Posted: Nov 10, 2017
HICKORY, N.C. – The University of Mount Olive women's basketball team fell to Catawba College 94-81 Friday afternoon in Hickory, N.C.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Catawba 94, Mount Olive 81
Records: Catawba (1-0), Mount Olive (0-1)
Location: Shuford Memorial Gymnasium, Hickory, N.C.
How It Happened
Play-by-Play
FIRST QUARTER
- Mount Olive and Catawba were slow out of the gates as neither team was able to break a 2-2 early tie until 7:02 remaining in the opening quarter when the Indians made a jumper that gave them the lead.
- The Trojans then went on a 7-0 run to retake the lead 9-4 with 5:22 remaining.
- The lead exchanged hands for the remainder of the quarter with Catawba holding a slim 20-19 cushion heading into the second quarter.
SECOND QUARTER
- Felecity Havens gave the Trojans the lead 21-20 after she made a layup 17 seconds into the second quarter.
- UMO built up a six-point lead before the Indians were able to stop the Trojans' run at the 6:20 mark.
- The lead then changed three times before the halftime horn sounded with Catawba holding a 36-32 advantage.
THIRD QUARTER
- Mount Olive came out for the second half and immediately went on an 8-0 run to begin the third quarter forcing Catawba to call a timeout with UMO leading 40-36 at the 8:41 mark.
- The Indians responded out of the timeout with four unanswered points to tie the game at 40 with 7:31 remaining.
- The lead again changed hands multiple time with Catawba holding the lead for most of the quarter taking a 62-57 lead into the final quarter.
FOURTH QUARTER
- Catawba maintained their lead for the rest of the game allowing UMO to get with one, but did not allow the game to be tied taking the 94-81 victory.
KEY STATS
- Felecity Havens led all Trojan scorers with 29 points and was one rebound shy of a double-double.
- Ni'Ya Styles and Jada Bacchus both had double-digit point performances with 13 and 11 points respectively.
NOTES
- Mount Olive outshot Catawba 46.0-to-41.9% from the field and won the defensive rebound battle 28-to-25.
UP NEXT
The Trojans will take to the court tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 11, on day two of the SAC/Conference Carolinas Tip-Off Classic. Mount Olive will face off against Lenior-Rhyne with a tip time of 10:30 a.m.