Saturday,
February 23, 2002
BLUE
HOSE CRUSH NEWBERRY 82-51 BEHIND LEOPARD’S 26 POINTS IN SAC
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ACTION
NEWBERRY,
SC--
Presbyterian College senior forward Toni
Leopard (Ninety-Six, SC) scored a game-high 26 points to lead the Blue Hose
to 81-52 win over Newberry College in the South Atlantic
Conference regular season finale for both teams Saturday
night.
The game was tied at 5-5
when PC went on a 13-0 run to take a 13-5 lead and never look
back. The lead grew to as many as 20 points at 42-22 entering
intermission. Leopard led the Blue Hose in the first half with
15 points and at one point was outscoring the Lady Indians
13-11. The Blue Hose shot 48.5% from the field in the first
half while holding Newberry to only 29.2%. Sophomore guard Bonnie
Werner
(Kennesaw, GA) added 10 points and six assists before
intermission.
PC continued their
dominance in the second half of the depleted Lady Indians.
Newberry dressed only eight players for the game. The lead
grew to 29 points twice after halftime with the last time
coming at the end of the game. Every Blue Hose player that
dressed played in the game and all but two scored.
Leopard scored 26 points on
the night on eight-of-13 shooting from the field including
three-of-five from three-point range. Her point total moved
the senior into second place on the program’s all-time
scoring list with 1,651 career points. She passed former Blue
Hose standout Leah
McCullough (1986-90) who tallied 1,634 career points. She
added seven rebounds while Werner compiled a impressive line
of 16 points, six assists, eight rebounds, and three assists.
Senior center Ja’Net
Vicks (Greer, SC) added nine points and eight rebounds
while junior guard Billie
Haskins (Greensboro, GA) added eight points.
Newberry was led by senior
center Shawanna Cook who
tallied her 25th career double-double with 18 points and 12
rebounds. Joining Cook in scoring was freshman guard Shirolyn
Johnson who tallied 14 points and three steals.
Presbyterian improves to
19-7 overall and 10-4 in SAC action and will be the #2 seed in
next week’s Food Lion/SAC Tournament. Newberry falls to 2-24
overall, 0-14 in league play and will be the #8 seed. PC will
host a first round game in the Food Lion/SAC Tournament on
Tuesday, February 26 against the #7 seeded Tusculum College
Lady Pioneers. Gametime set for 7:00 pm at the Ross E.
Templeton Center. Newberry will travel to top seed Mars Hill
College on Tuesday for a 7:00 pm tip-off.