Monday, January 28, 2013

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MACON, Ga. – Kennesaw State earned its first conference win as Sametria Gideon tallied her 1,000th career rebound to become the ninth student-athlete to also tally 1,000 career points in A-Sun history.

Mercer pushed its win streak to seven games, while ETSU and USC Upstate also earned wins on Monday. The Spartans' Tee'Ara Copney led all scorers with 23 points.

Women's Basketball Contests
• USC Upstate 64, North Florida 52
• ETSU 74, Jacksonville 57
• Mercer 77, Northern Kentucky 67
• Kennesaw State 55, Lipscomb 39

Top-Three Points
1. Tee'Ara Copney, USC Upstate – 23 points
T2. Tiara Hopper, Northern Kentucky – 22 points
T2. Tiana Burley, ETSU – 22 points

Top-Three Rebounds
1. Sametria Gideon, Kennesaw State – 16 rebounds
1. Brittany Starling, USC Upstate – 12 rebounds
2. Tiana Burley, ETSU – 11 rebounds

Top-Three Assists
1. Sharnea Boykin, Mercer – 10 assists
2. Tyra Smith, USC Upstate – 8 assists
T3. Precious Bridges, Mercer – 5 assists
T3. Jaimie Hamlet, Northern Kentucky – 5 assists

Top-Three Steals
1. Ki Conner, North Florida – 5 steals
2. Destiny Mitchell, ETSU – 4 steals
3. Serena Clark, ETSU – 3 steals

Top-Three Blocks
1. Sametria Gideon, Kennesaw State – 5 blocks
T2. Teanna Robinson, Mercer – 4 blocks
T2. Tiana Burley, ETSU – 4 blocks

Women's hoops continues on Saturday, Feb. 2nd with five games scheduled.

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