Monday, November 27, 2006
Blease Nets Career-Best Six Boards In Loss To GCSU
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Elicia Lynch notched a personal-best 19 points to help give the Georgia College & State University women’s basketball team a 73-53 win over Presbyterian College Monday night in the Centennial Center.
The Lady Bobcats improved their record to 5-0, while the Lady Blue Hose fell to 2-3.
Amy Jones scored 13 points to lead the Lady Blue Hose in the loss. Morgan Johnson added 12 of her own and acquired five boards.
The tandem of Jones and Johnson would lead PC defensively as well, with Jones swiping four steals and Johnson notching a steal and a block.
Kerianne Blease concluded the game against the Lady Bobcats with six boards to set a new career-high by two caroms.
The Lady Bobcats opened the game with a steady drive and then took off on a 14 point run that began with a pair of Marquita Driskell free-throws at the 7:18 mark that would be capped by a Lindsey Smith free throw with 3:59 left to play in the half.
GCSU would eventually extend that lead to 40-20 by intermission.
In the second half, the Lady Blue Hose came out firing, pulling to within 14 at the 9:53 mark with a Jessica Parris three-pointer.
GCSU would answer back, pulling ahead to a 72-49 lead on a three-pointer by Savanna Chapman with 2:32 left in the half.
Presbyterian would gain a little ground with a pair of free throws each from Jones and Taylor Price, cutting the Lady Bobcat lead to 19, but Savanna Chapman would sink a free throw with 38 seconds on the clock to secure the final score of 73-53.
Georgia College & State’s Driskell tallied her fourth double-double on the year with 12 points, a game-high 11 boards, and a career-high four assists.
For the game, GCSU shot just 38.5% (25-65) from the floor, 29.2% (7-24) from behind the arc and a solid 84.2% (16-19) from the stripe. Presbyterian outshot GCSU at 41.9% (18-43) from the floor, but fell slightly behind in three-point percentage with 28.6% (6-21).
Presbyterian finished at 78.6% (11-14) from the free throw line.
The Lady Blue Hose return home at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 29 to square off against Converse in their first home game of the season.