Saturday,
January 12, 2002
CARSON-NEWMAN
UPSETS #18 PRESBYTERIAN 71-63 IN
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ACTION
Lady Eagles
snap Blue Hose’s 37-game home SAC win streak
CLINTON,
SC – Carson-Newman’s junior guard Monica Asburn and
Amber Blue each scored 12 points to lead the Lady
Eagles to a 71-63 upset win over #18 Presbyterian College in
South Atlantic Conference women’s basketball action Saturday
afternoon.
Asburn, a
native of Deerloge, TN and Blue, a native of Greeneville, TN
led three players in double figures.
Presbyterian
held a 31-29 lead at intermission only to see the Lady Eagles
take their first lead of the game at the 7:33 mark on a layup
by sophomore forward Stacie Dunn (Newport, TN). The
Lady Eagles built a five-point lead (58-53) at the 4:54 mark
and held off the Blue Hose run down the stretch to win. Dunn
finished the game with 11 points and seven rebounds.
The win
snapped a 37-game win streak against South Atlantic Conference
opponents for the Blue Hose at home.
Presbyterian
was led by senior Toni Leopard
(Ninety-Six, SC) who scored a game-high 16 points while
sophomore guard Billie
Haskins (Greensboro, GA) added 13 points. Leopard
added eight rebounds while sophomore guard Bonnie
Werner (Kennesaw, GA) added five assists.
Both team
turned the ball over with PC committing 23 turnovers and
Carson-Newman 20.
Carson-Newman improves to 5-7 overall and 2-1 in the SAC while Presbyterian falls to 10-4 overall and 2-1 in the SAC.