Box Score

Hickory, N.C. – The Lenoir-Rhyne University Women's Basketball Team played its second game of the Peach Belt/South Atlantic Conference Challenge, but fell at the hands of the USC Aiken Pacers on Saturday afternoon, 86-69.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: USC Aiken 86 | Lenoir-Rhyne 69
Records: USC Aiken (1-1), Lenoir-Rhyne (0-2)
Location: Holt Fieldhouse | Jefferson City, Tenn.

STATS OF THE GAME:
•    Lenoir-Rhyne had eight of their 13 participants score, with two in double figures – senior Madi Suddreth with 25 and senior Kendall Toineeta with 17.
•    The Pacers made their big move in the second quarter, outscoring the Bears, 31-19. They were paced by Kwajelin Farrar with 30 points and Kyrie Chandler who put in 18 of her own.
•    The Pacers kept an elite shooting percentage (50.8%) while LR stayed steady throughout the game at 43.3 percent.
•    The Bears outshot their opponent at the free throw line, 72.2% vs. 68.8%, but the Bears did not convert on as many attempts.  
•    The Pacers were lethal from three-point land, hitting 13 of those while shooting 56.5% from distance.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
•    Toineeta's scoring total was the most since her 25-point performance in the 76-70 loss against Catawba on Jan. 3, 2018 and the Cherokee, N.C. native just averaged 11.1 points per game in the 2017-18 season.
•    Suddreth has averaged 21 points in the first two contests.
•    This is the first 0-2 start for LR since the 2014-15 campaign.

UP NEXT:
LR stays on the road as they prepare for a date with UNC Pembroke on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m.