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Trinity Johnson

USC Upstate USCU 0-1,0-0 Big South

Davidson DC 1-0,0-0 Atlantic 10

USC Upstate USCU

0-1,0-0 Big South

Final

Nov. 07, 2023

Davidson DC

1-0,0-0 Atlantic 10

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
USC Upstate USCU	12	11	16	12	51
Davidson DC	23	20	28	15	86

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 11/7/2023 11:59:00 PM

Spartan's Drop First Road Game of the Season With First Ever Loss to Davidson

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DAVIDSON, N.C. – USC Upstate women's basketball program started its 2023-24 season with an 86-51 loss on the road to Davidson on Tuesday night.

The hosting Wildcats were quick to post number on the board after winning the tip off, but Upstate was quick to match Davidson's points. Despite not getting the first points, the Spartans were able to take the lead twice in the first quarter. The two teams were locked at 12 points each with three minutes left in the first quarter until Davidson went on a nine point run to make the game 23-12 in favor of the host team. Gordon, Markham, Reeves, and West all contributed to Upstate's 12 points in the first.

Davidson started the second quarter with three points, extending the Wildcats' lead to 26 before a jumper by Maggie Brown was able to get the Spartans' offense going again. Markham, Gordon, and Barnes were able to make it to the basket to help chip away at Davidson's lead. Despite battling through the remainder of the first half, Upstate went into the break trailing by 20 points.

Reeves came out of the halftime break eager to start racking up points as her three-pointer off the fastbreak brought Davidson's lead to 17. The Wildcats went on an eight-point run before Jeni Levine made a jumper in the paint on the fast break. Upstate continued to pressure the Wildcats and was able to score a game-high 16 points in the third quarter, making 45% of its field goal attempts (5-11) and 62.5% of its free throws (5-8)

Although the third quarter saw most of Upstate's scoring, the Spartans found most of their precision in the final quarter, scoring 50% of their field goals, 100% of their three-pointers, and 66.67% of their free throws. The Spartans concluded the game with seven points in the final four minutes of play with points coming from Mae Afoa, J. Levine, and C. Levine. Afoa went 3-4 for free throws in the final quarter while Zora Fray-Cinn and Cali Levine were successful from distance.

Game Information
Score: USC Upstate 51: Davidson 86
Records: USC Upstate (0-1; 0-0 Big South) at Davidson (1-0; 0-0 A10)
Location: John M. Belk Arena | Davidson, N.C.

How It Happened:

First Quarter: Upstate 12; Davidson 23

The Wildcats scored first and took a five-point lead before the Spartans were able to score.
A three-point jumper from Reeves gave Upstate the lead for the first time (8-5).
A layup from West extended Upstate's lead to three points (10-7).
Davidson went again on a five-point run to make the game 12-10 before Gordon scored to tie the game at 12.
The first quarter finished with an 11-point run from Davidson.

Second Quarter: Upstate 23; Davidson 43

Davidson scored a layup as well as the extra point for a foul to make the game 26-12.
The next few minutes saw six points for the Spartans as well as eight points for the Wildcats (34-18).
Upstate continued to try to battle on defense as Davidson went on a nine-point run going into the final two minutes of the half (43-18)
A jumper from Barnes and a three-pointer from Gordon helped cut the Wildcats' lead to 20 before the break.

Third Quarter: Upstate 39; Davidson 71

Reeves started the third quarter with a shot from distance.
Davidson went on an eight-point run to extend its lead to 25 (51-26).
The next five minutes saw six points for the Spartans and 14 points for the Wildcats (65-34).
Upstate was able to rally a bit in the final two minutes of the third quarter with points from Wike, Barnes, and Afoa.

Fourth Quarter: Upstate 51; Davidson 86

The Wildcats started the final quarter with a nine-point run to make the game 80-39.
Fray-Chinn got the first points for Upstate in the final quarter with a shot from distance.
The next two minutes saw five points for Upstate and five points for Davidson (85-47)
Upstate closed out the final quarter outscoring Davidson 4-1 but finishing the game 86-51.

Notable

This was the first ever meeting between the USC Upstate Spartans and the Davidson Wildcats.
Dakota Reeves made her first start in a Spartan uniform against the Wildcats.
Trinity led the team in assists with five while Rebekah Gordon and AC Markham led in points (7).
Gordon and Johnson led the team in rebounds with four each.
Jeni Levine had the lone steal of the night while Markham had the lone block.
Both teams were tied for points off the bench.