"Women's Basketball Release (2005-06) - Waynesburg Hornets Nip Guilford, 66-61" - Guilford College
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WAYNESBURG HORNETS NIP GUILFORD, 66-61, IN DAY ONE OF SALISBURY OPTIMIST CLASSIC
Four Yellow Jackets Lead Comeback Against Quakers
SALISBURY, MD (12/3/05) -- Four Waynesburg
College Yellow Jacket starters scored in double digits in Friday's 66-61
comeback win over Guilford (N.C.) College at the 13th annual Salisbury (MD)
Optimist Classic. Waynesburg mounted a 12-0 run with 6:26 left in the game to
take its first lead of the game against the Quakers before finishing the game on
a 19-3 swing. With the victory, the Yellow Jackets improved to 3-2 and are
averaging over 66 points a game, their highest output in recent history.
The
field-goal shooting told the story of the contest, as Guilford boasted a 38-24
halftime lead after shooting over 48 percent (16 of 33) and Waynesburg shot
under 30 percent. However, the Yellow Jacket offense made 50 percent (15 of 30)
of their shots in the second half, while their defense limited the Quakers to
just 23 points on 8-of-32 attempts (25 percent).
Junior
guard Katie Lewandowski (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Catholic) scored a team-high 19
points against the Quakers on 6-of-14 shooting. The Pittsburgh native has
reached double digits in all five games this season and is averaging a career
and team-best 17 points/game.
Junior
transfer forward Denise Kennedy (Berlin, Pa./Berlin-Brothersvalley) continued
her impressive play with the Yellow Jackets, as she bucketed 17 points, while
registering nine rebounds (four offensive, five defensive) on Friday afternoon.
Through five games, Kennedy leads the team with 8.2 rebounds/game and ranks
third with 13.0 points/game, both of which far surpass her averages last season
while at Pitt-Greensburg.
Kennedy
and freshman Michaelene Jones (Steubenville, Ohio/Steubenville) combined for
seven of the 12 offensive rebounds against the Quakers, which were converted
into 13 points.
Jones
tied her season high of 11 points and grabbed four rebounds, including three on
the offensive end, against Guilford, who now is winless through four games
(0-4).
Waynesburg started cutting into the Quaker halftime lead in the opening
five-plus minutes, as it when on an 11-3 run. The Guilford lead kept bouncing
back-and-forth between double figures until the final 6:26 of the game when
senior guard Candice Eyerman (Cranberry Twp., Pa./Seneca Valley) hit a pair of
three-pointers to help turn the momentum.
Eyerman
finished the game with 13 points despite struggling from beyond the arc. The
four-year starter finished 5 of 13 from the floor, but made a season-low 30
percent (3 of 10) of her three-pointers. In addition to her scoring, Eyerman
contributed with five rebounds and a team-best four assists.
The
Yellow Jackets took advantage of 23 Quaker fouls, as they made 70 percent (14 of
20) of their free thows, and committed a season-low nine.
Waynesburg also set a season-low in turnovers with 12 after losing a combined 49
possessions via turnovers the previous two games.
Jennifer
King led Guilford with nine rebounds and a game-high 23 points in the loss
Waynesburg will now play the winner of the Salisbury-Thiel contest tomorrow,
Sat., Dec. 3, at 6 p.m. The Yellow Jackets lost to the host Sea Gulls in last
season's opening round match-up before they faced the Tomcats twice in
conference play.
-Story courtesy of Salisbury Sports Information.
WAYNESBURG-GUILFORD BOXSCORE:
http://www.salisbury.edu/athletics/WomensBasketball/boxes0506/tourn1.asp
SALISBURY OPTIMIST WOMEN'S SCHEDULE:
http://www.salisbury.edu/athletics/WomensBasketball/dwbbschd.asp#05optimistwomen