HICKORY, N.C. – Late free throws down the stretch secured a 74-68 Chowan Women's Basketball victory over Lenoir-Rhyne in a non-conference contest on Monday evening.
THE BASICS
FINAL | Chowan 74, Lenoir-Rhyne 68
RECORDS | Chowan 2-0, Lenoir-Rhyne 1-2
LOCATION | Hickory, N.C. (Shuford Gym)
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
Five Hawks recorded double-figures scoring efforts. Dhyamond Crenshaw paced the Hawks with 17 points. Joanne Williams notched her second straight double-double with 10 points and 12 boards.
Danielle Weldon chipped in with 14 points and eight boards. Jada Lee (13) and Mariah Coker (11) also tallied double-digit points.
The Hawks' defense forced 19 turnovers in the contest and limited their own errors to seven.
HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter:
Mariah Coker sparked an early 10-4 run for the Hawks by knocking down two threes. The Hawks' defense would force seven turnovers in the early going forcing a Bears timeout as back-to-back scores by Jada Lee and Chantel Roberts led the charge. The Hawks continued to apply pressure as Chantel Roberts knocked down a triple to push the lead to 15-8.
Play from behind the arc continued as Danielle Weldon's triple pushed the Hawks' lead 22-13. Dhyamond Crenshaw end the opening period with a finish at the other end as Mariah Coker forced a turnover to start the fast break. The Hawks led 24-15 after the opening 10 minutes of play.
Second Quarter:
Danielle Weldon opened up the quarter with a mini 5-0 run starting with a layup and a straight away triple to extend the Hawks' lead to 29-15.
The Hawks continued to push the effort from behind the arc as Jada Lee found the trailing Chantel Roberts for the triple from the left wing to lead 34-20 with just under seven minutes to play in the quarter.
L-R countered with a 10-3 run following the media timeout to close the gap to 37-30 before Danielle Weldon ended the run with a jumper just inside the arc.
Joanne Williams finished the quarter hitting a layup and collecting two points from the charity stripe as the Hawks led 43-34 at the break.
Third Quarter:
Coming out of the locker room, Chowan extend their lead back to double-figures as Jada Lee knocked down a triple followed by a layup by Dhyamond Crenshaw.
The Hawks would maintain their double-digit lead in a slower paced quarter as the Hawks were outscored 14-12. The Bears would hit a three with under a minute to play to cut the deficit to 55-48.
Fourth Quarter:
The Hawks would push the lead back to double-digits, 59-48, to open the final stanza grabbing two free throws by Danielle Weldon and a jumper by Dhyamond Crenshaw.
Leading 63-52 after two freebies by Joanne Williams, L-R scored 4-0 straight to cut the deficit back to single digits, 63-56, with 4:02 remaining.
CU pushed the lead back to 11, 67-56, after Mariah Coker knocked down a three with 2:22 remaining forcing a Bears' timeout.
The Bears rallied out of the short break to cut into the deficit going on a 12-3 run to bring the contest to 70-68 with 23 ticks left on the clock.
Chowan would go 4-6 from the line as Jada Lee and Dhyamond Crenshaw sealed the win for the Hawks.
UP NEXT
The Hawks will continue their southern road swing as Chowan competes in the Courtyard by Marriott Tournament hosted by Converse on November 17-18 in Spartanburg, S.C. The Hawks open up with Mars Hill on Friday and conclude with Columbia International on Saturday.
