight contest with 17 points on 6-of-10 from the field and 5-of-6 from the foul line. She registered 11 rebounds, including eight on the offensive glass, for her fourth-career double-double.
Sophomore Kelsi Koenig, the team's leading scorer, equaled Mister with 17 points and a game-high four steals off the bench.
Junior Jenny Weurding nearly posted a triple-double with a 12-point, nine-rebound and eight-block effort. The eight blocks are a new career high for Weurding and fall one shy of the Wofford (3-1) single-game record set January 27, 1996, by Anita Cooper versus Navy. Weurding also moves into a second-place tie with Catherine Rader (1991-95) on the all-time Terrier chart with 130 and into sixth place on the Southern Conference career list.
Classmate Mary Jo Yee contributed 10 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, while freshman Liz Miller connected on both of her attempts from behind the 3-point arc for a career-high 11 points. Fellow rookie Kate Dempsey added 12 points on 6-of-8 field goal shooting.
Wofford finished the game hitting 39-of-65 field goals (60.0 percent), which were mostly layups beating the Lady Aggie press. Junior K.C. Correll had a game-high seven assists, as the Terriers held a 27-9 margin in the category.
The hosts held North Carolina A&T (0-3) to just 27.1 percent from the field (19-of-70), including a 1-of-10 (10.0 percent) effort from behind the 3-point line.
The two teams opened the game trading baskets and keeping the score close. The Lady Aggies' LaKeisha Williams converted a layup with 8:29 remaining in the first half to bring the visitors within three, 22-19. Wofford opened up the scoring throughout the rest of the stanza on a 26-6 run to take a 48-25 lead into the intermission.
After the break, North Carolina A&T would get no closer than 21 on a pair of occassions, including their lone trey with 15:38 left by Ahmad Williams to close the gap to 57-36. The Terriers continued to hit shots in the second session, finishing 72.0 percent (18-of-25) from the field and connected on all three of their 3-pointers.
Bianca Johnson led N.C. A&T with 16 points, while Melea Gibson collected six rebounds. Preseason All-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference selection Shareka Glover was held to zero points as she missed all three of her field goal attempts.
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Florida State 75, Western Carolina 67
TALLAHASSEE, FL - With four minutes remaining in the second half, Western Carolina sophomore Chevon Keith drained a jumper in the lane helping the Lady Catamounts to regain the advantage, 59-58, over the home-standing Seminoles. However, a three and a half minute drought from the floor by Western allowed Florida State to escape the first round of the Seminole Classic with a 75-67 win Saturday afternoon in the Tucker Center.
Florida State, who entered the game shooting a paltry 57-percent from the free throw line, was a perfect 10-for-10 from the line inside the final minute to ice the win from the charity stripe and hand Western its third-consecutive loss to open the season. The `Noles connected on 24-of-33 free throws for 72.7-percent for the game.
"We played hard and I'm proud of the team for that. But we just didn't take advantage of our opportunities to win a big game here on the road," said head coach Kellie Harper. "Today was our best game of the season so far and we are going to get better."
Freshman guard Lauren Powell led the Lady Cats for the second-straight game, scoring 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting off the bench. Her back court classmate, Teshymia Tillman, added a career-high 11 points, three assists, and a trio of steals in her first collegiate action. Also scoring in double-figures for Western was sophomore Jessika Johnson with 10, adding six rebounds.
Keith, junior Erin May, and freshman April Parker each scored eight in the loss and combined for 18 rebounds, including a team-high nine by Keith, six of which were on the offensive end.
After leading at break, 31-26, Western (0-3) endured a 12-2 run by FSU to open the second half, erasing the five-point advantage and digging an eight-point hole for the Lady Catamounts. But WCU countered with a 13-6 swing cut the score to one, 47-46, with nine to play in regulation. The two teams traded buckets over the next six minutes before Western took its final lead, 59-58, at 4:13 and setting up the drought and free throw marathon at the finish.
The first half saw the scoreboard knotted a total of seven times, with Western outscoring the `Noles 14-10 in the paint. The halftime five-point WCU lead was the largest by either squad during the first 20 minutes. In the second stanza, Florida State pounded the ball inside, out scoring the Lady Catamounts 22-16 in the paint. Conversely, Western turned 10 Seminole turnovers into a dozen second half points.
Florida State (3-1) was led by 13 points from post Britany Miller, who secured the game's lone double-double by adding 14 rebounds. Guards Shante Williams and Holly Johnson combined for 28 points, scoring 15 and 13, respectively, in the win.
