Salisbury, N.C. —- The Catawba College women's basketball team drained eight three-pointers and held Lenoir-Rhyne under 60 points in their South Atlantic Conference victory over the Bears on Wednesday evening inside Goodman Arena.
TEAM STATISTICS
- Catawba shot 24-for-58 (41 percent) from the field, while Lenoir-Rhyne was 21-of-52 (40 percent) from the floor
- The Catawba Indians matched a season-high with eight three-pointers on 18 attempts (44 percent), while holding the Bears to 5-of-20 (25 percent) from long range
- Catawba was 5-of-6 (83 percent) from the free throw line; LR was 9-for-13 (69 percent)
- The Catawba Indians out-rebounded Lenoir-Rhyne 38-27, with 13 offensive rebounds leading to a 10-5 advantage in second-chance points
- Catawba recorded 13 assists to 19 turnovers, while limiting the Bears to eight assists with 16 turnovers; the Catawba Indians held the slight 14-13 edge in points off turnovers
- LR held leads in points in the paint (26-20) and fastbreak points (12-5), while Catawba was slightly better off the bench, 12-9
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Janiya Foskey led a balanced attack in scoring with 14 points on 7-of-11 shooting and eight rebounds
- Brooklin Ingram chipped in 13 points and six rebounds
- Nala Baker drilled four three-pointers on five attempts for 12 points
- Bailee Goodlett was the fourth Catawba Indian in double figures with 10 points and two assists
- Natalie Fuertes Lara posted team-highs of four steals and two blocks off the bench
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST QUARTER
- Catawba sprinted out to a 7-0 run with Foskey and Goodlett buckets sandwiching the first Baker triple
- The Catawba Indians pushed their lead to nine points with under three to go in the opening period
- A late Sofia Mendez three-pointer trimmed Lenoir-Rhyne's deficit to 17-12 after 10 minutes
SECOND QUARTER
- The Bears scored six of the first eight points in the second quarter to draw within a point at the 6:12 mark
- Goodlett broke over a three-minutes scoreless drought from both teams with 2:50 to go in the half
- Ingram drilled a three-pointer with 38 seconds left in the opening half to push the Catawba advantage to 24-20 at the break
THIRD QUARTER
- LR went on a 6-0 run to open the second half to take their first lead of the game after Vanessa Jurewicz's layup just over two minutes into the third quarter
- Another Baker triple helped jumpstart a 7-0 Catawba run to regain the lead; Ingram's jumper made it 33-28 with six and half minutes remaining
- Blaikley Crooks hit the tail end of a pair of free throws to tie the game again at 36 with under four to go
- A Fuertes Lara jumper and Julie Janus' three-pointer pushed the Catawba lead back up to five before another late-quarter Mendez triple kept it a two-point deficit heading into the final period
FOURTH QUARTER
- The Bears once again took the lead at the 8:31 mark on Tilda Lindstrom's three-pointer, 45-43
- Saniya Wilson's layup tied the game and Ingram's three-pointer broke in the following minute
- After Lenoir-Rhyne tied the game again at 50, another Ingram triple capped a quick 5-0 spurt to create breathing room near the midway point
- Kairah Dixon-Booker converted a layup with 16 seconds to go to return the lead to five, 59-54
- LR's Emily Harman answered with a basket with seven seconds left down three, but the Bears had no team fouls to that point in the period, so were left chasing fouls in the closing seconds
- Goodlett nailed a pair of free throws with a second left to close the deal
GAME NOTES
- Catawba extends its win streak over LR in Goodman Arena to five games
- Each of the last seven regular season meetings in the series have gone to the home team
- Catawba Indians' 32nd straight regular season win inside Goodman Arena; their last home regular season loss came in then-Goodman Gym in February 2022
- 23rd consecutive win over a SAC opponent at home
- Terence McCutcheon's 99th career win; a win Saturday would make him the third Catawba Women's Basketball head coach to reach 100 career wins with the program and 129 games would be the fastest to do so in program history
UP NEXT
- Catawba caps its three-game homestand on Saturday with a delayed start against Emory & Henry of 5 p.m.
