Box Score
SPARTANBURG, SC – UNC Greensboro picked up its first Southern Conference win of the season with a 69-52 victory over Wofford in women's basketball action tonight at Benjamin Johnson Arena. The loss sends the Terriers' to their 40th straight conference loss. Wofford's last SoCon win occurred on January 6, 2003, against UNCG.
Senior guard Amanda Eaton led UNCG (4-6, 1-2 SoCon) with a season-high 19 points, while freshman guard Kristen Boone had 10 points. Junior center Caroline Blair added a season-high nine points. Eaton, who had only knocked down 11-of-41 attempts from beyond the arc this season, hit on all five of her three-point attempts tonight.
Becky Sasso and Mary Jo Yee led the Terriers (2-10, 0-5 SoCon) with 10 points apiece.
The Spartans dominated the glass, particularly in the second half, outrebounding Wofford 26-12, and for the game, 46-37. UNCG forced 26 Terrier turnovers and converted them into 22 points. UNCG also held its opponent to 31.5 (17-for-54) percent shooting on the evening, which included only 3-of-22 from beyond the arc.
UNCG led by six at the half and extended its lead to as many as 17 points on three occasions, the first at 65-48 with 2:17 to go and the final time with 40 seconds remaining, 69-52, on a layup by Irene Otamiri.
Eaton, from Wheeling, WV (Wheeling Park HS), capped off a rather poor shooting effort in the first half by both teams by knocking down a pair of three-pointers in the final 1:41 to send the Spartans into the break up 32-26. In contrast to Eaton's long range efforts, the two clubs opened the stanza by combining to shoot 1-for-13 from the floor in the opening 5:19. For the half, UNCG shot 35.7 (10-for-28) percent, while Wofford shot 30.8 (8-for-26) percent.
Wofford began the game on a 10-1 run over the initial six minutes, but the Spartans answered back with a 14-5 spurt to square the contest for the first time, 15-15, at the 6:20 mark. The game remained tied 26-26 with 2:03 remaining before Eaton rattled home her 3's.
UNCG will return to South Carolina on Sunday, January 2 to take on Furman in a SoCon tilt in Greenville at 3 pm. Meanwhile, Wofford will visit league rival Elon on Sunday at 2 pm.
AGATE:
UNC GREENSBORO 69, WOFFORD 52
UNC GREENSBORO (4-6, 1-2 SoCon)
Eaton 5-7 4-6 19; Boone 2-9 6-8 10; Blair 3-7 3-3 9; Current 4-6 0-0 8; Dixon 3-4 1-2 7; Chamberlain 1-3 3-5 5; Otamiri 2-6 1-2 5; Brooks 0-1 2-6 2; Byrd 1-6 0-1 2; Latham 0-0 1-3 1; Jackson 0-0 1-6 1; Britt 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-51 22-42 69.
WOFFORD (2-10, 0-5 SoCon)
Sasso 2-5 6-10 10; Yee 3-8 2-2 10; Mister 3-4 2-2 8; Weurding 3-3 1-1 7; Harris 2-11 1-2 5; Strong 1-4 1-2 3; Koening 1-5 0-0 3; Ripberger 1-1 0-0 2; Bradshaw 1-6 0-2 2; Correll 0-5 2-2 2; Paul 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 17-54 15-23 52.
UNC Greensboro........ 32 37 - 69
Wofford.......................... 26 26 - 52
Halftime: UNC Greensboro 32, Wofford 26. 3-point goals-UNC Greensboro 5-8 (Eaton 5-5; Boone 0-1; Byrd 0-2), Wofford 3-22 (Yee 2-6; Koenig 1-2; Harris 0-7; Strong 0-3; Bradshaw 0-2; Correll 0-2). Fouled out--UNC Greensboro-None, Wofford-None. Rebounds-UNC Greensboro 46 (Otamiri 6; Eaton 6; Boone 6; Current 6), Wofford 37 (Koenig 6). Assists-UNC Greensboro 15 (Eaton 5), Wofford 13 (Strong 3; Correll 3). Total fouls-UNC Greensboro 20, Wofford 24. A-203.
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