Saturday, February 1, 2003
BLUE HOSE SCORE EARLY, OFTEN IN
ROUT AT NEWBERRY
Yanik ties career-high with 20 points in road win.
NEWBERRY,
S.C. — Presbyterian center Lauren
Yanik (Greer, S.C.)
scored 19 of her career-high-tying 20 points in the first half
as the visiting Blue Hose routed Newberry College 95-71 in South
Atlantic Conference women's basketball Saturday afternoon at
Eleazer Arena.
It was
Yanik's second game of scoring 20 points in the last three
contests. She set her career-high of 20 points last Saturday in
a home win over Lenoir-Rhyne College.
PC jumped out
to a quick 14-4 lead in the first four and a half minutes thanks
to jumpers by Yanik and a pair of three-point baskets by junior
guard Bonnie
Werner
(Kennesaw, Ga.). The Lady
Indians (2-16, 0-7 SAC) were able to push the margin to just two
points over the next eight minutes, thanks to a couple of
jumpers, one a three-pointer, by Newberry forward Tasha
Farmer (McBee, S.C.). The Blue Hose managed a 31-8 run over
those last eight minutes to begin the rout and lead 53-28 at the
half. In addition to Yanik's 19, junior guard Billie
Haskins (Greensboro, Ga.) had 14 at the break.
The Lady
Indians saw the Blue Hose push the margin to 29 before putting
together a 19-6 run to get the score to 74-58 with seven minutes
in regulation. Newberry had nothing left in the tank and
Presbyterian held on for the victory.
Haskins led
all scorers with 26 points on 6-for-10 shooting from beyond the
arc. Sophomore guards
Sarah Woods (Florence, Ky) and Lauren
Dobson (Greenville, S.C.) came off the bench to score 12
and 11 points respectively. PC shot 50 percent (12-for-24) as a
team from three-point range. To make matters worse for the Lady
Indians, the Blue Hose hit all 12 of their first-half free
throws, while Newberry hit only two of its four free shots in
the first half. Presbyterian finished with a 21-for-26 (80.8
percent) day from the line.
Newberry had
three players in double figures. Forward Shirolyn Johnson (Irmo, S.C.) led the Lady Indians with 19, while
Farmer added 17 points and nine rebounds. Newberry blocked a
season-high six shots, with center Kelsey
Maloney (Virginia Beach, Va.) blocking four, one shy of her
career-high, set on Wednesday at Carson-Newman. Point guard Brandy
Carland (Arden, N.C.) had a season-high nine assists.