Aleksandravicius Powers ‘Cats to Big Road Win vs. Wofford, 80-50

Saturday, January 22

Spartanburg, S.C.

6:00 p.m.

Davidson College

7-10, 3-6

Wofford

6-11, 2-7

Davidson

Wofford

Sophia Aleksandravicius recorded her third double-double of the season in the win on Saturday.

Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com

Aleksandravicius Powers ‘Cats to Big Road Win vs. Wofford, 80-50

1/22/2011 8:56:59 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Gavin McFarlin -- Assistant SID

Box Score

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Sophia Aleksandravicius (Pound Ridge, N.Y.) tallied a double-double in the first half on her way to game highs of 26 points and 13 rebounds, and Davidson scored its biggest road win in the all-time series vs. Wofford, cruising to an 80-50 victory on Saturday night at Benjamin Johnson Arena in Southern Conference women's basketball action.

The Wildcats (7-10, 3-6 SoCon) used a 28-6 run in the last eight minutes of the first half to blow open the game as they picked up their biggest win of the season. It's their largest league win since defeating UNCG by 30 last year.

Aleksandravicius led the way with 10 points during the run as she finished the half with 14 points and 11 rebounds. The double-double was the sophomore's 14th of her career, while she had her eighth, fifth of the year, career 20-point outing.

Laura Murray (Harrisburg, Pa.) joined Aleksandravicius with 14 first-half points as she finished 6-of-10 from the floor, including hitting a pair of three-balls. The freshman also pocketed four of the 'Cats 14 steals for the game.

Rounding out the Wildcats trio of double-figure scorers was Jasmine Calin (Miami, Fla.), who recorded a career night, dropping in 11 points, pulling down eight boards and swatting away a pair of blocks.

Wofford's (6-11, 2-7 SoCon) April Moorhouse and Mahagony Williams had 12 and 10 points, respectively, to lead the Terriers.

After doubling up Wofford early, 16-8, Davidson saw the Terriers us a 9-0 run to come back and take a 17-16 lead with just under nine minutes to play in the first half. The Wildcats then found their rhythm on offense and caught fire, rattling off a 28-6 run to finish the half up 44-23. The 'Cats shot a season-best 54.5 percent for a first half and their 44 points were also a season-best.

Davidson then opened up the second half with a running layup from Aleksandravicius and two buckets by Kristen Johnsen (Wayne, Pa.) for a 50-23 lead, forcing the Terriers' to burn their last timeout of the contest with 18:13 remaining.

The lead would eventually grow to as much as 34 (80-46) on a Aleksandravicius' layup with 3:13 left before the Terriers netted the last four points for the final score of 80-50.

Davidson earned its second 50 percent shooting game in the last three contests, finishing at an even 50 percent (32-64).

The Wildcats held a 42-35 edge on the boards, the 11th time this year they have out-boarded the opposition. They had 15 of those rebounds on offense on their way to 19 second-chance points.

Senior Chloe Woodington (San Antonio, Texas) dished out a career-high eight assists as Davidson had its second 20-assist game of the year, finishing with a total of 21. Aleksandravicius and Murray each dished out four of their own.

Davidson continues it's three-game road trip with a stop at UNCG on Tuesday, Jan. 25 for a 7 p.m. game.

GAME NOTES: Davidson dominated the points in the paint, scoring 48 points to Wofford's 22 ... led by Calin's 11 points, the Wildcats had a 26-7 edge on points off the bench with Amanda Ottaway (6) Ashley Lax (5), Katrin Chiemeka (5), Barbara Sitton (4) also contributing ... Davidson turned 22 Terrier turnovers into 29 points ... the Wildcats went 12-of-15 from the charity stripe (80 percent), the third time in the last four games its shot over 80 percent at the line ... Aleksandravicius has scored in double figures nine games in a row.