Friday,
December 28, 2001
GC & SU
Upsets #11 Presbyterian 59-57
Columbus,
GA - The Lady Bobcats of Georgia College & State
University limited
Presbyterian
(8-2) was able to stymie the GC & SU offense in the first
half, holding the Lady Bobcats to just 23 percent from the
floor and just seven field goals. The Blue Hose took a 30-27
lead into the break.
In the
second half, PC took its biggest lead, 43-33, on a Dana
Birnie jumper with 15:10 to play. From there, the Lady
Bobcats went on a 10-3 run to close the gap to 46-43 on an April
Hartley lay-up with 10:02 left.
GC & SU
tied the game with 6:22 remaining on a Dalana Watson
jumper and then took the lead for good just over a minute
later on a Larkin Cleaveland lay-in. The Lady Bobcats
took their biggest lead with 2:16 to play on a Betsy Foy
trey which capped a 9-1 run.
PC cut the
lead to two points on a Merritt
Misner jumper with 1:43 to play. After a GC & SU
bucket stretched the lead back to four points, Toni
Leopard again cut the lead to two points with a lay-up
with three ticks left. PC’s pressure could not force a
turnover as time expired.
Leopard led
PC with 18 points, while Ja’net
Vicks posted a career-high with 15 to go with a game-high
nine rebounds. PC out-rebounded the Lady Bobcats 48-39, but
hit just 20 of 64 field goal attempts – 10-33 in the second
half.
Foy led GC & SU (4-4) with 20 points and six rebounds. Watson added 10 to go with her six boards. The Lady Bobcats shot 50 percent in the second half and committed just 13 turnovers on the afternoon.