Wofford 86, Southern Virginia 48
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- All 12 Wofford players scored at least one point as the Terriers rolled to a non-conference women's basketball 86-48 victory over visiting Southern Virginia Wednesday afternoon inside the Benjamin Johnson Arena.
Wofford (1-1) scored the game's first 13 points, covering 3:11, and withstood a mid-first half run by the Lady Knights. Senior Kelsi Koenig capped the opening 13-0 spurt with a layup before Lynette Adams-Schroeder knocked down a pair of free throws for Southern Virginia's first points at 16:49. Four different Terriers scored in the run, including five points from sophomore Kelly Dwyer.
The Lady Knights, however, would not back down. They outscored the Terriers 20-9 over the next seven minutes to climb within seven, 24-20, on a Rebekah Cunningham 3-pointer at 9:49. Wofford then responded with a 32-4 surge to close the first half.
Junior Liz Miller tallied 14 of her game-high 17 points during the first half, including a 6-of-6 effort from the foul line extending her season-opening streak to 14 straight from the charity stripe. Classmate Kate Dempsey hit 1-of-2 from the line just 11 seconds into the half, the only tosses for the Terriers the remainder of the game, as Wofford finished 15-of-16 (93.8 percent) at the line.
Miller capped off another 7-0 Terrier run with her lone triple of the second session at 14:03 pushing the lead to 64-30. She would connect on all three of her attempts from behind the 3-point arc.
Southern Virginia (1-1) received back-to-back buckets from Jessica Palmer, sandwiched around a Natalie Gramblin layup, near the six-minute mark to trim the deficit to 33, 76-43. Gramblin converted a layup two minutes earlier, at 8:04, to give Wofford its largest lead of the game at 38, 74-36.
Following another Gramblin layup to tie her career high of eight points at 2:48, the Lady Knights netted the game's final two points on separate trips to the foul line for the final margin.
Freshman Mahagony Williams finished behind Miller on the team scoreboard with a career-high 13 points, while pulling down a career-best six boards. Her rebounding total matched the team highs set by Dempsey and Summer Nichols. Fellow rookies Maddie Helms and Ashley Kroker registered their first collegiate points and finished with five and three points, respectively.
Sophomore Kristin Bradley equaled her career high with five points as Wofford hit on 32-of-79 field goals for a team percentage of 40.5.
Adams-Schroeder paced the Lady Knights with 15 points. Cunningham contributed nine, while Tricia Dixon added seven off the bench. Emma James hauled in a team-high five rebounds.
The Terriers will return to action with a 6:30 p.m. (EST) meeting at Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond, La. The two teams have met once previously, a Nov. 2, 1999, contest at Southeastern Louisiana with the Lady Lions earning a 67-56 victory.
Furman 77, Tusculum 63
GREENVILLE, S.C. ? Katie Johnson recorded her first double-double of the season to lead the Lady Paladins to a 77-63 victory over Tusculum in basketball action Wednesday.
Johnson went 7-9 from the floor and 3-3 from the line to total 17 points for the Lady Paladins, while also adding 11 rebounds. Two other Furman players also scored in double digits, with junior Katie Agin adding 14 and Kali Holtfreter contributing 11.
Furman got off to a slow start, allowing Tusculum to take a 23-13 lead.
The Lady Paladins then went on a 20-5 run to finish out the first half and took the 33-28 lead going into the break.
In the second half, the Lady Paladins battled through four tied scores before taking a 63-53 lead with seven minutes left. Furman held the lead to take the game with a final score of 77-63.
Tusculum was led by freshman Jasmine Gunn with 22 points, while junior Ashli Oliver contributed 19 in the losing effort. Furman out-rebounded the Pioneers 51-32.
With the win, Furman improves to 1-1 on the season, while Tusculum falls to 0-1. The Paladins hit the road this weekend with a trip to Jacksonville State to take on the Gamecocks on Saturday, Nov. 17.
Coastal Carolina 63, College of Charleston 46
Conway, S.C. - Coastal Carolina used a 13-1 run to end the first half and a 19-2 run to end the second to hold back College of Charleston rallies, defeating the Cougar women's basketball team, 63-46, in action tonight in front of 393 fans at Kimbel Arena in Conway, S.C.
