Molly Coleman
70
USC Upstate UPST 3-7,1-4 Big Sout
79
Winner Longwood LWU 4-6,3-2 Big Sout
USC Upstate UPST
3-7,1-4 Big Sout
70
Final
79
Longwood LWU
4-6,3-2 Big Sout
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
USC Upstate UPST 19 17 18 16 70
Longwood LWU 13 17 28 21 79

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Coleman’s Career Night Not Enough Against Longwood

FARMVILLE, Va. – Junior Molly Coleman put up a career-high 19 points and her first double-double of the season Monday night, but USC Upstate women's basketball dropped the first game of a two-game series against Longwood on the road, 79-70. Upstate outrebounded its opponent for the third straight game (43-31) and every Spartan made it on the scoresheet as the squad dropped to 3-7 (1-4 BSC) this season.

Upstate got out to an early lead and built up to a seven-point advantage with 3:50 remaining in the opening frame, and Coleman hit her fifth bucket of the game in the closing minute to send Upstate into the second period up 19-13.

Longwood attempted to chip away at the lead in the second quarter, coming within two points of the Spartans a minute and a half in. However, a layup from Lillian Flantos followed by a triple by Dakota McCaughan quickly pushed Upstate's lead back out to seven. Longwood got a jumper back in the final seconds of the half to head into the halftime intermission down 36-30.

The Spartans held a game-high 10-point lead with 6:53 to go in the third period, but Longwood lit it up in the third, shooting 66 percent from the floor for a 28-point effort in the frame. Longwood took their second lead of the night with a minute left in the third quarter in the midst of a 9-0 run, and though Upstate would come within two points on two occasions in the fourth quarter, the Spartans could never retake the lead from the Lancers.

Notes

  • After leading the bench in scoring the past two games, Molly Coleman got the start tonight and led the Spartan offense with a career-high 19 points. She also hauled in a game-high 10 rebounds for her first career double-double at Upstate. She shot 8-for-13 from the field and had a block and an assist.
  • Denijsha Wilson was Upstate's second leading scorer in the game with 17 points.
  • McKinley Brooks-Sumpter contributed a career-high six assists on the night after being named Big South Freshman of the Week earlier today.
  • Longwood's Akila Smith paced all scorers in the game with 29 points.

UP next for the Spartans
The Spartans will look to split the series with Longwood as they play game two of the back-to-back series tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. in Farmville.
 

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