Out of the timeout, Mount Saint Mary’s Ashley Christie raced down the court, trying to hit the winning layup, but Davidson’s defense forced an off-balance shot and Dakota Dukes pulled in her 10th and final rebound for the win.

Just a few minutes earlier, Christie had given the Mountaineers’ a brief 80-78 led on back-to-back triples from long range. Dukes, who was in foul trouble in the first half, kept the Wildcats right in it by scoring six straight points, including swishing home a pair of free throws with 17 seconds remaining to tie it up at 82-all.

For the second game in a row, Davidson had a pair of 20-point scorers with Laura Murray joining Early with an even 20 points. She also added season highs of six assists and five steals.

Dukes had her first career double-double with 12 points to go along with her 10 rebounds, while Shneeka Center gave the Wildcats four double-figure scorers for the second straight game with 13 points off the bench.

The Mountaineers were led by Henderson’s 22 points, followed by Kayla Grossett with 12. Jessie Kaufman and Christie each chipped in 10 points apiece.

Henderson had given Mount Saint Mary’s a 66-61 lead with 7:55 remaining on a layup. Early then took over for the next three minutes, canning four three-pointers for the Wildcats, with her final triple giving them a 75-72 edge with four minutes on the clock.

The game would then go back-and-forth with two more ties until the final seconds.

The first half featured 30 combined free throws with Davidson going 13-for-18 as it raced out to a 19-10 lead that later was pushed to 38-29 on Rachel Piles’ third free throw of the half.

The Mountaineers were 10-for-12, including hitting four in the closing minutes, as they shook off their early shooting slump to score 13 of the last 22 points and send both teams into the break tied at 42-all. Jacqueline Brewer’s three-ball with under 10 seconds knotted things up.

Overall, 44 combined free throws were shot as Davidson went 20-for-28. The Wildcats shot 48 percent for the game, while the Mount hit 52.5 percent, including draining 62.1 percent of their shots in the second half.

Furman 79, Brevard 31
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Shianne Goodwin scored 12 points and Furman warmed the nets with 53.4 percent shooting to race past Brevard, 79-31, in women’s basketball action Tuesday evening at Timmons Arena.

Goodwin, a 6-foot-3 sophomore center, found the mark on 6-of-7 shots and added four rebounds in 22 minutes of action to lead Furman (1-1) to its first win of the campaign.  It was the first double figure scoring performance in her young collegiate career.

Holli Wilkins followed with 11 points as all but one of the Paladins in uniform scratched in the scoring column.  A pair of freshmen — Allison Beasley and Tiara Wood —chipped in nine points and Sarah Durdaller and Kelsey Ellis added eight points for the Paladins.

Furman complemented its solid shooting effort with complete domination of the boards, posting a 49-25 advantage in rebounds, with Savonia Bryan registering a game and career high 12 caroms to lead the Paladins.

Brevard, an NCAA Division II member of the South Atlantic Conference, got six points each from Tuccoa Brackett, Hadara Bannister, and Chezney McJunkin.

The Paladins grabbed control from the start, racing out to a 13-2 lead following a Wilkins layup three minutes into the contest.

Furman led 21-10 with six minutes to go before closing the half with a 11-4 run to take a 32-14 lead into intermission.

The Paladins blew the game open with 17-3 run over the first fix minutes of the second half to stretch their advantage to 49-17.

Whitney Bunn and Erica Norwood racked up five assists each for Furman, which finished with 23 assists on its 31 made field goals.