Newberry, S.C.--Despite shooting a season high 58% from the floor, the Lenoir-Rhyne Women's Basketball team could not overcome a season-high 24 turnovers as the Bears fell to Newberry 72-61. Emily Harman lead the Bears with 17 points, eight rebounds and six assists on the night. The freshman has now scored 50 points in her last two games for LR. 

GAME INFORMATION:
Final: Newberry 72, Lenoir-Rhyne 61
Records: Newberry (7-7, 6-7 SAC) | Lenoir-Rhyne (4-11, 4-10 SAC)
Location: Eleazer Arena

STATS AND INFO:
--LR falls to 0-8 on the road this season with today's loss and is now on a twelve game road losing streak.
-Today's game marked the 1,350th game in LR history and the Bears have a 719-624-7 all-time record. 
-These two teams will meet again next Monday in Hickory for the Bears final home game of the year. 
-Freshman Blaikley Crooks got her second career start tonight. 

FIRST HALF:
-The Wolves combo of Payton Cronen and Courtney Virgo each hit a pair of threes and were 4-4 from the arc in the quarter to help the Wolves take an 18-14 lead after one. 
-Emily Harman and Mallory Sherrill each had a half-dozen after one period for the Bears. 
-LR opened the second quarter with a 9-0 run to take a 23-18 lead with 7 minutes left but Newberry made a late charge to tie it up at the break. 
-The Bears shot 75% in the half, their best shooting percentage of any half this year but twelve first half turnovers limited their possessions in the first twenty minutes.
-LR dominated the glass with a 16-7 rebounding advantage in the first 20 minutes. Sydney Wilson grabbed five rebounds in the half to lead the Bears. 

SECOND HALF:
-LR shot 3-for-10 in the third quarter as Newberry raced out to an early third quarter lead. Newberry got eight third quarter points from Madison Golden off the bench. Newberry held a 32-20 advantage in bench scoring in the game. 
-The Bears could not get closer then six points in the 4th quarter as Newberry stretched their lead to 16 points in the quarter. 
-Newberry shot 47% from the floor in the half and went 9-10 from the charity stripe in the final twenty minutes. 
-Newberry forced twelve more turnovers in the half and had 23 points off turnovers tonight. 

ABOUT THE BEARS:
-The Bears went 1-6 from long range on the evening. The six attempts was a season-low for the Bears, who entered the game with at least 14 three-pointers attempted in each game so far. 
-One made three-pointers was the lowest Lenoir-Rhyne has made since going 0-7 against Anderson on January 8, 2017, a span of 109 games. 
-The Bears came into action 4th in the SAC in fewest turnovers per game at 15.2 but 24 the turnovers tonight were a season-high. 
-Sherrill joined Harman in double-figures scoring 15 points on 6-9 shooting for the redshirt freshman. Sherrill added five rebounds as well. 

NOTABLE WOLVES:
-The Wolves had 11 different players score tonight led by Virgo's 11 points followed by ten points from Golden and Kelsey Brett.
-Virgo and Cronen came into the game as the two leading scorers for the Wolves. The duo averages 82% of their points from long range. Tonight they went 6-10 from deep as 18 of their 20 points came from long range. 
-Keli Romas added 8 points, 5 rebounds (3 Offensive) and 4 assists for Newberry. 

UP NEXT:  The Bears will host UVA-Wise on Wednesday at 5:30 at the Shu.