The Cougars fall to 0-1 overall, while the Chanticleers improve to 2-0
The Cougars opened with a 5-0 run the first three-and-half minutes before settling on a 12-4 lead with 15:01 to go in the first half. With Charleston leading by eight, 24-16, with 7:07 to go in the half Coast Carolina's Lacey Lyons sparked the offense, rattling off 13 straight points, to lead the Chanticleers on a 13-1 run to take the 29-25 lead at intermission.
CofC shot 38.5 percent from the floor in the first half, while CCU shot 35.7. Charleston held the 19-15 edge in rebounding and a 7-2 mark in steals.
Charleston fought its way back in the second half to take a one-point lead, 43-42, with 8:22 to go in the game off a layup by Erika Smith. Coastal Carolina responded as it did in the first half, finishing the game on a 19-2 run to take the 63-46 win.
Leading all scorers was Lyons with her 22 on the night. Coastal's Amanda Stull followed with 12. The Chanticleers were 18-20 from the free throw line with Lyons a perfect six-for-six. Lyons also led the team with seven rebounds.
Charleston was led by Ericka Williams with her 11 points, just one shy of her career-high. Williams was two-for-three from beyond the three-point arc, a career-high. Nikki Williams and Tonia Gerty followed in scoring for the Cougars with seven each. Williams (Nikki) paced the team with nine rebounds.
The Cougars shot just 29.0 percent in the second half to finish the game with 33.3 percent. Coastal finished the game with a 35.1 field goal percentage after shooting 34.5 percent in the second half. The Chanticleers led 42-34 in rebounds for the game and had fewer turnovers, 19-12.
Charleston opens its home schedule Monday, Nov. 19th as it hosts UNC Wilmington at the John Kresse Arena.
Newspaper Box Score
Coll. of Charleston vs Coastal Carolina
11-14-07 7 p.m. at Kimbel Arena, Conway, S.C.
At Kimbel Arena, Conway, S.C.
COASTAL CAROLINA 63, COLL. OF CHARLESTON 46 COLL. OF CHARLESTON (0-1) WILLIAMS, Erica 4-7 1-2 11; WILLIAMS, Nikki 3-11 0-0 7; GERTY, Tonia 3-11 0-0 7; SMITH, Erika 3-8 0-0 6; FURSTENBURG, Jill 2-7 2-2 6; KOTCELLA, Brooke
2-7 0-0 5; MOYE, Sarah 2-6 0-0 4; KING, Megan 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-57 3-4 46.
COASTAL CAROLINA (2-0)
LYONS, Lacey 6-14 6-6 22; STULL, Amanda 4-6 4-4 12; RIVERS, Devin 3-7 1-2 7; WARE, C.J. 3-5 0-1 6; BLANCHARD, Vicky 1-7 4-4 6; GRAMBLEY, Courtney 2-4 1-1 5; NOLL, Jessica 1-7 0-0 3; MOSS, Sydnei 0-3 2-2 2; WHITE, Katie 0-2 0-0 0; JASINSKI, Kate 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-57 18-20 63.
Coll. of Charleston........... 25 21 - 46
Coastal Carolina.............. 29 34 - 63
3-point goals--Coll. of Charleston 5-17 (WILLIAMS, Erica 2-3; WILLIAMS, Nikki 1-4; KOTCELLA, Brooke 1-4; GERTY, Tonia 1-5; FURSTENBURG, Jill 0-1), Coastal Carolina 5-15 (LYONS, Lacey 4-9; NOLL, Jessica 1-1; RIVERS, Devin 0-1; BLANCHARD, Vicky 0-1; MOSS, Sydnei 0-1; JASINSKI, Kate 0-2). Fouled out--Coll. of Charleston-None, Coastal Carolina-None. Rebounds--Coll. of Charleston 34 (WILLIAMS, Nikki 9), Coastal Carolina 42 (LYONS, Lacey 7).
Assists--Coll. of Charleston 12 (GERTY, Tonia 5), Coastal Carolina 12 (WARE, C.J. 4; STULL, Amanda 4). Total fouls--Coll. of Charleston 21, Coastal Carolina 11. Technical fouls--Coll. of Charleston-None, Coastal Carolina-None. A-393