WISE – The UVA Wise women's basketball team battled from thirteen points down to take a lead, but a late Carson-Newman run ended the Highland Cavaliers' upset hopes as #11/6 Carson-Newman escaped the Prior Center with the 94-87 South Atlantic Conference win Wednesday evening.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Result: Carson-Newman 94, UVA Wise 87
Records: UVA Wise (5-4, 2-3 SAC); Carson-Newman (7-1, 5-1 SAC)
Location: Wise, VA | The Quillen Court in the David J. Prior Convocation Center
HOW IT HAPPENED
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Makenzie Bremer put the Cavs ahead 2-0 to open the game, but the Eagles then grabbed the lead and slowly extended it to ten points with 3:27 left in the quarter. UVA Wise would cut it to five with under a minute remaining on a rebound and putback by
Sable Burnside, but C-N would hold the 24-17 lead at the end of the quarter.
- Carson-Newman extended the lead back to ten points early in the second quarter and the margin remained between seven to ten points for the remainder of the half.
- The third quarter was a carbon copy of the second, with the lead hovering around ten points for the majority of the period.
- The Highland Cavaliers came out on fire to open the fourth quarter, erasing a ten point deficit to tie the game up at 72-72 on an
Emilea Preece three-pointer from the top of the arc with 6:35 remaining.
Caroline Mullins then hit a layup and free throw to give the Cavs the 75-72 lead. Then the Eagles heated up offensively and the Cavs went cold from the field as C-N went on a 12-2 run of their own and UVA Wise cut get no closer than six points for the remainder of the game.
- Four Eagle players scored in double figures, led by Campbell Penland's 17 points and Tori Rutherford's 16 points. Penland led the Eagles with six rebounds while Rutherford had a team-high five assists.
GETTING WISE
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Caroline Mullins led the Cavs with 17 points as she went 6-10 from the field, 3-3 from three-point range, and 2-3 from the free throw line.
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Makenzie Bremer chipped in 15 points while going 5-6 from the field and the free throw line, while
Alissa Cheek and
Sable Burnside had ten points each.
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Ella Karst had a game-high seven rebounds in addition to nine points and five assists.
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Jalie Ruehling led all players with six assists, and Burnside had four steals.
UP NEXT
The Cavs will step out of SAC play to make the short trip down US 23 to Johnson City to face East Tennessee State in an exhibition contest Sunday at 2 p.m. It will be broadcast on ESPN+.
