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Seahawks fall to NWBL in midseason exhibition game
Erica Harbatkin
Staff Writer
In a midseason exhibition game
against the NWBL Entertainers on
Sunday, Jan. 7, UNC Wilmington’s
women's basketball team did not look
like the same ball club that won the
Sheraton Four Points Beach Blast
Tournament and that holds a 7-4 win-
loss record. The Seahawks played a
sloppy game from the tip-off, unable
to accumulate more than a six-point
lead, and ultimately threw the game
away, losing with a final score of 65-
61.
Neither team played a solid game,
as the Entertainers shot 37.7 percent
from the field, and the Seahawks con
verted only on a third of their field
goal attempts, and a paltry 24.1 percent
in the second half. The low field goal
percentages cannot be attributed to
good defense on either side.
“We’re going to have to have a bet
ter defensive effort,” UNCW head
coach Ann Hancock commented.
“And [a better] effort on the boards.”
A small team, UNCW did not match
up against the Entertainers in the paint,
and got very few second-chance bas
kets, “We’re not very tall,” Hancock
Wainwribht, from page 1 1
coach in UNCW men’s basketball his
tory to reach the 100-win mark. It
took former coach Mel Gibson (1973-
86) eight seasons to carry out the feat.
The program’s first coach. Bill Brooks
(1952-72) needed nine.
Wainwright is not letting his coach
ing success go to his head. In fact, he
is more appreciative for the past than
swollen with pride from it. “I think
the thing I am happiest about is [that
the school has] given me seven years.
I count my blessings here.”
“My milestone to me is that I’ve
continued. “So we have to put a body
on somebody.” Red-shirt freshman
Tracy Morgan, a 6-foot forward, was
the only Seahawk to dominate the
boards, grabbing 13 rebounds.
During the early stages of the first
half, the score remained close. Nei
ther team ran with the bqll, so the
score stayed low. The Seahawks stood
still on offense, running down the shot
clock to single-figures and then forc
ing bad shots.
With UNCW leading 11-7 at the
14:17 mark, the Entertainers mounted
a 9-0 run in the next three minutes,
hitting two wide-open three-pointers.
Senior Krissy Riggs stole the ball for
the Seahawks, leading to a basket by
Morgan, followed by a quick three-
pointer by Rachel Friesen-Norwood,
to tie the score at 16. Neither team
dominated until Friesen-Norwood hit
a wide-open three-pointer to spark an
8-2 UNCW run, closing out the first
half.
The second half was a different
story from the first, as the NWBL
Entertainers went on a 9-0 run from
the 18:26 mark to the 11:36 mark, re
cording their first lead of the half. The
Entertainers’ 40-39 lead triggered a
series of seven lead changes over the
next five minutes, before they took a
had a great six and a half years here.
I’m thankful for every win, but 1 re
ally have enjoyed my time here. I’ve
enjoyed the [players], and I’ve en
joyed the students.”
Wainwright will keep focus on fu
ture milestones for the rest of the sea
son. The team’s chances to repeat as
CAA Champions and back-to-back
appearances in the NCAA tourney are
at the top of the list.
UNCW is thankful that Wainwright
decided five months ago to add to
Seahawk record books and not San
Antonio.
50-48 lead, and
never allowed
the Seahawks
to lead again.
The Enter
tainers con
verted on all of
their free
throws in the
final minute,
and walked
away with the
four-point win.
The exhibi
tion loss was
disappointing
for the
Seahawks, as
they dive
headfirst into
the conference
season with six
straight confer
ence games
during the
month of Janu- Senior Krissy Riggs slies over NWBL Krystal Cairpen-
rent ^confSunday’s exhibition game. Riggs, a native of
ence TecoYd JQclsonville, N.C. finished with four points for UNCW.
stands at 0-1, with a loss to Old Do- UNCW will look for their first con-
minion, a team that won every CAA ference win of the season as the team
Championship since joining the con- travels to George Mason on January 11.
ference in 1991.
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This season marks Wainwright’s seventh campaign leading UNCW