WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Presbyterian College Blue Hose women's basketball team (3-3) beat the University of North Carolina Wilmington Seahawks (1-3) on Wednesday, November 22 with a final score of 64-51.
 
COACH SHARP'S THOUGHTS
"It's obviously great to get a win on the road against a quality opponent. We were up big in the third quarter and in the beginning of the fourth when they really made a run, but we were able to regroup and Tilda did a great job of stepping up at the free throw line to close out the game. I thought Paige Kindseth had some huge rebounds and steals down the stretch to really help us close out the game."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter – Presbyterian started off the game with the first four-points before UNCW hit a three to keep the score close. Mara Neira answered with a three-point shot of her own to keep the Blue Hose lead 7-3. PC held their four-point lead until there was 2:00 left in the first quarter. Layups by Bryanna Brady and Tilda Sjökvist closed out the quarter with PC leading 17-9
Second Quarter – The Seahawks made a quick three-pointer to start the second quarter before Brady made a layup followed by a three-point jumper from Sjökvist. UNCW scored the next four-points to put the score at 22-18 in PC's favor. The Blue Hose answered with a nine-point run behind five from Brady. After some back and forth and a scoreless last minute of the first half, PC leads 35-22.
Third Quarter – Within the first two minutes of play in the second half, Presbyterian scored seven of the first 11-points. Neira then scored a two-point jumper with 7:21 in the third quarter which made the score of 44-28. After a scoreless two-minutes, Neira scored another two-point jumper. The Seahawks next six-points came from foul shots while PC was held to four-points. After the last three-minutes of play the third quarter ended with a score of 52-38.
Fourth Quarter – With no points scored in the first two minutes of the final quarter, free throws from both sides made the score 53-39. UNCW then outscored Presbyterian 9-3 to close in on the Blue Hose lead 56-48. Christina Kline hit a two-point jumper but the Seahawks one up them with a three-point shot to bring PC's lead down to seven-points with about four minutes left in the game. The Blue Hose went on to score the last six-points of the game and got the win 64-51.
 
NOTES

• Season high of 54.2 field goal percentage as a team.
• Tilda Sjökvist scored a new season-high of 18-points.
• Bryanna Brady led the team with 20-points which was her second time scoring 20+ points this season.
• Season high of 88.9 free throw percentage as a team.

 
UP NEXT
The Blue Hose come back to Templeton for a game on Saturday, Nov. against Morehead at 2:00 p.m.