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Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

Bearden22
70
UVa-Wise Wise 11-14,7-12 SAC
86
Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LRU 10-15,8-11 SAC
UVa-Wise Wise
11-14,7-12 SAC
70
Final
86
Lenoir-Rhyne LRU
10-15,8-11 SAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UVa-Wise Wise 18 19 19 14 70
Lenoir-Rhyne LRU 25 21 21 19 86

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Bearden's Career-High 24 Points Lead Bears to SAC Win Over UVA-Wise

Hickory, N.C.--Karlie Bearden had a career-high 24 points on 12-of- 15 shooting to lead the Bears to a critical SAC win over UVA-Wise Wednesday at the Shu. The teams came into the night in an eighth-place tie in the league standings but the Bears completed the season sweep of the Cavaliers with tonight's victory.

Inside the Matchup:
Final:  Lenoir-Rhyne 86, UVA-Wise 70
Records: Lenoir Rhyne (10-15, 8-11 SAC), UVA-Wise (11-14, 7-12 SAC)
Location: Shuford Memorial Gym I Hickory, N.C.

Stats of the Game:
  • LR shot a season high 56.7% from the field. It was only the second all season the Bears shot at least 50% from the field. 
  • Bearden came just one rebound shy of a double-double. The senior had double-doubles in four of her last five games and has seen her points per game rise from 7.4 on Jan. 18 to 9.4 after this one. 
  • 10 different LR players scored in this one but only Kennedy Weigt joined Bearden in double-digits. Weigt finished with 10 points as six different players had at least seven points for LR.
  • Kiara Moore added 10 rebounds off the bench for LR and chipped in six points. 
  • LR came out scorching, shooting 68.7 percent in the first quarter and pouring in 25 points in the opening 10 minutes.
  • The Lenoir-Rhyne bench outscored the Wise reserves 31-9. 
  • Freshman Nia Vanzant led the visitors with 17 points in this one and has averaged over 20 points a game the last five games while averaging over 39 minutes a game.  

Beyond the Box Score:  
  • Both teams have faced tons of adversity since LR's 68-64 victory on January 15th. Since that game both teams have played with their leading scorer. LR has played without Madeline Hardy for the 6th straight game and UVA-Wise has played without senior standout Cynita Webb for last nine games. Both Webb and Hardy had double-doubles during the teams January game.
  • Hanna McClung scored her 200 career point in the third quarter.
  • Freshman Ashley Woodroffe needs seven points to reach the 200 mark for the year. 

Up Next: Bears last road-trip of the regular season will be to Newberry on Saturday for a 2 PM tip-off
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