Tuesday,
December 9, 2003
HASKINS
& BIRNIE LEADS BLUE HOSE TO 79-66 VICTORY
OVER NORTH GREENVILLE
PC’s Billie Haskins
scores her 1,000 career point
in the Blue Hose win
CLINTON,
S.C. — Presbyterian College senior
guard Billie Haskins
(Greensboro, Ga.) and redshirt sophomore forward Dana
Birnie (Suwanee, Ga.) combined for 47 points to lead the
Blue Hose to a 79-66 win over the Lady Crusaders of North
Greenville College in women’s basketball action Tuesday night
at the Ross E. Templeton Center.
Haskins
scored 23 points with seven rebounds on the night on five-of-11
three-point field goals and reached a career milestone when she
scored her 1,000 career point on a layup at the 3:08 of the
second half. She becomes the 14th player in Blue Hose history to
reach the 1,000-point plateau. Birnie led PC with a game-high 24
points to go along with seven rebounds and six assists.
After a slow
start, PC jumped out to a 19-10 lead at the 11:51 mark on a
three-pointer by sophomore center Anna
Sheppard (Norcross, Ga.). North Greenville responded
with a 13-6 over the next six minutes to cut the lead to 25-23
with 5:25 remaining first half. The Lady Crusaders tied the game
at 31-31 with :22 seconds remaining on a layup by freshman guard
Alexis Robinson (Beaufort, S.C.), but Haskins came to the
rescue for PC and hit a three-pointer as time expired to give
the Blue Hose a 34-31 lead at intermission.
North
Greenville opened the second half on a 9-6 run to tie the game
at 40-40 with 17:03 remaining. PC fought back with a 13-3 run to
pull ahead 53-43 at the 13:03 mark on a layup by Birnie. The
Lady Crusaders cut the lead under double figures but could not
get any closer than six points down the stretch as PC held on
for the 79-66 win.
Joining
Haskins and Birnie for scoring honors was sophomore center Cameron
Cook (Greensboro, N.C.) who tallied 10 points and five
rebounds while redshirt junior forward Lauren
Yanik (Greer, S.C.) added 12 rebounds
and seven points for the Blue Hose.
North
Greenville was led by sophomore guard Sarah Giles
(Clover, S.C.) who tallied 14 points while junior center Carlisha
Shuford (Florence, S.C.) who tallied
10 points and nine rebounds. The Lady Crusaders kept the
game close by controlling the backboards with a 22 offensive
rebounds, 12 in the second half. Sophomore forward Amber
Rector (Wellford, S.C.) added nine points and 10 rebounds
for NGC.
PC shot 45.3%
from the field including eight-of-25 from the three-point arc.
North Greenville was held to 32.9% shooting from the field, but
hit 17-of-22 free throw attempts on the night.
The Blue Hose
improve to 4-5 on the season while the Lady Crusaders fall to
4-4 on the year. PC returns to action this Thursday, December 11
when they travel to Charlotte, N.C. to face Johnson C. Smith
University at 7;00 pm.