Wednesday, February 13, 2002
Blue
Hose Sweep Double-Header from Lions in Basketball
MARS HILL, NC - Mars Hill was swept by SAC rival Presbyterian College in a basketball double-header tonight in Stanford Arena. In the opening contest, the Lady Lions (9-2/19-3) ranked 9th in the latest USA Today/ESPN/WBCA National Poll fell to Presbyterian 76-61. Presbyterian's men won, 57-53.
Mars
Hill's women fell to 9-2 in the SAC and 19-3 overall with the
loss. Presbyterian's women's team improved to 7-4 in the
league and 16-7 overall. Presbyterian's defense held the
Lady Lions to convert on only 37.3% of their field goals and
13.3% of their 3-point attempts to win by 15.
The Blue
Hose' defense held Denise Shelton (Cambridge, IN), the
Nation's second leading scorer, to 13 points.
Shelton only recorded a single point in the first
half. Presbyterian
led by 10 (38-28) at the intermission.
In
the second half, Presbyterian went on a 14-to-8 run to lead by
16 points with
14:04 left in the contest after Bonnie
Werner (Kennesaw, GA) hit a jumper.
Mars Hill would trim the lead to five points (56-61)
with 5:59 on the
clock after Shelton converted two foul shots but that was as
close as the Lady Lions would get.
Presbyterian answered with 10 unanswered points to
go ahead 71-56 with 3:08 left to play.
Nicole
Chittam (Lancaster, SC) and Dana
Birnie (Suwanee, GA) led Presbyterian with 15 points
apiece. It was
Chittam's career high. Werner
followed with 14.
Holly
Carringer (Murphy, NC) led Mars Hill with 15 points
followed by Shelton with 13 and Serena Roberts
(Andrews, NC) who added 11 off the bench. Key stats of
the game: PC scored 23 points off Mars Hill turnovers ... PC
received 27 points off the bench ... PC held Mars Hill to
convert on only 37.3% of their field goals and 13.3% of their
3-pointers ... PC committed only eight turnovers.