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Wake Forest 87, Davidson 84
DAVIDSON, NC - Janell Crayton (Atlanta, Ga.) and junior Jessica Mitchell (Wilkesboro, N.C.) combined to net 45 of the Wildcats 84 points, but Wake Forest's Cotellia Bond-Young scored a season and game-high 29 points and Davidson lost a thrilling 87-84 contest in overtime on Saturday, Nov. 26 in Belk Arena. The Wildcats fell to 0-2 on the young season, while the Demon Deacons moved to 2-0.
The loss stopped Davidson's five-game winning streak in home openers and marks the second time Wake Forest has beaten Davidson in its home opener. The Demon Deacons also defeated the Wildcats back on Nov. 23, 1999.
It was career days for both Crayton and Mitchell. Crayton matched her career-high in points with 22, while setting new career highs in field goals made (9) and attempts (13). Mitchell, who was 5-of-9 from three-point land, set new career highs in points with 23 and blocks with three. The shooting guard also matched her career highs in field goals (9) and three-pointers (5) made in a game.
It was a thrilling end in both regulation and overtime. With 5:13 left in regulation and Davidson leading 73-67 after a three-ball by sophomore Danielle Hemerka (Blackwood, N.J.),Wake Forest took the lead, 74-73, on a 7-0 run as Yolanda Lavender dropped in five of the points during the run.
The Wildcats came right back to take a 77-76 lead with 1:41 to go when junior Tia Washington (Charlotte, N.C.), who had six points and six assists, laid in an uncontested layup. Then with :37 ticks left in regulation, Bond-Young hit 1-of-2 at the free throw line to knot it up at 77-77. Bond-Young had a chance to win the game for the Demon Deacons with five seconds left, but Mitchell blocked her layup and forced the extra period.
In overtime, Wake Forest took a quick three-point lead, 80-77, on a three-point play by Liz Strunk. Then with 3:05 left, Davidson picked up its only lead of the extra period when freshman Mercedes Robinson (Baltimore, Md.) received a nice bounce pass from junior Brynn Kelly (Spokane, Wash.) for a layup and the Wildcats led 81-80. Robinson had a career-high seven points, while Kelly dished out five of Davidson's game-high 20 assists.
Wake Forest took control of the game by going on a 7-1 run over the next two minutes to take an 87-82 lead with 1:01 left in the game. Davidson, who shot at a 70.8% clip in the first-half, couldn't find its rhythm in the two-minute stretch, going 0-for-4 from the field.
The Wildcats though, closed to within three points, 87-84, on a layup by Mitchell with :44 seconds to go. After a 30-second timeout by Davidson, the Wildcats had one last chance to tie it. Strunk missed a layup for Wake Forest and Mitchell got the rebound, pushing the ball down the floor. She then had two looks at a three-pointer, but wasn't able to get either shot to fall and Davidson fell 87-84.
In the first half with 8:57 to go and the score tied at 19-all, Davidson went on an 11-4 run to take its largest lead of the half at 30-23. Crayton and Mitchell combined for five of the 11 points and each assisted each other on buckets. The Wildcats would then go into halftime up 46-44, after the Demon Deacons Deirdre Naughton buried a three-pointer near the end of the half.
For the game, the Wildcats shot 52.4% from the field, including 52.7% (9-17) from three-land. Hemerka finished with 16 points to give Davidson three players in double-figures. She also had a team-high seven boards.
Besides Bond-Young's 29 points, she also dished out eight assists and was 6-of-15 from behind the arc. The Demon Deacons placed three more players in the scorer's book with double-digits in points. Naughton had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Strunk and Melissa Washington chipped in with 15 and 12 points, respectively.
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Louisville 88, Georgia Southern 44
MURFREESBORO, TN - A 33-5 Louisville run over the last 11:22 of the first half was more than enough as the Cardinals coasted to an 88-44 victory over Georgia Southern in women’s basketball action at the Middle Tennessee State Classic in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Louisville improves to 3-0 while Georgia Southern drops to 0-3.
Cardinal freshman Angel McCoughtry led all players with 19 points and 10 rebounds in just 18 minutes off the bench. Senior Connie Neal added 17 on 5-of-7 three-pointers and junior Helen Johnson had 14.
