WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.- The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's basketball team dropped a close game to Wake Forest, 56-45, on Sunday afternoon inside the LJVM Coliseum.
 
  
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Freshman Isys Grady opened the scoring with a quick jumper less than a minute into the game.
• At the 4:02 mark in the first quarter, Jaylynn Brown laced one in to tie it up at six.
• The Spartans wouldn't score again until 1:30 into the second quarter. Khalis Cain got the rebound from a Jailah Clark-Jones jumper and put it back up for two, 15-8.
• Not even a minute later, Nitzan Amar stole the ball and found Cain for another two points.
• Six of the next eight points for the Spartans came off free throws. Cain, Amber Redmond, and Grady went two-for-two.
• The first half would end with Wake Forest leading 28-18.
• UNCG came out of halftime ready to attack, scoring 10 straight points to tie the game at 28.
• The Blue and Gold stuck with Wake Forest through the third quarter, matching the Demon Deacons shot-for-shot.
• A free throw from Nitzan Amar put the Spartans up by one going into the final 10 minutes, 37-36.
• A layup by Cain 1:34 into the fourth quarter grew the Spartans lead to three, 39-36.
• Wake Forest retaliated and went on a late run and retook the lead. Wake Forest's largest lead was the final score.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Cain and Grady led the Spartans with 14 points. Cain finished with a double-double with 13 rebounds to add to her stats.
• Amar dished out three assists.
• The Spartans shot 86.7% on the free throw line, only missing two of the 15 total.
• In the two games so far, the Spartans have scored double digit points off turnovers. They finished with 13 today.
• UNCG held Wake Forest to 35% shooting percentage inside the arc and 26% beyond the arc.

 
QUOTES FROM TRINA PATTERSON
"We played well 75% of the game. I think we played them even in the second half. Our defense was tremendous, the third quarter was tremendous. I think our youth, especially Isys [Grady] almost getting a double-double and showing her confidence, was great. We're getting better with our interior game. Anytime you can have a solid interior game, it'll come. We just have to do a better job of making threes. We just have to be able to drive. I think this will help us for the conference and this will help us get better. This is a win-win situation for us."

 
UPCOMING
The Spartans will come home and host a two-game series this Thursday and Sunday. They will face the Winthrop Eagles on Thursday at 7 p.m. and then Lenoir-Rhyne on Sunday at 2 p.m. Both games will be inside of Fleming Gym.