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Akira Wiggins
Philemon Emmanuel
84
Winner Davidson DC 4-6,0-0 Atlantic 10
54
UNC Greensboro UNCG 4-5,0-0 SoCon
Winner
Davidson DC
4-6,0-0 Atlantic 10
84
Final
54
UNC Greensboro UNCG
4-5,0-0 SoCon
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Davidson DC 26 13 25 20 84
UNC Greensboro UNCG 14 15 14 11 54

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Denise Archetto, Assistant Athletic Director forStrategic Communications

Davidson Powers Past Women’s Basketball, 84-54

GREENSBORO, N.C. - The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's basketball team fell to in-state foe Davidson College Thursday night at Fleming Gym, 84-54.
 
Akira Wiggins tallied her fifth game with double-figures, scoring a team-best 16 points. This was the fifth time this season that she scored double-digits. Khalis Cain contributed 13 rebounds, a game high, for her fifth game this season with double-digit boards.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UNCG opened the game with a 4-0 run including baskets from Nasia Powell and Khalis Cain. Both teams traded three pointers before Davidson made two-straight baskets from behind the arc for a 9-7 lead at 7:05. The Wildcats extended the scoring with two layups for a 10-0 run, before the Spartans closed the gap to four, 13-9. A 12-5 run from Davidson concluded the first quarter to hold a 12-point lead, 26-14.
 
Powell hit the opening basket of the second quarter, her only three pointer of the game, cutting the deficit to nine, 26-17. The Wildcats' offense continued as a 7-2 run extended their lead to 14, 33-19. A three-point basket from Nitzan Amar and a layup from Cain brought the deficit to ninth, 33-24. The two teams went scoreless for two minutes before they traded baskets until the end of the half with Davidson leading by 10, 39-29.
 
Davidson saw a lead of 22 twice in the third quarter, with the second coming with 2:10 remaining, 61-39. The Wildcats held a 21-point advantage heading into the fourth quarter, 64-43.
 
The Wildcats scored the first basket of the fourth frame, but the Spartans saw a layup from Cain and a jumper from Nia Howard to halt the attack and cut the deficit to 19, 66-47. An 11-1 run from Davidson expanded the lead to 29, 77-48. Following eight-straight made free throws, where UNCG went on a 6-2 run, the Wildcats saw a jumper for a 27-point lead, 81-54. Davidson then climbed its way to a 30-point lead to conclude the game, 84-54.

BY THE NUMBERS
  • Cain also had two blocks, two assists, and nine points.
  • Amar and Faith Price scored eight and seven points, respectively.
  • Wiggins recorded five assists to lead the game.
  • The Wildcats edged the Spartans in rebounds, 34-33.
  • Davidson held the advantage in field goals (51.8%-34%), three-point field goals (61.1%-33.3%), and free throws (78.9%-65%).
RECORDS
UNCG: 4-5
Davidson: 4-6
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans continue their schedule with a three-game road trip from Fleming Gym. UNCG starts the stretch with a contest at South Carolina State University on Monday, December 12 at 5:30 p.m. inside of Smith-Hammond-Middleton in Orangeburg, South Carolina. 


 
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