W. Basketball Goes to 4-0 in League Play with Win over Elon

Wednesday, January 4

Davidson, N.C.

7:00 p.m.

Davidson College

8-5, 4-0SoCon

Elon

6-8, 2-3SoCon

Elon

Davidson

Jasmine Calin had a season-high seven rebounds to got with her career-best 16 points.

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W. Basketball Goes to 4-0 in League Play with Win over Elon

1/4/2012 9:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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DAVIDSON, N.C. — Sophia Aleksandravicius scored a game-high 23 points, and Laura Murray netted 21 to lead Davidson to a 75-66 Southern Conference women's basketball victory over Elon Wednesday night in Belk Arena.

Jasmine Calin added a career-high 16 points to go along with seven rebounds for Davidson (8-5, 4-0 SoCon). Aleksandravicius posted 10 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the year and Murray finished with seven.

Ali Ford led Elon (6-8, 2-3 SoCon) with 21 points, and Sam Coffer scored 17. Kelsey Evans collected a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.

Trailing by three points late in the first half, Davidson went on an 18-5 run to open a 41-31 lead with a minute left in the period. Aleksandravicius netted seven points during the stretch, and Murray nailed consecutive triples.

Aiesha Harper hit a turnaround jumper off the glass for Elon with a second remaining, and the 'Cats led 41-33 at the break. Davidson shot 51.5 percent from the floor marking the sixth time this year its shot at least 50 percent in the first half.

Leading 49-37 early in the second half, Davidson scored seven straight points to open a 56-37 cushion and take control of the game.

Elon made a run to get the lead down to 12 points late in the contest as Coffer hit two free throws, Ford made a layup and Evans hit a jumper. But Calin responded with a driving layup, and Aleksandravicius got a putback to hold off the Phoenix.

An Evans' 3-pointer made the score 75-66 with under a minute to go, but Elon elected not to foul. Davidson used up the entire shot clock on its possession, and Harris missed a 3-pointer on the other end.

The Wildcats are back in action Saturday as they travel to Furman for a SoCon contest. The teams are tied for first in the SoCon standings with 4-0 records, and tipoff is set for noon.

Game Notes: Aleksandravicius was honored before the game for scoring her 1,000th career point against Georgia Southern Dec. 19… At 4-0, Davidson is off to its best start in conference play since going 7-0 in 2008-09… The Wildcats have won six of their last seven contests… They remained perfect at home, 6-0, and are riding a seven-game home win streak overall ... It's the best start at home, tying the 1996-97 team that won its first six games as well ... Aleksandravicius posted her 23rd career double-double and fourth this season; she scored 20-plus points for the 16th time in her career.