MURFREESBORO - The women's basketball team fell to 6-5 after suffering a 81-70 loss to Lenoir-Rhyne College tonight. The Bears used 29 points from the foul line and 49 total rebounds to help them come from behind to beat the home standing Hawks. 

After taking a 37-32 lead into the half, the Hawks held off the offensive attack from Lenoir-Rhyne until the 9:47 mark of the second period when with the game knotted at 55-55 LRC's Ashlei Helton drilled a three pointer from the top of the arch to give her team a three point lead. The Bears kept the Hawks from striking distance as the minutes wound down on the clock to take a 81-70 win over Chowan. 

The Hawks shot 41% from the floor and hit 8of 24 from beyond the three point arch. LRC scored 29 points from the foul line to help propel them to the win. The Bear hit 24 of 60 from the floor and grabbed 49 rebounds to the Hawks' 32 rebounds. Joi Hazel led all scorers in the game with 15 points. She also had 5 assists and 5 rebounds. Rachel Wood came off the bench to score 13 points while Alicia McMorris had 10 points and 6 assists. For Lenior-Rhyne, who moved to 5-2 on the year after tonight's win, was paced by Jami Safrit who had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Amber Holt contributed 13 points the game. 

Chowan will now break for Christmas but will hit the hard court on January 6th when they travel to West Virginia Tech for a 2:00pm tip off. They will make the 2007 home season debut on January 18th when they host NC Wesleyan at 7:00pm.