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72
Winner Winthrop Win 13-15,6-8 Big South
59
Presbyterian Presb 3-23,1-12 Big South
Winner
Winthrop Win
13-15,6-8 Big South
72
Final
59
Presbyterian Presb
3-23,1-12 Big South
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Winthrop Win 13 22 16 21 72
Presbyterian Presb 14 8 21 16 59

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Naomi Wilson Sets Career-High as Winthrop Rolls Past Presbyterian

CLINTON, S.C. -- The Winthrop University women's basketball team forced 27 turnovers and dominated the paint 44-28 in a 72-59 victory over Presbyterian on Wednesday night at Templeton Center.  

Amourie Porter led the way with 22 points, while Naomi Wilson set a new Eagle career-high with 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting. 
FIRST QUARTER 
  • Both teams opened with turnovers before Lard picked up a steal and found Porter for a fastbreak layup at the 8:21 mark to make it 2-0. 
  • Ruff converted a steal into a fastbreak layup at 6:33 to push the Eagle lead to 5-3, then found Naomi Wilson for a jumper in the paint to make it 7-5. 
  • Porter added two free throws off a Velez foul to extend Winthrop's edge to 9-5 midway through the quarter. 
  • Winthrop committed seven turnovers in the period, keeping Presbyterian within striking distance despite the Eagles recording six steals. 
  • Daniella Velez knocked down a three-pointer and Yolanda Floyd scored a fastbreak jumper in the final minute to give Presbyterian a 14-13 lead after one. 
  • Porter scored a layup with 1:11 left to pull Winthrop within one heading into the second. 
SECOND QUARTER 
  • Ruff opened the second with a jumper to put Winthrop back in front 15-14, then Ryce scored a layup to push it to 17-14. 
  • Lard assisted a Williams layup and then hit a jumper-plus-free-throw combo to stretch the lead to 22-17 midway through the period. 
  • Porter scored a fastbreak layup off a Lard assist and then found Naomi Wilson for another layup to make it 26-17. 
  • The Eagles shot 10-of-16 from the field in the quarter while Presbyterian went just 3-of-14, including 1-of-6 from deep. 
  • Pierfax came up with a steal and Lard assisted a Porter layup late to push the lead to 31-20. 
  • Ryce capped the half with a jumper in the final 20 seconds as Winthrop carried a 35-22 lead into the break. 
THIRD QUARTER 
  • Naomi Wilson answered a Tal layup with back-to-back jumpers — including one off a Ruff assist — to keep the lead at 42-28 midway through the period. 
  • Porter blocked a Haddock layup, then scored on the other end to push it to 40-24 early in the quarter. 
  • Presbyterian mounted a 15-2 run over a five-minute stretch, getting a Velez three-pointer and a Haddock tip-in to cut the deficit to 42-39 with 3:47 left. 
  • Porter stopped the bleeding with an and-one layup at 3:24, then grabbed a rebound and scored in transition to push it back to 47-39. 
  • Lard added a layup to make it 49-41, and Williams scored inside off a Ryce assist to push the lead to 51-43 with 1:56 remaining. 
  • Winthrop carried a 51-43 lead into the fourth despite being outscored 21-16 in the period. 
FOURTH QUARTER 
  • Ryce opened the fourth with a jumper to make it 53-43, and Porter followed with two free throws to push the lead to 55-45. 
  • Porter grabbed an offensive rebound and converted an and-one layup at 6:28 to extend the advantage to 60-49. 
  • Presbyterian got as close as eight on a Haddock layup at 6:09, but Naomi Wilson answered with a jumper off a Ruff assist to make it 62-52. 
  • Lard hit a jumper at 3:52 and Naomi Wilson converted two free throws off a Lard steal to push it to 68-57 with a minute left. 
  • Ruff sealed it with a fastbreak layup off another steal with 35 seconds remaining to make it 70-57. 
  • Lard went 2-of-4 from the line in the final 20 seconds to close out the 72-59 win. 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 
  • Porter led the Eagles with 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting, going a perfect 6-of-6 from the line with six rebounds, two assists and a block. 
  • Naomi Wilson added 15 points on an efficient 6-of-10 from the field with five boards and a block in 24 minutes. 
  • Lard contributed 14 points, four assists, two steals and a block, while Ruff added nine points and a game-high four steals. 
  • Winthrop dominated the paint 44-28 and scored 24 points off Presbyterian's 27 turnovers. 
  • The Eagles shot 52.8% from the field but went 0-of-5 from three-point range, winning the game entirely inside the arc. 
  • Aminata Tal led Presbyterian with 15 points, while Krystal Haddock had 11 points and 13 rebounds and Amani Williams added 10 points and 10 rebounds off the bench. 
NEXT UP
Winthrop returns to the court on Wednesday against UNC Asheville for its Senior Day

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