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Spartanburg, S.C. – The USC Upstate women's basketball team eclipsed the century mark for the first time this season, while eight players scored in double-figures, on Saturday afternoon as the Spartans defeated the Bob Jones Bruins 101-53 from Eddie and Ann Payne Arena in the G.B. Hodge Center.

USC Upstate improves to 3-6 on the season while Bob Jones falls to 5-9 overall.

A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS

• The Spartans scored over 100 points in a game for the first time since a 109-39 victory at home on Jan. 2, 2018 against Brevard.
• Brianna Lewis, Riley Popplewell and Michaela Gibbons each recorded double-doubles to lead USC Upstate.
• Lewis scored a game-high 18 points and dished out a career-high 10 assists for her first career double-double as a Spartan.
• Popplewell compiled the sixth double-double of her career, and third this season, on 14 points and 12 rebounds.
• Gibbons picked up her first career double-double on 13 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.
• Kathryn Kirkwood added a career-high 12 points on 6-of-11 shooting while Anda Kuzmina came off the bench to score 11.
• DeNisha Swain, Natalia Panufnik and Rylie Parkhurst each scored 10 points.
• Swain also had a game-high five steals.
• Sarah Thomsen scored a team-high 14 points for the Bruins.
• USC Upstate finished the game shooting 50.0 percent (44-of-88) from the field and held a 58-28 advantage in rebounds.
• The Spartans also led 54-22 in points in the paint, 23-7 in points off turnovers, 20-2 in second chance points and 16-0 in fast break points.
• USC Upstate's bench outscored Bob Jones 49-18 led by 13 from Gibbons.

FIRST QUARTER BREAKDOWN

• The Spartans opened the game on an 11-4 run and took a seven-point lead with 5:27 remaining on a layup by Popplewell.
• Madison Shupe followed the next possession for the Bruins with a 3-pointer and made the score 11-7.
• USC Upstate outscored Bob Jones 16-2 over the final 3:49 including a run of 10 consecutive points.
• Lewis and Swain combined for the last six points with layups as the Spartans led 27-9 after the first quarter.

SECOND QUARTER BREAKDOWN

• USC Upstate scored the first 11 points of the second quarter and took a 38-9 lead less than three minutes in on a layup from Gibbons.
• Thomsen answered on the next possession with a 3-point play and cut the score to 38-12 at the 7:15 mark.
• Lewis gave the Spartans a 30-point lead at 44-14 with 6:34 left on a jumper.
• USC Upstate took its largest lead of the half at 64-17 with 56 seconds remaining on a 3-pointer by Parkhurst.
• The Bruins connected on a jumper with 39 seconds left in the half as the Spartans led 64-19 at halftime.

THIRD QUARTER BREAKDOWN

• Bob Jones started the second half on a 12-3 run that covered the opening 4:30 and cut USC Upstate's lead down to 67-31.
• The Bruins got as close as 35 points twice with the last coming at 74-39 with 3:45 remaining on a Sydney Bedsaul 3-pointer.
• The Spartans held Bob Jones without a field goal over the next 3:41 as part of a 7-1 run.
• Panufnik put USC Upstate ahead 81-39 with 54 seconds left after her layup.
• Bethany Daulton made a free throw with 42 seconds remaining and made the score 81-40 after the third quarter.

FOURTH QUARTER BREAKDOWN

• Lewis scored the first four points of the fourth quarter and extended the Spartans lead to 85-40 at the 8:48 mark.
• USC Upstate led by at least 40 points over the game's final 11:05 going back to the third quarter.
• Kirkwood gave the Spartans their largest lead of the game at 101-50 with 1:28 to go on her layup.
• Thomsen knocked down a 3-pointer with 31 seconds left to put the final score at 101-53.

UP NEXT

• USC Upstate is back in action on Sunday, Dec. 16 traveling to Greenville, N.C. for a 2 p.m. tipoff against the East Carolina Pirates.

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