Saturday, January 05, 2013

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MACON, Ga. – Stetson and FGCU both reached the 10-win plateau and moved to 3-0 in conference play on Saturday. Mercer, Northern Kentucky and ETSU picked up their first A-Sun wins of the season.

NKU's Rianna Gayheart posted 24 points against the Spartans - the most in the conference on the day. ETSU's Serena Clark pulled down 14 rebounds to lead all A-Sun players.

Women's Basketball Contests
• Stetson 71, North Florida 57
• FGCU 74, Jacksonville 57
• Northern Kentucky 70, USC Upstate 62
• ETSU 80, Lipscomb 74
• Mercer 71, Kennesaw State 46

Top-Three Points
1. Rianna Gayheart, Northern Kentucky - 24 points
2. Brianna McQueen, ETSU - 23 points
3. Shanasa Sanders, Stetson - 22 points

Top-Three Rebounds
T1. Serena Clark, ETSU - 14 rebounds
T1. Sametria Gideon, Kennesaw State - 14 rebounds
3. Teanna Robinson, Mercer - 12 rebounds

Top-Three Assists
1. Sharnea Boykin, Mercer - 8 assists
2. Fabiola Josil, North Florida - 6 assists
3. Brittany Kennedy, FGCU - 5 assists

Top-Three Steals
T1. Brittany Kennedy, Betsy Adams; FGCU - 5 steals
T3. Eight tied with three steals

Top Blocks
T1. Ellen Holton, Northern Kentucky - 2 blocks
T1. Cara Bowling, ETSU - 2 blocks
T1. Sametria Gideon, Kennesaw State - 2 blocks

Women's hoops returns to action on Monday, January 7th with four games on the slate.

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