Turnovers and Poor Shooting Hurt ‘Cats in 49-41 Defeat at Winthrop

Monday, November 22

Rock Hill, S.C.

7:00 p.m.

Davidson College

1-3

Winthrop

1-3

Davidson

Winthrop

Senior Ashley Lax came off the bench for nine points for the Wildcats.

Photo by: Sideline Sports

Turnovers and Poor Shooting Hurt ‘Cats in 49-41 Defeat at Winthrop

11/22/2010 9:25:31 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Gavin McFarlin -- Assistant SID

Box Score

ROCK HILL, S.C. — The Winthrop Eagles forced Davidson into 24 turnovers and held the 'Cats to 29.5 percent shooting in taking a 49-41 win on Monday night at the Winthrop Coliseum in women's basketball action.

The Wildcats (1-3) saw their nine-game win streak come to an end in the all-time series vs. the Eagles, who improved to 1-3 on the season.

Sophia Aleksandravicius was the lone 'Cat to reach double figures, getting 16 points and registering her second straight double-double with 10 boards. The sophomore was held to just two points though in the second half, when the Wildcats shot just 6-of-23 in the period. Davidson hit just 13 field goals overall.

The sophomore had her second straight game with five blocks, one off the school record to push her season total to 14 through four games.

Kristen Johnsen tied Aleksandravicius with 10 boards and Davidson hit the 40-board mark for the second game in a row.

Winthrop was led by Dequesha McLanahan's nine points, while two other Eagles clipped the eight-point mark. TaQuoia Hammick tallied 11 rebounds and helped the Eagles haul in 22 of their 44 boards on the offensive end with five offensive rebounds. Winthrop also got 28 of their points in the paint.

Ashley Lax gave Davidson a 39-37 advantage with her third trey of the game with 5:53 left, but, the Wildcats went cold after that allowing the Eagles to get back in it.

Winthrop would take advantage, going on a game-clinching 10-0 run over the next five minutes to turn a two-point deficit into an eight point lead, 47-39, with 56.5 second left. Davidson hit one more bucket, but time ran out as the 'Cats fell by eight.

It was a tightly contested first half that saw five ties and five lead changes. Aleksandravicius gave the Wildcats a brief 16-15 lead at the 7:40 mark. Winthrop had no answer for the forward in the half as she hit four of her six field goals and all six free throws for 14 points to go along with seven boards.

Then after the score was tied at 20-all, Aleksandravicius gave the Wildcats the lead heading into halftime on a bucket inside with nine seconds as Davidson had a 25-24 lead.

Davidson remains on the road and will travel to Texas where it will play in the UTSA Thanksgiving Tournament, Nov. 26-27, on the campus of UT-San Antonio. The 'Cats open the tournament against North Texas on the 26th at 5 p.m. and then finish out the weekend with a 5 p.m. contest against host UTSA.