WILSON, N.C. – The Chowan Women's basketball team battled tough against the unbeaten Barton Bulldogs, but were unable to overcome the cold shooting from behind the arc, as the Hawks suffered a 62-54 loss on the road.

THE BASICS

FINAL | Chowan 54, Barton 62

RECORDS | Chowan 3-4, Barton 6-0

LOCATION | Wilson, N.C.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

Chowan shot 33.3% from the floor and 14.3% from behind the arc.

Danielle Weldon and Jordan Pettaway produced double-digit scoring outputs with 11 and 10 points each.  Mariah Coker and Destiny Robinson chipped in with seven points.  Robinson tallied six rebounds.

HOW IT HAPPENED

First Quarter:

Both teams struggled to find the opening bucket of the contest as Barton scored 1:23 into the contest for the early 2-0 lead.  Barton would lead 8-0 before Danielle Weldon hit from the floor with 4:57 remaining in the quarter.

Danielle Weldon would knock down another jumper, 10-4, before Kaylah Henderson converted the three-point play.

Jordan Pettaway cut the deficit to 10-9 with a layup.  Danielle Weldon went 1-2 from the stripe to even the contest at 10-all.  Pettaway gave the Hawks their only lead of the contest at 12-10 with a layup but the lead would vanish as the Bulldogs knocked down a three at the other end.

Pettaway hit a jumper for the final bucket of the quarter for the Hawks to trail 17-14.

Second Quarter:

After trading a freebie, Barton went on a 7-0 run to lead 25-15.  Joanne Williams ended the drought with a layup at the 4:50 mark.  Danielle Weldon would post back-to-back buckets to trim the deficit to 27-21.

Danielle Weldon and Jahkeria Bagby recorded a bucket to end the half as Chowan trailed 30-25 at the break.

Third Quarter:

Barton would start the half with a three-point conversion before Kaylah Henderson put the Hawks on the board.  Mariah Coker hit a layup to close the gap to 35-30, but the Bulldogs would stretch their lead out to 41-30 at the media timeout.

Destiny Robinson tallied a bucket along with a layup by Jordan Pettaway kept the deficit to single-digits, 42-34.

Destiny Robinson continued to score in the paint with a pair of buckets and a three-point play to trim the deficit to 48-41 heading to the final stanza.

Fourth Quarter:

Mariah Coker would post the first bucket for the Hawks at the 8:06 mark of the quarter to swap points with the Bulldogs to keep the deficit in single-digits, 50-43.  Coker and Olivia Gaither found the stroke from behind the arc after the team missed their first 10 shots from behind the arc to close the gap to 54-49.

Barton called a timeout with 6:10 left but the momentum stayed with the Hawks as Jada Lee converted in the paint.  The Bulldogs would quickly score four points to push the lead back to 58-51 midway through the quarter.

Joanne Williams posted a bucket to cut the deficit to 60-53 with just over two minutes to play.  Williams went 1-2 from the stripe.

The Hawks were unable to close the gap as Barton converted from the stripe to keep the comeback at bay.

UP NEXT

Chowan travels to Elon, N.C. to face Division I Elon in an exhibition contest for the Hawks on Wednesday, November 28.  Tip-off is slated for 7pm.