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Spartanburg, S.C. – A 10-0 run to open the game combined with a career-high 16 rebounds from A'Lexxus Davis gave the USC Upstate women's basketball team a boost as the Spartans defeated Lipscomb 80-64 on Wednesday at Eddie and Ann Payne Arena in the G.B. Hodge Center. 

USC Upstate improves to 9-15 overall and 4-5 in the ASUN Conference while Lipscomb drops to 9-15 and 5-4. 

A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS

• Davis surpassed her previous career-high of 14 rebounds set against William & Mary on Nov. 22, 2016.
• She is the first Spartan to grab 15 or more rebounds since Brittany Starling had 15 rebounds at Northern Kentucky on March 17, 2016.
• Tamera Thorpe scored a team-high 19 points.
• Anda Kuzmina finished with 16 points followed by Brittney Delva with 13 points.
• DeNisha Swain led the Spartans with six assists.
• Lauren Cagle scored a game-high 22 points and had nine assists to lead Lipscomb.
• Kaylee Cotton and Loshaveon Jones each scored 12 points.
• Both teams finished with 40 rebounds.
• USC Upstate finished 27-for-58 (46.6 percent) from the field.
• Lipscomb went 24-for-68 (35.3 percent) from the field.
• USC Upstate concludes its ASUN regular season series against Lipscomb with a perfect 11-0 record in games played in Spartanburg.

FIRST QUARTER BREAKDOWN

• USC Upstate opened the game on a 10-0 run, prompting a Lipscomb timeout at the 6:12 mark.
• The Lady Bisons got on the board with a Cagle layup at the 5:55 mark.
• Rylie Parkhurst's 3-pointer at the 2:18 mark gave the hosts a 17-4 lead.
• The Spartans led 17-8 after the first quarter.

SECOND QUARTER BREAKDOWN

• Taylor Clark's jumper at the 8:17 mark brought the Lady Bisons within seven, 19-12.
• USC Upstate answered with a 7-0 run capped by a Thorpe layup with 6:56 remaining to give the hosts a 26-12 lead.
• A Kuzmina 3-pointer gave the Spartans a 31-16 lead with just over three minutes to play.
• Thorpe's layup with 13 seconds left was the final field goal of the first half as the Spartans led 38-25 at halftime.

THIRD QUARTER BREAKDOWN

• Delva opened the third quarter scoring with a 3-pointer at the 9:15 mark.
• Following a Morgan Williams layup that gave the Spartans a 49-34 lead with five minutes left, Lipscomb went on a 7-0 run to pull within eight, 49-41, on a Cotton jumper with just under three minutes remaining.
• The Spartans responded with a 6-0 run for a 54-41 lead after a Kuzmina jumper with 2:02 to play.
• A Riley Popplewell layup with two seconds remaining sent USC Upstate into the final quarter with a 56-43 lead.

FOURTH QUARTER BREAKDOWN

• Clark's layup 40 seconds into the quarter brought the visitors within 11, 56-45.
• USC Upstate responded with a 9-0 run as Swain's 3-pointer at the 4:14 mark gave the Spartans a game-high 18-point lead, 65-47.
• A Cagle layup with 2:20 remaining brought Lipscomb within 12 points, 72-60. The Lady Bisons would get no closer as USC Upstate made six of eight free throw attempts along with a Michaela Gibbons layup to seal the win.

UP NEXT

• USC Upstate hosts Florida Gulf Coast on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

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