W. Basketball Moves to 7-1 in SoCon with Win vs. UNCG

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DAVIDSON, N.C. – The Davidson women's basketball team put three scorers in double figures and tied a school record with 28 assists in rolling to its second 40-point win of the season, 88-48, over UNCG Wednesday night in Southern Conference action at John M. Belk Arena.

The Wildcats shot 50.7 percent from the floor, including 52.9 percent in the second half, as they improved to 10-8, 7-1 in SoCon action. It's the largest win in the all-time series against the Spartans as the 'Cats won for the 10th time in the last 13 meetings.

The 28 assists tied the school mark set Dec. 9, 1995 vs. Barber-Scotia. The Wildcats also hit a season-best 34 field goals and went 15-for-18 from the charity stripe on their way to a season-best 88 points.

Sophia Aleksandravicius and Laura Murray led the way with 14 points each. Aleksandravicius added eight rebounds, three assists and four blocks, and Murray dished out four dimes to go with five steals.

Sarah Davis was perfect from the floor, going 5-for-5 and added a free throw for 11 points.

In all, 11 Wildcats scored at least four points, including Mellissa Giegerich who had a career-best six points on 3-for-3 shooting.

UNCG (3-14, 0-8 SoCon) was led by Janae Stevenson's and Breonna Patterson's 14 points apiece. Stevenson added a game-best 14 rebounds, including 10 on the offensive end. The Spartans as a team had 23 offensive boards.

After UNCG held the early lead, Davidson started to pull away. Up 12-11, the Wildcats rolled off a 16-3 run with Katrin Chiemeka scoring five points in the spurt and the lead grew to 28-14 with 6:18 to go before the Spartans burned a timeout.

A three-ball later by Shneeka Center and two free throws with 44 ticks left in the half from Barbara Sitton make it 40-21 going into the break. Six 'Cats scored at least four points in the half, led by Murray's nine.

It was much the same in the second period as Murray hit a triple early and then pocketed a steal and finished it off with a fastbreak layup, while Dakota Dukes hit a pair of free throws for a 51-21 advantage.

Another shot from behind the arc, this time from Lillian McCabe, a few minutes later made it 58-25 with 15:04 left.

The second-half lead grew to as many as 42 points (88-46) on Giegerich's last bucket of the game.

The Wildcats wrap up their four-game homestand with a matchup against Elon this Saturday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m.

GAME NOTES: Davidson has won 19 of its last 22 SoCon games … Davidson improved to 5-1 at home and won 17 of its past 19 games overall … the Wildcats won their fourth game in a row in the all-time series … at least six Wildcats had three assists, led by Jasmine Calin's career-high six … Davidson has shot better than 50 percent in two of its last four games … Davidson's other 40-point win this year was at Furman, Jan. 15, an 87-46 decision.

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