FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. Methodist University women’s basketball played host to Greensboro College on Saturday, January 20, for a USA South Athletic Conference contest. For the third straight game, the Monarchs took care of business & score 70+ points, 71-53, in their victory over the Pride.
JUST THE FACTS
Final score: Methodist def. Greensboro, 71-53
Records: Methodist 11-5 (8-1 USA South), Greensboro 2-14 (2-7)
Location: March F. Riddle Center; Fayetteville, North Carolina
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Aniyah Tate scored the first six Methodist points to give her team an early edge to begin the ballgame. A couple of minutes later the Monarchs tacked on seven unanswered points to go up 13-4. Tate then recorded the next three Methodist baskets to push it to a double-digit lead, 19-9. In the last four minutes of the first quarter, the Monarchs outscored Greensboro 11-7 to take a 14-point advantage into the second.
- After the Pride made the initial bucket of the new period, Tate kept her offensive output going by registering the first three scores for Methodist, 36-18. Seven of the next nine Monarch points were tallied by Kiley Hicks as Methodist increased its lead to 20 points, 45-22.
- Another basket by Tate in the early stages of the third gave the Monarchs a 27-point advantage, their largest of the contest. After that Methodist struggled to score again for the next five minutes and in that time the Pride went on a 14-3 run to trim the deficit down to 16 points. The Monarchs managed to get out of their scoring drought by…
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