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64
Winner Winthrop Win 15-16,7-9 Big South
52
Gardner-Webb GW 12-19,9-7 Big South
Winner
Winthrop Win
15-16,7-9 Big South
64
Final
52
Gardner-Webb GW
12-19,9-7 Big South
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Winthrop Win 13 11 20 20 64
Gardner-Webb GW 9 15 19 9 52

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Lard's 17 Leads Eagles Past Gardner-Webb to Big South Semifinals

JOHNSON CITY, TENN. -- The Winthrop University women's basketball team forced 22 turnovers and held fourth-seeded Gardner-Webb to just nine fourth-quarter points in a 64-52 victory in the Big South Conference quarterfinals on Thursday afternoon at Freedom Hall.  
FIRST QUARTER 
  • Both teams struggled to find a rhythm early, combining for four turnovers and seven missed shots before Lard drilled a three off a Porter assist at the 8:40 mark to give Winthrop a 3-0 lead. 
  • Acker answered with a three for Gardner-Webb and Harris scored a fastbreak layup to give the Bulldogs a 5-3 lead. 
  • Naomi Wilson tied it with an and-one layup off a Ruff assist at 3:44, then Lard converted two free throws to push the lead to 9-6. 
  • Ruff closed the quarter with a steal-and-score layup and then found Ryiah Wilson for a fastbreak layup in the final 30 seconds to push the lead to 13-6. 
  • Gray knocked down a three at the buzzer to cut Winthrop's lead to 13-9 after one. 
  • The Eagles grabbed 10 offensive rebounds in the quarter but shot just 5-of-20 from the field. 
SECOND QUARTER 
  • Gray hit a jumper to cut it to 13-11, then Harris converted two free throws to tie the game at 13-13. 
  • Lard answered with a jumper off a Ruff assist to make it 15-13, but Acker tied it again with a three off a Legette assist at 5:10. 
  • Porter hit a jumper in the paint to regain the lead at 19-17, but Baraldi answered with a jumper to tie it at 19-19. 
  • Lard drilled another three off a Ryiah Wilson assist to push the Eagles ahead 22-19 before Walker tied it again with a three for GW. 
  • Legette converted two free throws to give Gardner-Webb its first lead since the first quarter at 24-22 with 1:31 left. 
  • Lard stole the ball with 22 seconds remaining and scored a fastbreak layup to tie it at 24-24, then picked off another Legette pass with four seconds left but couldn't convert as the teams went to halftime knotted up. 
THIRD QUARTER 
  • Naomi Wilson opened the second half with a fastbreak layup off a Porter assist to give Winthrop a 26-24 lead, but Gray answered with a three for GW. 
  • Pierfax knocked down back-to-back three-pointers, the second off a Lard assist, to briefly grab a 32-31 lead. 
  • Gray hit another three to push GW ahead 34-32 before Porter tied it with a layup off a Lard assist at 6:26. 
  • Lard picked up a steal off Walker and scored a fastbreak layup to tie it at 36-36, but Harris answered with a fastbreak layup off a Legette steal to put GW back up 38-36. 
  • Ryce hit a free throw to cut it to 37-40 before Ruff scored a layup to make it 39-40, and Ryiah Wilson converted a free throw to tie it at 40-40. 
  • Lard stole another Legette pass and Ryce hit a jumper off a Williams assist to give Winthrop a 42-40 lead, then Williams found Ryiah Wilson for a fastbreak layup to push it to 44-40. Legette hit a jumper to cut it to 44-43 heading into the fourth. 
FOURTH QUARTER 
  • Ruff scored a layup off a Naomi Wilson assist to push the lead to 46-45, then Ryiah Wilson hit a three off a Lard assist to make it 49-45 and force a GW timeout. 
  • Ruff ripped a steal from Legette and converted a fastbreak layup to extend the lead to 53-46, blowing the game open. 
  • Lard drilled a three to make it 56-46, and Porter added two free throws after grabbing an offensive rebound to push the advantage to 58-49. 
  • Naomi Wilson scored a layup off a Porter assist to make it 60-51, and the Eagles never looked back. 
  • Gardner-Webb went just 3-of-12 from the field in the quarter as Winthrop's defense clamped down, forcing four turnovers and fouling out both Harris and Ofunniyin. 
  • Naomi Wilson converted two free throws and Porter added another in the final minute to seal the 64-52 victory. 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 
  • Lard led the Eagles with 17 points on 6-of-13 shooting, going 3-of-6 from deep with four steals and three assists. 
  • Ruff, Porter and Naomi Wilson each scored 10 points, with Ruff adding four steals and three assists while shooting 5-of-8 from the field. 
  • Naomi Wilson recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, going 4-of-7 from the field with two steals and two assists. 
  • Winthrop outrebounded Gardner-Webb 44-31, including a 22-8 advantage on the offensive glass, and converted 22 Bulldog turnovers into 18 points. 
  • The Eagles dominated the paint 32-10 and scored 12 fastbreak points despite shooting just .387 from the field and 10-of-23 from the line. 
  • Amina Gray led Gardner-Webb with 11 points on 3-of-6 three-point shooting, while Anaya Harris added 10 points before fouling out. Amira Ofunniyin had seven points and 13 rebounds before also fouling out. 
NEXT UP
Winthrop waits to see its seeding for the Big South Conference tournament next week.

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