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Bulldogs
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Junior guard Lindsey Thompson currently leads the Big South this season in scoring due to her incredible
the arc to tie the game at 16 with a little
more than 13 minutes left in the first half.
That was the last time the game was
tied.
Thompson made her first 3-pointer in 8
minutes, putting the Bulldogs up 23-18.
“She plays very, very well,” Blose said.
“She’s a great shooter with tremendous
range. She’s in the gym every day. It’s
important to her. She’s becoming better
at putting the ball on the floor, and she’s a
great free throw shooter. If no one guards
her, she will knock it down. I can guaran
tee that.”
After being down 14 points with less
than six minutes left in the first half,
Webb’s free throws sparked a 6-0 run for
Upstate, but it was not enough to inch past
the Bulldogs.
“They made a couple of little runs, but
we seemed to be able to get back on track
and be able to maintain the lead we had
and build on it,” Blose said.
At the end of the first half, the Bulldogs
had an 11-point lead. Thompson and Shep
ard were already in double figures, with 21
points and 10 points, respectively.
The second half began with a layup
from Upstate forward Chelsea McMillan,
followed by another layup from Webb.
However, the Spartans’ run came to an end
when Shepard scored the Bulldogs’ first
points post intermission.
“We played a 2-3 zone most of the game
to prevent them from driving and getting to
the basket. We knew that most of the team
wanted to penetrate, so we wanted to take
them out of their game,” Thompson said.
With 10 minutes left in the game, the
Bulldogs were up 79-59. Riles, who had
eight rebounds for the game, made both
of her free throw shots after the Spartans
committed yet another turnover. Riles then
made a layup off an assist from Shepard,
which brought the game to 85-62.
“Our team wants to attack in transition
and get easy baskets. We’ve done a good
job with that so far,” Thompson said.
With five minutes left in regulation, two
foul shots from Shepard led to a 25-point
lead, the Bulldogs’ largest lead of the
night.
However, the Spartans went down fight
ing, putting up 12 more points including a
shot from downtown in the last 30 seconds.
The buzzer sounded at 95-76, Bulldogs.
“We’re going to outwork our opponent.
Photo Courtesy of UNCA Athletics
Shooting against USC Upstate.
We want to have fun. We really do. We
want to have a good time competing,”
Blose said.
Upstate suffered from 13 turnovers in
the first half and nine in the second. UNCA
had 18 turnovers overall.
“We decided prior to the game to pres
sure the ball as much as possible to see if
their guards could handle pressure, and it
ended up working out well for us,” Assis
tant Coach Tiffany Gwynn said.
Asheville was 11-25 from behind the arc,
while Upstate was only 5-26. The Bulldogs
also hit 14 of their 18 foul shots.
The Bulldogs will head to Boone tomor
row to face the Appalachian Mountain
eers. Their next home game will be against
Furman at the Justice Center Dec.. 11 at 2
p.m.