University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
High Point
Women's Basketball Drops Big South Opener 81-70 to High Point
01.19.2008 | Women's Basketball
High Point (9-7, 1-0 Big South) had five players score in double figures led by 18 points from Jurica Hargraves who went 12-for-14 from the free throw line. Amber Manuel scored 16 points while Francis Fields had 13 points and five assists. Mackenzie Maier had 12 points and eight rebounds and LaTeisha Fields chipped in 10 points.
Stacy Shepard scored the first five points of the game for UNC Asheville (8-8, 0-1 Big South) and finished with 12 points and nine rebounds. Barton went 6-for-18 from the floor including three of the Dogs four three-pointers on the afternoon. She also went 6-for-6 from the free throw line. Kendall Shepard tied her career high and Arescia Moore set a new career high as both players finished with 12 points.
In the second half,
The Panthers went 16-for-20 from the free throw line in the second half hitting on their last 11 straight attempts. For the game, HPU went 25-for-32 (78.1 percent) from the foul line while
The Dogs held a 49-32 rebounding advantage and led 31-11 in second chance points but the Panthers held a 48-24 advantage in the paint and a 38-16 advantage off the bench.
