Saturday,
December 8, 2001
#12 BLUE HOSE PREVAIL OVER ANDERSON 68-49
IN
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ACTION
PC extends regular season home win streak
to 33 straight wins
CLINTON,
SC — Presbyterian College sophomore guard Bonnie Werner (Kennesaw, GA)
scored a team-high 14 points and added six assists to lead the
#12th-ranked Blue Hose to a 68-49 win over Anderson College
Saturday afternoon.
The first half saw both
teams struggle from the field as PC shot 27.6% including
two-for-11 from three-point range while Anderson shot 31.8%
and one-for-six from beyond the arc. The Blue Hose held the
lead throughout the first half, but the Lady Trojans tied the
game at 11-11 with 10:35 remaining. PC responded with a 11-4
run to end the half and took a 22-15 lead into intermission.
Anderson opened the second
half on a 9-1 run and cut the lead to 25-24 at the 15:24 mark.
PC fought back and pushed the lead to seven points (31-24) a
few minutes later only to see the Lady Trojans use a 8-1 run
in the next four minutes to tie the game at 32-32 with 11:27
left in the game. PC took control at that point and went on a
16-3 run highlighted by five points by Werner to give the Blue
Hose a 48-35 lead with 5:21 remaining.
The Blue Hose put the game
out of reach down the stretch and posted their biggest lead of
the day at 68-49 on a pair of Werner free throws as time ran
out.
Presbyterian was led by
freshman forward Dana
Birnie (Suwanee, GA) who scored 12 points in her first
start of the season. Senior forward Toni
Leopard (Ninety-Six, SC) added 11 points.
Leopard moved into fourth
place on the program’s all-time scoring chart with 1,360
points, passing former Blue Hose standouts Jennifer
Hilliard (1990-94) and Melissa
Robinson (1987-91) in the process.
Anderson was led by
sophomore forward Amy
Davidson (Wilkesboro, NC) who scored a game-high 19 points
while senior guard Julie Hart (Hartwell, GA) added 12 points and seven assists.
The #12-ranked Blue Hose
improve to 7-1 on the season while the Lady Trojans fall to
2-5.