Monday,
February 2, 2004
HASKINS AND DOBSON LEAD BLUE HOSE TO 70-63 VICTORY
OVER ALL-STARS
Blue
Hose tandem combine for 33 points in victory
CLINTON,
S.C. — Presbyterian College’s senior guard Billie Haskins (Greensboro, Ga.) and
junior guard Lauren
Dobson (Greenville, S.C.) combined for 33 points to
lead the Blue Hose to a 70-63 road victory Monday night over
Converse College at the Sally Abney Physical Activity Complex.
Haskins came off the bench
to score 21 points on eight-of-10 shooting from the free throw
line to go along with six steals and four assists. Dobson
scored 12 points and added six rebounds and six assists on the
night.
PC opened the game on a
11-4 run highlighted by four points from sophomore forward Wesley Campbell (Greenville,
S.C.). The All-Stars chipped away at the lead on a 9-0 run
highlighted by five points from junior guard Melissa
Ballard (Saluda, N.C.) to take their first lead at 13-11
at the 12:41 mark. The Blue Hose responded with a 15-2 run
over the next eight minutes to retake the lead at 26-15.
PC’s freshman guard Brittany
Carroll (Dunn, N.C.) came off the bench to hit a pair
of three-pointers in the closing minutes of the first half to
give PC a 32-24 lead at intermission. PC got a big boost off
it’s bench in the first half with 24 of the team’s 32
first half points coming from nonstarters led by redshirt
sophomore forward Dana Birnie’s (Suwanee, Ga.) nine
points and five rebounds.
In the second half, the
All-Stars closed the deficit to only two points at 35-33 with
14:41 remaining on a pair of free throws by senior forward Melissa
Bunce (Cartersville, Ga.). Converse would keep the game
close over the next few minutes as they respond with big shots
to keep the lead in single digits. After Converse cut the lead
to 40-38 with 12:30 left in the game, PC responded with a 13-6
run to push the lead to 53-44 with 8:14 remaining. The run was
keyed by Haskins and Dobson who combined for all 13 Blue Hose
points.
Converse would make one
more run and cut the lead to 59-57 with 2:45 left in the game
on a layup by freshman center Lauren
Mueller (Foley, Ala.), but the Blue Hose fought back on a
8-0 run sparked by six points from Haskins to push the lead
back to double digits at 67-57 with :58 seconds remaining in
the game. Haskins would seal the victory for PC by hitting
three-of-four free throw attempts in the final 20 seconds.
Birnie finished the game
with nine points and seven boards for PC while sophomore
center Cameron Cook (Greensboro,
N.C.) added eight points and four rebounds.
Converse was led by
Bunce’s team-high 17 points on seven-of-seven shooting from
the line while Ballard added 14 points and Mueller rounded out
the double figure scorers with 12 points to go along with
seven rebounds.
PC improves to 8-12 on the
season and has now won two straight entering Saturday’s home
game against Tusculum College at 2:00 pm. Converse falls to
1-20 on the season.