Aleksandravicius Reaches 1,000 Points, Wildcats Roll to Fourth Straight Win, 72-48

Monday, December 19

Davidson, N.C.

7:00 p.m.

Davidson College

6-4, 3-0SoCon

Georgia Southern

2-8, 0-3SoCon

Georgia Southern

Davidson

Junior Sophia Aleksandravicius

Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com

Aleksandravicius Reaches 1,000 Points, Wildcats Roll to Fourth Straight Win, 72-48

12/19/2011 9:40:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Gavin McFarlin -- Assistant SID

Game Highlights
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DAVIDSON, N.C. — Junior Sophia Aleksandravicius (Pound Ridge, N.Y.) became the 15th Wildcat in program history to clip the 1,000-point mark, finishing with 12 points, and all 14 'Cats scored in leading Davidson to another big Southern Conference win with a 72-48 triumph over visiting Georgia Southern in women's basketball action on Monday night at John M. Belk Arena.

Davidson (6-4, 3-0 SoCon) rolled to its fourth straight win overall and remained perfect at home at 5-0. The Wildcats pushed their overall home win streak to six straight.

With 15:34 left in the second half, Aleksandravicius canned a jumper for her 1,000th and 1,0001st points as she gave the Wildcats a commanding 43-22 lead. The 6-foot-4 forward also hauled in five rebounds, pocketed three steals and block a pair of shots.

Laura Murray (Harrisburg, Pa.) paced the Wildcat offense with 13 points, while Jasmine Calin (Miami, Fla.) came off the bench for 10 points.

GSU (2-8, 0-3 SoCon) had just one player reach the double digits, with MiMi DuBose dropping in 10 points.

Davidson again dominated on the defensive side, much like it did on Saturday vs. College of Charleston. The Wildcats held the Eagles to 34 percent shooting, forced 20 turnovers and pocketed 16 steals (13 in the first half), turning those into 21 points.

The Wildcats led from tip to finish, pushing its lead out to as many as 26 points (62-36) on a Shneeka Center (Smithtown, N.Y.) layup inside with 6:49 remaining.

Back-to-back fastbreak buckets from Calin gave Davidson an early 20-9 lead in the first half at the 10:25 mark.

The defense tightened up, holding GSU to just four points over the next seven minutes, while another fastbreak layup, this time from Kristen Johnsen (Wayne, Pa.), made it 30-13. Johnsen had a solid game with nine points, a season-high tying seven boards, a block and two steals.

Five players in all had two or more steals, led by Barbara Sitton's (Richmond, Va.) season-best tying five.

Murray then capped off the Wildcats' hot shooting from behind the arc with her third triple of the half, and Davidson's fourth, with a buzzer-beater from the right corner to close the half up 38-22. The 'Cats six triples for the game were a season-high.

Davidson held the Eagles scoreless for the first 5:30 of the second half and pushed its lead into the 20's, where it stayed the majority of the half.

The Wildcats hit the road before a nine-day Christmas break as they will play a 5 p.m. game at Radford on Thursday, Dec. 22.

Game notes: Davidson was coming off a 56-39 home win vs. Coll. of Charleston on Saturday … Davidson has won nine of its last 10 games at Belk Arena dating back to last season … The 'Cats last started conference play 3-0 in the 2008-09 campaign … Davidson held its opponent under 35 percent shooting from the field for the seventh time this year.