WILSON, N.C. – The University of Mount Olive women's basketball team fell to the Bulldogs of Barton College 90-79 on Wednesday night in Conference Carolinas action in Wilson, N.C. Ni'Ya Styles set a new program record for career three-pointers made as she now sits in first with 222. Felecity Havens, junior guard/forward, surpassed 1,000 career points as she needed just 17 points going into the game to reach the career benchmark.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Barton 90, Mount Olive 79
Records: Barton (10-5, 5-2), Mount Olive (6-9, 4-3)
Location: Wilson, N.C.
How It Happened
Play-by-Play
FIRST QUARTER
- The two teams went back and forth over the first two and a half minutes with the teams sitting tied at eight-all with 7:33 remaining.
- Barton opened up a six-point lead, 16-10, halfway through the quarter.
- Mount Olive fought back in the following three minutes to take a 19-18 lead with 2:19 on the clock.
- The Trojans closed out the quarter on a 6-2 run taking a 25-20 lead into the second quarter.
SECOND QUARTER
- Barton caught the Trojans at 25 all less than 90-seconds into the quarter.
- The score tied twice more, last at 30 all, before the Bulldogs took a three-point lead at the 6:43 mark.
- Mount Olive stayed in the fight tying the score four more times over the following four minutes before Barton went on a 7-3 run to take a 49-45 lead into halftime.
THIRD QUARTER
- UMO responded to Barton's eight-point lead by cutting the difference to four, 55-51, through the first three and a half minutes of the second half.
- The Bulldogs increased their lead to 12 as the clock ticked down to four minutes remaining in the third quarter with the score at 63-51.
- The Trojans pulled back within single digits, cutting the lead to seven, 65-58, but the home Bulldogs pulled away to hold a 12 point lead, 70-58, heading into the final 10 minutes.
FOURTH QUARTER
- The Bulldogs maintained a double-figure lead throughout the fourth quarter despite the Trojans outscoring Barton 21-20 in the quarter, as the Bulldogs took the 90-79 win.
KEY STATS
- Ni'Ya Styles, Felecity Havens and Hope Toliver all scored in double digits.
- Havens' 10 rebounds gave her her second double-double in a row.
- UMO outrebounded BC 44-38.
NOTABLES
- Ni'Ya Styles became the new career leader for three-pointers made in a Trojan women's basketball uniform. She sat tied with Tomeka Prichard at 217career three-pointers made. Styles connected on five attempts against the Bulldogs to move into first with 222 threes.
- Felecity Havens surpassed a career milestone of 1,000 career points. Havens needed just 17 points entering the game tonight to hit the mark and she scored 22 points against arch-rival Barton College.
UP NEXT
The Trojans return to action on January 13 as they travel to Central, S.C. to face Conference Carolinas opponent Southern Wesleyan University. The Trojans and Warriors tip-off at 2 p.m. in game one of the women's and men's doubleheader.