Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Ross,
Worthy Push Spartans Over Presbyterian
Spartanburg,
SC – Yakeeshia
Ross recorded her fourth double-double of the season and Keoshia
Worthy scored a career-high 19 points to lead USC Upstate
to a convincing 76-53 victory over Presbyterian College
Wednesday night in the
USC
Upstate improves to 4-2 on the year, while Presbyterian falls
to 1-6. USC Upstate travels to Newberry Saturday
afternoon for a 2:00 start, while Presbyterian hosts
Ross
finished the game with 18 points and 12 rebounds to go along
with two blocks. She had 10 points and eight rebounds at
halftime as she helped push USC Upstate to a 39-24 lead.
Leading
by two points, 21-19, with 8:55 to play in the first half, USC
Upstate used an 8-1 run over the next three minutes to take a
29-20 lead with 5:27 to play. The Spartans increased the
lead to 10 points on a jumper by Ross with 3:15 to play and
extended the margin to 15 points at the break.
Worthy
also helped the Spartans to the 15-point lead in the first
half, finishing the opening stanza with 10 points as the
Spartans hit 15-of-29 shots and all eight of its free throw
attempts.
In
the second half, USC Upstate opened the half with a 6-0 run to
take a 21-point lead with 17:43 to play and the lead grew to
24 points a minute later on a layup by Ross. The lead
never dipped below 16 points the rest of the game as the
Spartans settled for the 23-point win.
USC
Upstate shot 48.2% for the game and held Presbyterian to just
38.2% shooting from the floor. The Spartans also were
strong from the free throw line, hitting 10-of-11 from the
charity stripe.
The
Spartans forced 18 Blue Hose turnovers on the night, resulting
in 30 points for USC Upstate. The Spartans also grabbed
16 offensive rebounds leading to 17 second chance points.
Worthy
tallied four assists to go along with her 19 points to lead
USC Upstate. Stephanie Feyes finished with nine
points and four assists, while Karmella Wynne added
seven points and four boards. Ten of the 12 Spartans who
played in the game scored on the night.
Cameron
Cook led
Presbyterian College with 13 points, five rebounds, and four
assists. Amy Jones
tallied 12 points and three assists off the bench.