HARDIN-SIMMONS DOWNS GUILFORD, 106-77, IN NCAA WOMEN'S PLAYOFF GAME
Abilene, TX (03/03/01) -- Sophomore forward Kendra Anderson (Colorado City, TX/Colorado) scored a game-high 29 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Hardin-Simmons past Guilford, 106-77, in the second round of the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament Saturday in Mabee Complex.
The Cowgirls (22-5) advance to the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament against Baldwin-Wallace, a winner over Defiance Saturday in another NCAA Second Round game. Guilford (22-7) concludes its first NCAA Tournament appearance and the 2000-01 season with a school-record 22 wins.
Hardin-Simmons closed out the first half on a 12-2 run and held a 45-26 intermission lead. Anderson scored eight of her 13 first-half points in the first six minutes of the game and helped the hosts to a 24-6 advantage with 9:40 left before halftime. Thanks to 12-of-16 free-throw shooting, the Quakers pulled to within 33-24 with 3:07 remaining in the first half on two Amy Evans (New Bern, NC/New Bern) foul shots. Junior Andrea Burrows (Amarillo, TX/Randall) answered for the hosts with back-to-back three-pointers and triggered a 12-2 run to close out the half. The Cowgirls forced 17 of the Quakers' turnovers in the opening period, which led to 21 points.
Guilford came out strong in the second half behind the hot shooting of freshman guard Kate Goodman (Salisbury, NC/West Rowan), who scored all of her team- and career-high 16 points in the second half. Goodman scored eight consecutive points, including back-to-back three pointers, as the Quakers pulled to within 14 points midway through the half. The Cowgirls pulled away for good after Burrows knocked down a three-pointer and senior Beth Urlickson (Fort Worth, TX/Arlington Heights) followed a Guilford turnover with a rare four-point play just six seconds later to swell the hosts' lead to 80-57 with 9:08 remaining.
Evans finished with 13 points for Guilford and senior forward Arden Miller (Landenberg, PA/Sanford School (DE)) added her ninth double double of the season with 14 points and a game-high 10 rebounds.
Hardin-Simmons turned a season-high 29 Guilford turnovers into 40 points and recorded 18 steals. Urlickson scored 14 of her 16 points in the second half and had a team-high nine boards for Hardin-Simmons.
Coach Barb Bausch graduates Miller and classmate Marlo Biernacki (Alden, NY/Akron Central) from this year's Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship squad. Miller concludes her career ranked fourth on Guilford's career scoring and rebounding charts with 1322 points and 766 boards. She holds Quakers' standards for career three-point attempts, single game three-pointers and single-game three-point attempts. Guilford returns 12 letter winners for the 2001-2002 campaign.
