Women's Basketball Release (2004-05) - Dec. 11 EHC Loss - Guilford College
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CHILDRESS LIFTS EMORY & HENRY TO WOMEN'S BASKETBALL WIN OVER GUILFORD, 83-72
Greensboro, NC (12/11/04) -- Junior guard Kate Childress (Shawsville, VA/E. Montgomery) scored a game-high 23 points to lead visiting Emory & Henry to an 83-72 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) basketball win over Guilford Saturday.
Childress made five-of-seven three-pointers, including three in the opening half
to help the Wasps (5-3, 3-1 ODAC) take a 42-36 halftime lead. Emory & Henry
opened an 11-point lead with a 14-3 run midway through the period and pressed
the Quakers into 13 first-half turnovers. Guilford played without starting point
guard Dionne Graham (Savannah, GA/Jenkins) for the second straight game due to a
knee injury.
Childress and junior
Brooke Barker (Rogersville, TN/Cherokee) opened the second half with
back-to-back three-pointers to give the guests a 12-point edge. Guilford got
back to within six points early in the second period, but the Wasps answered
with a 19-7 spurt for a commanding 71-53 edge with 7:41 left in the game.
Barker scored nine of
her 11 points in the second half for Emory & Henry. Wasps' senior Amy Hensley
(Rose Hill, VA/Thomas Walker) added 10 points and a game-high eight assists.
Childress and senior Shannon Brown (Clifton Forge, VA/Alleghany) shared
team-high rebounding honors with seven caroms apiece.
The Quakers (2-5, 0-3
ODAC) suffered their fifth straight loss for the first time since 1998-99
despite 20 points and a game-high 10 rebounds by senior forward Courtney Hill
(Kannapolis, NC/North Rowan). Freshman btallied 14 points for the Quakers.
Junior Jennifer King (Reidsville, NC/Rockingham County) and freshman
Kendra Potter (Wise, VA/John I. Burton) each scored 12 points.
Guilford returns to action January 5 against Christopher Newport at 7:00 p.m. Emory & Henry visits Roanoke in an ODAC game January 6 at 7:00 p.m.