MURFREESBORO - In a battle down that played out down to the final seconds this afternoon, Mount Olive's Jasmine Whitby hit a jumper in the paint with :08 to play in the game to help propel her team to a 56-55 win over Chowan. After getting down by as many as eight points with just over nine minutes to play in the game, Chowan battled back and even took a 55-54 lead with :20 to play. But Whitby's shot with :08 to go iced the game for the Trojans, giving them their first season win. 

Chowan took a 30-27 lead into the halftime break with Ransheda Jennings putting up 12 first half points. Jennings ended the game with 20 points on a 7-11 shooting performance. Chowan's Talaya Lynch and Brittany Nicholson came up big in the last five minutes with key buckets to cut the Trojan lead to one point with 4:00 to play in the game. Whitby stretched the lead to 50-44 with a three pointer with just under 4:00 to play. Chowan's Najah Harris made good on a lay up at the 1:20 mark to pull Chowan within two points. MOC's Laporsha Davis hit a pair of free throws to put the game at 54-50 with a minute to play. Jennings found an open Lynch under the basket where she converted a lay up to pull Chowan within two points with :47 to play. The Hawks got a defensive stop on the other end of the floor and pushed the floor where Jennings picked up a loose ball under the basket and stuck it in to knot the game at 54-54. She was fouled on the play and with :20 to go in the game she made good on the free throw to give Chowan a 55-54 lead. 

Whitby's jumper with :08 to play gave the Trojans the 56-55 win. Whitby ended play with 13 points and 10 rebounds. 

Lynch put up 11 points and had 12 rebounds in the game and Nicholson added 10 points and three steals. Jennings had a game-high 20 points to go with five assists and six boards. 

The Hawks (0-1) will travel to the North Georgia State College and University Classic November 19th-20th in their next outing.