No. 20 Carson-Newman Downs Wingate, 76-65, Saturday Afternoon On The Road
WINGATE, N.C. – The No. 20 Lady Eagles (22-5, 11-5 SAC) placed six players in double figures as they sealed third place in the South Atlantic Conference regular season Saturday, defeating Wingate (14-13, 7-9 SAC) by a score of 76-65 at Cuddy Arena.
WINGATE, N.C. – The No. 20 Lady Eagles
(22-5, 11-5 SAC) placed six players in double figures as they
sealed third place in the South Atlantic Conference regular season
Saturday, defeating Wingate (14-13, 7-9 SAC) by a score of 76-65 at
Cuddy Arena.
“We got a good win today and our kids played awful
hard,” said C-N Head Coach Dean Walsh.
“We turned it over too many times, gave up too many
offensive rebounds and fouled too much. That might have had to do
with the aggressiveness we had tonight. We ran the ball well and
shot the ball well. When you shoot well, good things happen.
I’m proud of the way we bounced back from a disastrous loss
on Wednesday.”
With the score tied 5-5 early in the first half, Carson-Newman went
on a 15-4 run that covered 3:33 to go up by 11. Junior guard
Mandy Mendenhall (Kingston Springs, Tenn.) hit two
three-pointers during the stretch. C-N would score the final six
points of the half to take a 43-26 lead into the break.
After the intermission, Carson-Newman extended its lead to 20 at
48-28, but the Bulldogs would close the gap to 10 with a 10-0 run
that covered three minutes. C-N built the lead back to 19 and
though Wingate was able to cut the lead to 10 points once more,
that was as close as the game would be. The Lady Eagles held on for
the 76-65 victory.
Carson-Newman outshot Wingate by a 47.7% (31-for-65) to a 30.2%
(19-for-63) margin and forced the Bulldogs into 22 turnovers.
Senior forward Shari Buford (Hampton, Ga.) had
game-highs in points (15) rebounds, (13) and blocks (five). Buford
is now the only player in school history to have 1000 points, 1000
rebounds and 200 blocks.
Senior guard Ashley Kyle (Jefferson City, Tenn.)
had 13 points and three assists while freshman guard Candis
Clear (Memphis, Tenn.) had 12 points and sophomore forward
Zoriah Williams (Calera, Ala) chipped in 11 points
and nine rebounds.
Mendenhall and junior guard Katlin Moore (Rock
Hill, S.C.) finished the game with 10 while freshman forward
Courdne Miles (Burlington, N.C.) had a career-high
five blocks in the contest.
Wingate was led offensively by Erica Crumlin (Irmo, S.C.) with 12
points and she added six rebounds. Kurie Washington (Marion, N.C.),
Stacie Rhodes (Knightdale, N.C.), and Sarah Wollett (Raleigh, N.C.)
each had nine points for the Bulldogs in the loss.
Carson-Newman will play in the 2010 Food Lion SAC Tournament
Quarterfinals on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m., at Holt Fieldhouse.
Official pairings for the tournament will be released Sunday
afternoon by the conference office.