Senior Lee DuBose (Jefferson, Ga.), coming off the bench for the second straight game, scored 10 for the Lady Eagles. Freshman Ashley Melson (Newnan, Ga.) had seven points and a team-high three steals.
Louisville began the game with nine straight points, all off three-pointers, two from Neal and one by junior Missy Taylor. GSU answered with an 11-5 run, as five different players contributed points. Melson capped off the rally with a trey and with 12:19 on the clock, the Lady Eagles trailed by three, 14-11.
The Cardinal run began from there, starting with three free throws from junior Katie Olson. After a free throw by GSU sophomore Tiffany Brown (Waxhaw, N.C.), Louisville reeled off 14 consecutive points over the next three minutes with Johnson keying the run with two trifectas.
DuBose ended the drought with a three of her own, but UL scored 14 more unanswered points and finished the half on a 33-5 run to lead 50-17 at the break.
Eleven of McCoughtry’s game-high total came in the first half as the Cardinals shot 63.3 percent (19-30) compared to 20.7 percent (6-29) for the Lady Eagles.
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Kent State 57, Elon 54
CINCINNATI, OH - Kitara McMoore scored 14 points, pulled down eight rebounds and swiped a career-high five steals, but it was not enough as the Elon Phoenix fell to the Kent State Golden Flashes by a 57-54 score in the consolation game of the National City Xavier Invitational on Saturday afternoon.
Elon (2-2) led throughout the first half and the lead reached as many as eight points when Katie Whidden hit one of two free throws with 11:28 to play in the half.
Kent State (3-1) trimmed the lead to 20-18 with 6:16 to play in the stanza when Lindsay Shearer put in a layup for two of her game-high 25 points. The Phoenix answered right back, netting nine of the final 15 points of the half and holding a 29-24 advantage at the break.
The Golden Flashes shot out of the gate in the second half, going on a 12-0 run over the first 4:34 to grab a 36-29 lead which they would not relinquish. Kent State pushed its advantage to 55-43 when Tiffany LaFleur's layup went thru the goal.
The Phoenix fought back, using a 5-2 run to trim the margin to 57-54 when Nicole Allison sank a layup with 1:45 to play in regulation.
Elon turned the ball over three times over the final 1:45 and was unable to get off a shot to attempt to even the score.
Along with McMoore, Robyn Shipley (11) and Tierra Bumbrey (10) each scored in double figures for the Phoenix. Bumbrey also swiped six steals.
Shearer also led Kent State with eight rebounds.
In the two tournament games, McMoore scored 27 points, grabbed 11 rebounds, blocked two shots and recorded six steals to garner all-tournament accolades.
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Chattanooga 78, Stephen F. Austin 69
LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- After a lackluster first half performance Friday night, the Lady Mocs came out strong and behind sophomore sharpshooter Brooke Hand, Chattanooga defeated Stephen F. Austin in the consolation game of the UNLV Lady Rebel Shootout at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Hand entered the game midway through the first half with the Lady Mocs, 2-3, holding onto a slim three-point lead. She tossed up her first 3-pointer at the 9:13 mark to put UTC up by six and then nailed her second two minutes later to build the lead to nine. Hand torched the nets for three more before the half would end and Katasha Brown nailed two of her own as the Lady Mocs made 8-of-11 in the opening half for a 72.7 percent performance.
In the second half, UTC led by as much as 31 points with just over nine minutes to play. The Lady Jacks went on a 17-4 run over a six minute period to cut the lead to 72-55. Chattanooga scored just six points for the remainder of the game and gave up 14 points to SFA to win by a slim nine-point margin 78-69.
Hand scored a career-high 22 points to lead all scorers Saturday and tied her single-game high for three pointers with six. For the first time since March 20, 2004 against Rutgers, five Chattanooga players scored in double figures. Brown had 13 points with three treys and four assists. Freshman Erin Ogan tallied her first double-digit output of the season with 11 points hitting all four free throw attempts and one 3-pointer.
Seniors Tiffani Roberson and Nicole Mattison each tossed in 10 and Mattison had six assists for UTC. Alex Anderson had a team-high nine rebounds and for the fifth consecutive game this season, tallied two blocks to bring her season total to 10 and her career mark at 45, tied for sixth on the school’s all-time charts. She needs one more to get into a three-way tie for fourth.
Chattanooga shot 52.8 percent on the day and were 62.5 percent from the 3-point line making 10. UTC outrebounded the Lady Jacks 36-32 and scored 33 points off turnovers and 36 bench points.