MURFREESBORO, N.C. – The Chowan Women's Basketball team held Erskine to single-digits in all four quarters including a scoreless frame in a 68-21 thumping in Conference Carolinas action on Wednesday afternoon.

THE BASICS

FINAL | Chowan 68, Erskine 21

RECORDS | Chowan 7-2 (4-1), Erskine 3-5 (1-3)

LOCATION | Murfreesboro, N.C. (Hawks Athletic Center)

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

Chowan held Erskine to the fourth lowest point total in program history (21).  It is the lowest opponent scoring outing since November of 2001 when the then Braves held Bennett to 20 total points.  The defense held Erskine scoreless in the second quarter.

Yasmine Brown led the Hawks with a career-high 17 points.  Brown added four assists and four steals.  Sydney Roberts produced a career-high 10 points off the bench.  Destiny Robinson and Demetria Bland posted eight points each to lead the starting group.

HOW IT HAPPENED

First Quarter:

Chowan started slow as Tyaysia Sharpe knocked down a triple for the first points in the contest.  After a three-pointer by Erskine, Destiny Robinnson added a layup before the Fleet took a 6-5 lead with 6:00 to go in the quarter.

The Hawks would then score the next 25 points leading into halftime.  Jayah King-Johnson started the run with a free throw followed by a jumper by Kashara Simpson.  Yasmine Brown produced the three-point play to lead 11-6 at the end of the opening frame.

Second Quarter:

Chowan would extend their lead in the frame as the defense forced Erskine to go 0-10 from the floor and were held without a point.

Aniah Patterson continued the run with a three-pointer followed by a jumper by Destiny Robinson and a triple by Yasmine Brown.  Robinson collected a pair from the stripe before Jayah King-Johnson notched a jumper and Demetria Bland connected from deep.

Demetria Bland ended the half with five more points to lead 31-6 at the intermission.

Third Quarter:

Destiny Robinson posted a layup to start the scoring in the half before Erskine hit their first basket in 22:30 of game play.  Tyaysia Sharpe countered with a triple before Brittany Wilcox added a jumper of the in-bound pass from Yasmine Brown.

Yasmine Brown posted the old-fashioned three-point play before Imani Hickman collected a putback layup to lead 43-9.

Erskine posted their second basket in the quarter following the media timeout as Sydney Roberts, Brittany Wilcox, and Yasmine Brown added a basket.  The Fleet would hit a three-pointer to end the quarter to trail 49-14.

Fourth Quarter:

Sydney Roberts collected the next two baskets for the Hawks along with a jumper by Brittany Wilcox to push the lead to 55-14.  Jayah King-Johnson picked up a pair from the stripe before Yasmine Brown added the next six points.

Sydney Roberts finished off the scoring with four points in the rout.

UP NEXT

Chowan hits the road to take on Emmanuel in Conference Carolinas action on Saturday, December 17.  Tip-off is slated for 2pm in Franklin Springs, Ga.