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Women's Basketball Roars Past Western Carolina 90-71
12.02.2008 | Women's Basketball
ASHEVILLE, N.C. ? Ana Baker scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead UNC Asheville to a 90-71 win over mountain rival Western Carolina Tuesday night at Justice Center.
The Bulldogs (2-5) also got a career-high 16 points from freshman Ipek Derici, a season-best 13 points from Lindsey Montgomery and 12 points from Chioma Okoli. Jessica Monroe just missed a double-double with nine points and 13 rebounds. She scored all nine of her points in the final 10 minutes of the game.
Baker was 9-of-14 from the field, 7-of-8 from the charity stripe, had six assists and added four steals.
“This is a great victory over a very good
The game was close for most of the way until the Bulldogs used a late surge to seal their first win over WCU since the 2005-06 season. Leading 61-59 with eight minutes left, Asheville got two free throws from Montgomery and a jumper from Baker to extend the lead to 65-59. Three more free throws from three different Bulldogs padded the margin to 68-59.
WCU closed to 68-62 before
Okoli pulled down eight rebounds. Freshman Linda Aughburns collected seven rebounds.
The Bulldogs trailed by six midway through the first half but recovered behind the play of Baker and Derici. The duo combined for 16 points in the final 10 minutes of the half to give
The 91 points is the most scored by the Bulldogs since the 2006-07 season when they scored 99 against Montreat.
UNC Asheville is home again Saturday afternoon when the Bulldogs host
