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Lax Drops in Career-High; Watts Nets 100th SoCon Win in 30-Point Victory
2/6/2010 6:03:01 PM | Women's Basketball
Gavin McFarlin -- Assistant SID
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Sharp-shooting guard Ashley Lax (Little Rock, Ark.) led a Wildcat offensive out-burst with a career-high 25 points and head coach Annette Watts collected her 100th career Southern Conference win in guiding Davidson to an 83-53 blowout of UNC Greensboro at Fleming Gym in women's basketball on Saturday afternoon.
Lax led a sizzling-hot shooting Wildcat team by draining 9-of-13 shots, including all five of her three-balls, and a pair of free throws for her sixth career 20-point game. Davidson (12-10, 10-4 SoCon) closed the game shooting a season-best 58.2 percent (32-of-55) and nearly as good from behind the arc, canning 8-of-14 for 57.1 percent.
Joining Lax in double figures was the senior combo of Julia Paquette (Stockbridge, Ga.) and Alex Thompson (Asheville, N.C.) with 13 and 11 points, respectively. Freshman Sophia Aleksandravicius (Pound Ridge, N.Y.) tallied her third straight double-double, and 10th of the season, with 10 points and 11 rebounds to round out the quartet of scorers in double digits.
UNCG's (7-16, 4-11 SoCon) Amanda Leigh led the Spartan attack with 16 points off the bench, 12 of them from behind the three-line, and Kendra Smith had 11 points.
Davidson tallied its biggest win of the all-time series by using an 18-7 run at the start of the second half to turn an eight-point lead into a 51-33 advantage with 11:52 left. The 'Cats used four three-pointers in the run, including a pair from Lax with her last one forcing UNCG to call a timeout.
A trey by Monica Laune (Ashland, Neb.), her second of the half, pushed the lead out to 23, and then later, a turn-around layup inside by Amanda Ottaway (Hollidaysburg, Pa.) gave Davidson a 71-43 advantage with 4:57 on the clock. Ottaway came off the bench for a season-best six points and Davidson had 26 as a team.
Sarah Davis (St. Clair, Mich.) capped off the huge second-half scoring surge with a layup for the final score of 83-53. Davis along with nine other Wildcats scored in the half as they erupted for 50 second-half points, the most this year.
Lax got things going in the first half, scoring six of the Wildcats' first 10 points as they doubled up the Spartans, 10-5, in the early stages of the half. She would go on to drop in 14 first-half points.
The junior led a 59.1 percent shooting performance by the Wildcats by hitting 5-of-7 shots, including a pair of three-balls, and both of her free throws in the half.
Later, Lax added two more points on a fastbreak layup at the 5:03 mark to give the Wildcats a 24-11 lead that forced UNCG to burn a timeout. The Wildcats dropped in a season-best 20 points on the fastbreak variety.
Shortly after the timeout, Julia Paquette converted on a three-point play and Lax drained another three-ball to cap off a 14-4 run that pushed the lead to 15.
Assisting the Wildcats run was their stout defense, which forced 10 turnovers, while also holding UNCG scoreless over a seven-minute stretch. UNCG shot just 28 percent from the field, and finished the game at 28.8 percent. The 'Cats netted 25 points in all off of 19 Spartan turnovers.
Lax closed out Davidson's scoring with yet another trey at the 1:13 mark, before the Spartans ratted off seven points in the closing minute to bring the halftime score to 33-25.
Davidson next returns home for a 7 p.m. contest against Elon on Monday at Belk Arena.
Game Notes: Davidson is in the midst of playing eight of its nine games from Jan. 16-Feb. 15 on the road, with this being game No. 6 away from Belk Arena ... Davidson clipped the 40-board mark for the 10th time, and out-rebounded its opponent for the 10th time as well ... Thompson moved closer to the 1,000-point mark for her career with 11 points to give her 974 ... the win for the Wildcats was their biggest on the road in the all-time series, and was their sixth in the last eight meetings overall vs. UNCG ... Davidson matched its season-high in assists with 18, led by Thompson's game-best six dimes ... for the seventh straight year, Davidson eclipsed the 10-win mark in league games.
Lax led a sizzling-hot shooting Wildcat team by draining 9-of-13 shots, including all five of her three-balls, and a pair of free throws for her sixth career 20-point game. Davidson (12-10, 10-4 SoCon) closed the game shooting a season-best 58.2 percent (32-of-55) and nearly as good from behind the arc, canning 8-of-14 for 57.1 percent.
Joining Lax in double figures was the senior combo of Julia Paquette (Stockbridge, Ga.) and Alex Thompson (Asheville, N.C.) with 13 and 11 points, respectively. Freshman Sophia Aleksandravicius (Pound Ridge, N.Y.) tallied her third straight double-double, and 10th of the season, with 10 points and 11 rebounds to round out the quartet of scorers in double digits.
UNCG's (7-16, 4-11 SoCon) Amanda Leigh led the Spartan attack with 16 points off the bench, 12 of them from behind the three-line, and Kendra Smith had 11 points.
Davidson tallied its biggest win of the all-time series by using an 18-7 run at the start of the second half to turn an eight-point lead into a 51-33 advantage with 11:52 left. The 'Cats used four three-pointers in the run, including a pair from Lax with her last one forcing UNCG to call a timeout.
A trey by Monica Laune (Ashland, Neb.), her second of the half, pushed the lead out to 23, and then later, a turn-around layup inside by Amanda Ottaway (Hollidaysburg, Pa.) gave Davidson a 71-43 advantage with 4:57 on the clock. Ottaway came off the bench for a season-best six points and Davidson had 26 as a team.
Sarah Davis (St. Clair, Mich.) capped off the huge second-half scoring surge with a layup for the final score of 83-53. Davis along with nine other Wildcats scored in the half as they erupted for 50 second-half points, the most this year.
Lax got things going in the first half, scoring six of the Wildcats' first 10 points as they doubled up the Spartans, 10-5, in the early stages of the half. She would go on to drop in 14 first-half points.
The junior led a 59.1 percent shooting performance by the Wildcats by hitting 5-of-7 shots, including a pair of three-balls, and both of her free throws in the half.
Later, Lax added two more points on a fastbreak layup at the 5:03 mark to give the Wildcats a 24-11 lead that forced UNCG to burn a timeout. The Wildcats dropped in a season-best 20 points on the fastbreak variety.
Shortly after the timeout, Julia Paquette converted on a three-point play and Lax drained another three-ball to cap off a 14-4 run that pushed the lead to 15.
Assisting the Wildcats run was their stout defense, which forced 10 turnovers, while also holding UNCG scoreless over a seven-minute stretch. UNCG shot just 28 percent from the field, and finished the game at 28.8 percent. The 'Cats netted 25 points in all off of 19 Spartan turnovers.
Lax closed out Davidson's scoring with yet another trey at the 1:13 mark, before the Spartans ratted off seven points in the closing minute to bring the halftime score to 33-25.
Davidson next returns home for a 7 p.m. contest against Elon on Monday at Belk Arena.
Game Notes: Davidson is in the midst of playing eight of its nine games from Jan. 16-Feb. 15 on the road, with this being game No. 6 away from Belk Arena ... Davidson clipped the 40-board mark for the 10th time, and out-rebounded its opponent for the 10th time as well ... Thompson moved closer to the 1,000-point mark for her career with 11 points to give her 974 ... the win for the Wildcats was their biggest on the road in the all-time series, and was their sixth in the last eight meetings overall vs. UNCG ... Davidson matched its season-high in assists with 18, led by Thompson's game-best six dimes ... for the seventh straight year, Davidson eclipsed the 10-win mark in league games.
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