Davidson Uses Strong Second Half to Run By Rival Appalachian State, 65-49

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DAVIDSON, N.C. – In addition to strong all-around efforts from Sophia Aleksandravicius and Laura Murray, Davidson broke open a tie game with a lengthy second-half run to cruise by Appalachian State, 65-49, in Southern Conference women's basketball action Saturday afternoon at Belk Arena.

The win was Davidson's eighth straight at home, second-longest in program history, while the Wildcats won its sixth SoCon game in a row at home. Dating back to last year, the 'Cats have won 14 of their last 16 league games overall.

Aleksandravicius led all players with 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds in 39 minutes of action for her 36th career double-double. Murray was just as impressive as the junior guard recorded 14 points, a season-high eight rebounds, five assists and a career-best six steals for the Wildcats.

Katrin Chiemeka added nine points, all from long range, to go along with six rebounds and four of Davidson's 14 steals.

Maryah Sydnor was the lone Appalachian State (7-3, 1-1 SoCon) player in double figures with 15 points, while teammate Anna Freeman led her club with 11 boards.

Davidson (5-7, 2-0 SoCon), which held the Mountaineers to just one field goal over a nine-minute stretch, opened the second half on a 23-4 run to go up, 55-36, and put the game out of reach.

The Wildcats held a 43-32 advantage on the glass and turned 20 Mountaineer miscues into 23 points at the other end.

After Appalachian State scored eight unanswered to go up 26-20, the Wildcats closed the first half on a 12-6 spurt capped off by an Aleksandravicius' layup with five seconds remaining to tie the score, 32-32.

Davidson finished the contest with a season-high 45.6 percent shooting clip, while limiting the Mountaineers to just 16.7 percent (5-30) in the second half and 31.7 percent (19-60) overall.

The Wildcats will continue its stretch of seven out of eight away from home with a 7 p.m. contest at College of Charleston Monday evening.

GAME NOTES: The win was Davidson's third straight in the all-time series vs ASU … Davidson's best start at home was last year when it started 7-0 … it's 3-0 so far this year … Aleksandravicius' double-double was her sixth of the year … Aleksandravicius needs 35 more points to be the program's all-time leader in that category … Murray moved closer to 1,000 for her career, needing 59 points.

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