Monday,
January 3, 2005
#11 Anderson College Places Five In Double Figures To Beat PC
ANDERSON, S.C. -- Senior guard Deanna Thompson made two late 3-point goals in a 27-second span to help No. 11 Anderson College hang on for a 92-82 victory over upset-minded Presbyterian College Monday night at the Abney Center.
The victory, Anderson's eighth straight, improves the Lady
Trojans to 9-1 overall. Anderson led by 19 (77-58) with 7:48
remaining before Presbyterian put together a 17-2 run to cut
the AC lead to 79-75 with 2:39 remaining.
Thompson buried her first 3-point goal at the 1:31 mark to
push Anderson's lead to 84-77. After Amy
Jones made a single free throw for the Blue Hose,
Thompson hit another trey to give the Lady Trojans a
nine-point cushion -- 87-78 -- with 1:04 to play. Five free
throws by Anderson in the final minute pushed the final margin
back into double digits.In the last 28 games they have scored
80 or more points, the Lady Trojans are 28-0.
Anderson was led by sophomore guard LaShonda Chiles
with 21 points, nine rebounds, and nine assists. Thompson
finished with 20 points, Stephanie Ponds added 15, Kim
Hausman chipped in 13, and Mikala Fogle-Wilson came
off the bench to score 11. Chiles has scored 20 or more points
in four of Anderson's last five games.
PC, 2-10, was led by Brittany
Carroll with a
career-high 27 points and Rebecca
Wessinger with 23 points. Carroll was 10-for-16 from
the floor, including 5-for-10 from behind the arc, while
Wessinger was 11-for-14 from the line. Wessinger scored 22 of
her 23 points in the second half.
Anderson dominated the glass, 53-34. The Lady Trojans had 18 rebounds off the offensive glass. Anderson shot 53 percent from the field in the second half to finish the game at 47 percent. PC shot 46 percent in the second half to finish the game at 41 percent. Anderson suffered 12 turnovers in the first half but still managed to carve out a 42-33 lead at the break.
The Lady Trojans held a 26-17 lead with 6:27 left in the first half, but the Blue Hose used a 10-0 run to take a 27-26 lead with 4:36 left. Carroll started the run with a 3-point basket and a conventional three-point play. Anderson answered the Presbyterian run with a 12-1 run that featured 3-point goals by Thompson, Chiles, and Danielle Kincaid for a 38-28 lead with 1:18 left.