Saturday, December 1, 2007

TUSCULUM RAINS THREES IN 81-52 WIN AT BREVARD

BREVARD, N.C. --- The Tusculum College women's basketball rained 15 three-pointers, all from two players as the Pioneers defeated host Brevard College 81-52 Saturday afternoon at Boshamer Gymnasium. Ashli Oliver accounted for a season-high 26 points, including eight 3-pointers. Nikki Van Dine scored 21 points on seven treys, all in coming in the opening half.

Stephany Neptune finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds, while Jasmine Gunn and Jasmine Parker dished out nine and seven assists, respectively.

Tusculum (4-2) led wire-to-wire as the Pioneers opened with a 12-2 run, all coming from beyond the arc, two each by Oliver and Van Dine. TC took a pair of 21-point leads in the first half, before settling for a 48-31 lead at the intermission. Tusculum shot 59.4 percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes, including 10-of-18 from three-point land, while limiting the Tornados (3-3) to 39 percent shooting, including 22 percent from long range.

Tusculum opened the second half with a 14-2 run to put the game out of reach and would lead by as many as 32 (74-42) to close out the contest.

Brevard was led by Holly Krogman's 18 points, while Samantha Winn added 13 points in the loss.

Eight players found the scoring column for Tusculum, including four markers each by Kat Spears, Parker and Chloe Obasogie.

The Pioneers shot 15-for-27 three-point land, three 3-pointers shy of a school single-game record. The eight treys by Oliver were the third most in TC history, two shy of her school and conference leading 10 she made last season.

Tusculum returns to action Monday as the Pioneers travel to Lees-McRae for a 6 p.m. game.

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