Saturday, February 26, 2005
CATAWBA HOLDS
ON TO DEFEAT BLUE HOSE 70-65
CLINTON,
SC --- Catawba College had four players in double figures to
withstood a late Presbyterian College rally to defeat the Blue
Hose 70-65 in South Atlantic Conference women’s basketball
action Saturday afternoon at the Ross E. Templeton Center.
Today is the regular season finale for both schools and Senior
Day for Blue Hose senior Lauren
Dobson.
The first
half was closely contested as the game saw three ties and four
lead changes. The Lady Indians (17-10, 8-6 SAC) broke open a
21-21 tie with 7:46 remaining by closing the half on a 17-4
run to lead 35-25 at intermission. The run was capped by a
three-pointer by senior guard Isiatte Darden (Wilson,
NC) with :18 seconds remaining in the half.
Catawba
shot 50.0% from the field in the first half and were led by
senior forward Christina Carmon (Stafford, VA) nine
points. The Blue Hose (7-20, 4-10) shot only 31.4% from the
field, but were led by junior forward Rebecca
Wessinger (Laurens, SC) who tallied eight first half
points.
In the
second half, the Blue Hose went on a 13-5 run to start the
half and pulledwithin two with 16:36 remaining, but Catawba
pushed the lead back out to nine before PC eventually tied it
and took the lead with 2:10 remaining on two free throws by
Wessinger.
Catawba’s
Ashley Cox (Richmond, VA) then hit two three pointers
to push the lead back out to five with 30 seconds remaining.
Carmon led
the Lady Indians with 20 points, while Tamekia Foster
(Chesapeake, VA) had 13 and Cox and Darden both finished with
11.
Wessinger
led the Blue Hose with 26 points, while Amy
Jones (Warthen, GA) and Brittany
Carroll (Dunn, NC) finished with 14 and 12,
respectively.
Both teams will be back in action Wednesday night as they open up play in the 2005 Food Lion/South Atlantic Conference Tournament.