L-R Women's
Basketball Breezes By Presbyterian,
Hickory, N.C. - The Lenoir-Rhyne College Women's Basketball Team defeated Presbyterian College, 76-60, Saturday on Senior Night in a South Atlantic Conference game at Shuford Memorial Gymnasium.
The Bears, who beat the Blue
Hose for the sixth straight time, improved to 14-11 on the
year and 7-5 in league play while PC fell to 7-18 and 4-8,
respectively.
Lenoir-Rhyne's offensive attack was spearheaded by senior
guard Lanica Williams (Newport News, Va./Alabama A&M) and
senior center Crystal Clary (Hampton, Va./Campbell
University). Williams scored a game-high 25 points with
six three-pointers while Clary notched her 14th double-double
of the year, 20 points and 14 rebounds, and became the 13th
member of the Bears' 1,000-point club.
Williams was pivotal in the second half, scoring 17 points
after intermission, and breaking open a close game. With
the Bears ahead 39-35 three minutes into the second half,
Williams hit back-to-back three-pointers that keyed an 8-0 run
which pushed the lead to 47-35 and Presbyterian could get no
closer than eight points the rest of the way.
PC held an impressive 46-32 edge on the boards but shot just
39 percent from the field (22-of-56) and turned the ball over
28 times. Cameron
Cook (Greensboro, N.C.) led the Blue Hose with 15
points and 11 rebounds while Brittany
Carroll (Dunn, N.C.) pulled down 11 rebounds as well.
Lenoir-Rhyne next travels to Newberry, S.C., to take on league-rival Newberry while Presbyterian visits Greeneville, Tenn., to face Tusculum. Both games begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.