Davidson Cruises to 90-68 Win Behind Four Double-Figure Scorers

Sunday, December 13

Davidson, N.C.

2:00 p.m.

Davidson College

Wofford

Chloe Woodington had her best game as a Wildcat to date with 11 points off the bench.

Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com

Davidson Cruises to 90-68 Win Behind Four Double-Figure Scorers

12/13/2009 5:42:48 PM | Women's Basketball

Gavin McFarlin - Assistant SID

Box Score

DAVIDSON, N.C. — Freshman Sophia Aleksandravicius (Pound Ridge, N.Y.) led four players in double figures with 26 points off the bench and added nine rebounds, and the Davidson women's basketball team rolled to a 90-68 victory over visiting Wofford on Sunday afternoon in Southern Conference action at John M. Belk Arena.

Aleksandravicius, fresh off a 19-point and 16-rebound effort on Monday vs. Appalachian State, hit a season-best 10 of her 19 shots from the field and added six more points at charity stripe for her second 20-point game of the season. She assisted the Wildcat bench to a season-high 47 points, and also played a key part in their 46-point effort in the paint.

Redshirt sophomore Chloe Woodington (Honolulu, Hawaii) nearly finished perfect from the field, hitting 4-of-5 field goals, including a trey, and drained a pair of free throws for 11 points. She hauled in four rebounds and dished out four assists, both season highs.

Davidson (3-7, 3-1 SoCon) as a team had 18 assists, led by Alex Thompson's (Asheville, N.C.) season-high tying six, and nailed 50 percent of its shots, including a 54.3 percent clip in the second half. In all, four players shot over 50 percent from the field and the Wildcat starting lineup hit half of its 26 shots as they had their best offensive output of the season.

Starters Thompson and Julia Paquette (Stockbridge, Ga.) also hit the double-digit mark in points with 14 and 15, respectively.

Wofford (1-8, 0-4 SoCon) placed four players in double figures, with Maddie Helms pacing them with 18 points. She swished home four of the Terriers' eight three-pointers on the afternoon.

Paquette gave the Wildcats a nine-point lead (47-38) on a layup in the early going of the second half, but Wofford came back to cut the lead down to two, 50-48, after a three-ball from Rachel Brittenham, forcing a Wildcat 30-second timeout at 13:34.

Out of the quick break in action, Davidson turned up its play and took control of the game by going on a 14-2 run over the next four minutes to grab a 64-50 lead. The 'Cats got eight points during that stretch off of four Terrier turnovers and would go on to score 10 more in the half off of Terrier miscues. The Wildcats finished with 32 total points off of 24 Wofford errors.

A three-ball later from the left wing by Thompson, one of three on the afternoon for her, pushed the lead out to 21 and it would grow to as many as 25 before the final score of 90-68.

Wofford kept things close in the first half, tying things up at 14-all after a Kathlyn Varno bucket in the paint at the 12:52 mark. Varno was one of three Terriers to hit for an even 10 points in the game, with eight of those points coming in the first half.

Then after the Wildcats went on a 13-2 run for a 27-16 advantage with 9:04 on the clock, a jumper by Varno started a 16-4 Terrier run that she would then finish off by getting a layup, and Wofford held a 32-31 lead with 2:22 left in the half.

After the seventh tie in the half at 35-all, Davidson would go into halftime up two, 38-36, thanks to a stellar three-point play from freshman Jasmine Calin (Miami, Fla.) with 30 seconds left.

Davidson will next take to the road for a non-conference tilt against Radford next Friday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m.

Game Notes: Davidson has won 15 of the last 17 meetings now against Wofford ... the 'Cats pushed their home win streak in the all-time series vs. the Terriers to eight in a row ... the 90 points, a season-high, was the fifth time in the last eight meetings at Belk Arena Davidson has scored at least 80 points ... Aleksandravicius has led the team in scoring three of the past four games, clipping the 20-point mark twice ... Davidson had its best game of the season at the 15-foot line, canning 22 of its 28 free throws ... the 52 second half points were the most this season and the second time this year the Wildcats have scored that many in a half ... head coach Annette Watts is seven wins away from reaching the 100 plateau in SoCon victories.