Hickory, N.C. - After a quick turnaround from Saturday afternoon loss against Tusculum, the Lenoir-Rhyne women's basketball team rebounded to defeat Newberry 73-61 in their third home game in the last six days. Emily Harman scored 17 of her game-high 24 points in the second half and Brandi Hudson added 18 points as the Bears finished 2-1 on the home-stand. 

GAME INFORMATION:

Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 73, Newberry 61
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (4-6, 3-5 SAC) I Newberry (2-9, 2-7 SAC)
Location: Hickory, N.C. | Shuford Gymnasium

STATS AND INFO:

• The home team has now won the last six games in the series including four straight for the Bears in Hickory. 
• The Bears entered the game first in the conference in free throw percentage at 77.9% while the Wolves were last at 62.0%. Harman leads the conference and is seventh in the nation at 93.8%.
• With her first basket in the second half, Harman scored her 400th career point in just her 27th career game. 
• 73 points is a season high for the Bears so far this year .

FIRST HALF:

• The Bears controlled the first half as the Wolves' last lead was 4-2 early in the first quarter. 
• After Newberry cut the lead to eight at 29-21, the Bears scored the last seven points of the half to take a 15-point lead into the intermission. 
• Despite shooting 62.0% from the free throw line on the season, the Wolves shot 10 for 10 from the charity stripe in the first half. However, Newberry shot 5-24 from the floor including a 2-14 in the first quarter. 
• LR on the other hand shot 43.3% from the floor including 3-10 from deep.
• Hudson led all scorers with a dozen at the break while adding a pair of assists, rebounds and steals.

SECOND HALF:

• After a Mallory Sherrill layup with 5:29 left in the third, the Bears opened their biggest lead of the game and the season at 51-23.
• The Bears outscored the Wolves 22-12 in the third quarter, shooting 50% from the floor. 
• The Wolves made a 22-9 run to start the fourth quarter to cut the lead to 67-55 with 2:44 lead. The Wolves were 7-9 from three in the quarter including three makes by Courtney Virgo. 
• After a three by Newberry's Ella Pearson cut the lead to a dozen, Emily Harman hit a running jump shot and then found Brandi Hudson under the basket on back-to-back possessions to get the lead back to 16 with 1:40 left. Two three's by Newberry's Giulia Bongiorno were too late as the Bears held on for the 12-point win. 

ABOUT THE BEARS:

• Harman scored 17 of her game-high 24 in the second half while adding in six rebounds, five assists and five steals in 35 minutes of action.
• Hudson added 18 points, five rebounds and a career-high four steals while shooting 8-13 from the floor. 
• Sophomore Blaikley Crooks also stuffed the box score, scoring five points while adding career high in rebounds (6 )and assists (6).
• The Bears tied a season high with 11 steals on the afternoon, which marked the third straight game with at least 10 plus steals. 

NOTABLE WOLVES:

• Virgo hit all five of her three-pointers in the second half to finish with 15 points to lead the Wolves.
• Bongiorno and Ericka Wiseley added 14 points each for Newberry.
• The Wolves finished 16-19 from the line for 84% their best mark of the season. 

UP NEXT:  Bears will have a ten-day break before return to the court at Young Harris on December 30th for a 2 p.m. tip-off.