Wednesday,
February 25, 2004
LADY INDIANS
HOLD OFF BLUE HOSE 76-63 IN SAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ACTION
Catawba wins in Clinton
for first time since 1995-96 season
CLINTON,
S.C. – Catawba College’s senior forward Danyel
Locklear (Pembroke, N.C.) tallied a game-high 22 points
and 15 boards to lead the Lady Indians to a 76-63 win over
Presbyterian College in South Atlantic Conference women’s
basketball action Wednesday night at the Ross E. Templeton
Center.
The win was
the first for the Lady Indians in Clinton, S.C. since the
1995-96 season.
Presbyterian
College recognized Senior Night versus the Lady Indians as the
program honored guards Billie
Haskins (Greensboro, Ga.) and Bonnie
Werner (Kennesaw, Ga.) who played in their final home
regular season game. The senior duo will go down in history as
one of the most prolific backcourts ever to play at PC. Both
players scored their 1,000th career point this
season and rank in the top 10 in several career statistical
categories in program history.
In the
first half, the Lady Indians shook off a slow start by both
teams to took an early 11-3 lead at the 14:15 mark on a jumper
by junior guard Ashley Cox (Richmond, Va.). PC fought
back and chipped away at the lead over the next several
minutes and pulled to within five points at 23-18 at the 6:26
mark on a putback by Haskins. Catawba closed the half on a
22-11 run to lead 45-29 at intermission.
Cox and
Locklear led the way for Catawba in the first half with 10 and
12 points apiece. The Blue Hose were led by a solid
performance by sophomore center Cameron
Cook (Greensboro, N.C.) who tallied a first half-best
13 points and added seven boards.
In the
second half, Catawba pushed the lead to its largest margin of
19 points at 50-31 with 18:07 left in the game. The Lady
Indians were able to hold the lead in double figures for rest
of the half, the smallest margin being 12 points down the
stretch at 50-38 on a layup by PC’s Cook.
Joining
Locklear for scoring honors was Cox with 11 points and five
assists while junior guard Isiaette Darden (Wilson,
N.C.) came off the bench to score 12 points for Catawba.
PC was led
by Cook’s 19 points and nine rebounds while Haskins added 14
points and five boards. Redshirt junior forward Lauren
Yanik (Greer, S.C.) came off the bench to add 12
points for PC.
Catawba improves to 18-8 overall and 10-3 in league play while Presbyterian falls to 8-18 overall and 3-10 in league action.