Friday, November 17, 2006
Johnson Has Career Night As PC Claims First Win Of Season
NEWBERRY, S.C. – Morgan Johnson garnered a career night as Presbyterian claimed its first win of the season on Friday evening with a 72-65 victory over Edward Waters in the Lady Blue Hose’s first game of the First Annual Newberry Classic Women’s Basketball Tournament held at Elezear Arena.
Johnson finished the win over the Lady Tigers with a double-double, picking up a career-best 18 points and a career-high 16 rebounds. The Marietta, Ga. native also had a block and a steal in the contest.
Amy Jones looked as if she would usurp her career-high point total in the first half, placing a team-high 17 points on the scoreboard in the first half. Most of Jones’ points in the half came from beyond the arc, as she was 4-for-5 from beyond the three-point line in the first stanza.
Jones picked up five points in the second half to fall short of tying or surpassing her career high, but still finished with the most points on the Presbyterian side of things with 22 points.
Edward Waters only led once in the contest and came as close as three at 68-65 in the final two minutes of the game. Presbyterian hit four free throws in the final two minutes to place the game out of reach.
The Lady Tigers one lead was at 10-9 in the first half. Presbyterian went on an 11-0 run to make it 20-10 before Edward Waters’ Ruth Waters hit a shot to thwart the run.
The Lady Bluse Hose commenced the evening by taking an 8-2 lead in the first two minutes courtesy of two Bridget Tackach three-pointers.
Waters concluded the first game of the Newberry Classic for Edward Waters with a game-high 27 points.
The Lady Blue Hose as a team shot better than 48% in the victory. PC held the Lady Tigers to 37%.
Presbyterian improves to 1-1 on the season with the win, while Edward Waters falls to 2-2 on the season.
The Lady Blue Hose play their final game of the Newberry Classic at 5 p.m. tomorrow. PC will square against Morris College.