Hickory, N.C.--  After not hitting a three-pointer on Wednesday night, the Lenoir-Rhyne Women's Basketball team drills eleven long range shots lead by six from Andrea Torres as the Bears defeated Tusculum 73-68 on Saturday afternoon. Torres had a career high 20 points while Tilda Lindstrom had a career high 15 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the season. The Bears had five in double figures in the contest as Emily Harman , Blaikley Crooks and Jayda Glass joined Lindstrom and Torres in double digits. 

GAME INFORMATION:
Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 73, Tusculum 68
Records:  Lenoir-Rhyne (14-5 9-2 SAC), Tusculum (3-14, 1-10 SAC)
Location: Hickory, N.C. | Shuford Arena

STATS AND INFO:

• This is the first win at home against Tusculum since 2016. 
• Before today, the last three games in this series were in Greeneville.
• Bears have now won three straight against the Pioneers. 
• Bears are 8-1 when scoring at least 73 points this season. 
• 11 three-pointers is the second most this season. 
• With 10 games left in the regular season including today, the Bears will be inside the Shu for seven of them. 

FIRST HALF:

• Tusculum scored the first five points of the game before the Bears counter with a 14-0 run of their own.
• The Pioneers battle back from the early nine point deficit to cut the lead to one at 16-15 to end the first quarter. 
• Andrea Torres scored half of the Bears twenty-two second quarter points to help the Bears build a 38-29 halftime lead. 
• Lindstrom had 8 points and eight rebounds in the first half. 

SECOND HALF:

• A quick 8-0 run for the Pioneers tied the game at 41-41 with 5:23 left in the third quarter. 
• Tusculum used a three pointer from Jordyn Roderick with :28 seconds left in the third quarter to open a 51-46 lead heading into the 4th quarter. 
• Roderick strikes again in the fourth quarter and the Pioneers had their biggest lead of the day at 54-46 with 9:07 remaining. 
• Glass, Torres and Maleiya Hill each drilled a three pointers in a short span to have the Bears regain the lead at 57-56 with 6:50 left. 
• Offensive rebounding was the key late as Glass and Lindstrom each had an old-fashion three point play off a key offensive rebound including Lindstrom with just :29 seconds left to give the Bears a 71-68 lead. 
• After a defensive stop, Glass sealed with with a couple free throws as the Bears rebound for a 73-68 win. 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

• Bears had 13 steals compared to just one for the Pioneers.
• Lindstrom added five blocks to her 11 points, 15 rebounds stat line. 
• 6 of Lindstrom 15 rebounds were on the offensive side including the game winner. 
• N'Kiah Chesterfield and Lexi Patty each had a double-double for the Pioneers. As Pioneers had 59 rebounds in the game. 
• Tusculum only shot four free-throws on the day. 
• Along with Torres career high 20 points, Glass's 13 points is a her career high here at LR. 

UP NEXT: Rivalry game is on tap on Wednesday night as the Bears will travel to Wingate for a 5:30 pm tip-off.