Saturday,
February 7, 2004
TUSCULUM
SECURES KEY LEAGUE ROAD WIN WITH 67-56
VICTORY OVER BLUE HOSE
TC’s Maples leads three
players in double figures in Lady Pioneer victory
CLINTON,
S.C. – Tusculum College’s junior guard Julie Maples (Knoxville,
Tenn.) led three Lady Pioneers in double figures with a
game-high 19 points en route to a 67-56 win over host
Presbyterian College in South Atlantic Conference women’s
basketball action Saturday afternoon at the Ross E. Templeton
Center.
In the first
half, PC took an early 12-6 lead highlighted by seven points
from sophomore forward Rebecca
Wessinger (Laurens, S.C.). The Lady Pioneers fought back
on an 8-2 run over the next three minutes to tie the game at
14-14 with 11:23 remaining on a free throw by freshman guard Beth
Bryant (Greeneville, Tenn.). The game was knotted up two
more times until Tusculum took the game for good at 22-21 with
6:09 remaining on a jumper by sophomore forward Amber Redding
(Sevierville, Tenn.). Tusculum would then go on an 9-1 run
to end the half and take a 31-22 lead at intermission.
Tusculum shot
54.2% from the field in the first half and were led by Maples’
eight points. The Blue Hose struggled from the field, shooting
34.6% and were led by Wessinger’s 10 points.
In the second
half, Tusculum pushed the lead to double figures at 46-36 with
11:20 remaining on a three-pointer by freshman guard Brooke
Underwood (Knoxville, Tenn.). PC would fight back and cut
the lead to single digits, the closest at 57-51 on a layup by
redshirt junior Lauren
Yanik (Greer, S.C.) with 2:53 remaining. The Lady
Pioneers would hold off the Blue Hose on a 10-5 run the rest of
the way to secure the victory.
Maples added
an season-high eight rebounds for the Lady Pioneers who
controlled the boards with an 40-25 advantage. Sophomore forward
Kelli Karns (Pilot Mountain, NC) added 13 points and five
boards while Redding chipped in 11 points and eight boards for
Tusculum.
PC was led by
sophomore forward Cameron
Cook (Greensboro, NC) who tallied a team-high 14 points
while Wessinger added 13 points. Rounding out the double figure
scorers for PC was Birnie with 10 points.
Tusculum improves to 9-12 overall and 3-5 in the South Atlantic Conference. The win was the first for the Lady Pioneers in PC’s Templeton Arena. The Blue Hose fall to 8-13 overall and 3-5 in league play.