Monday, February 04, 2013

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MACON, Ga. – FGCU continued its conference season winning streak with a 66-55 win at North Florida. The Eagles have won their last 29 conference games, which is an A-Sun record for longest streak. Stetson, USC Upstate and Northern Kentucky also secured wins in tonight's A-Sun action.

With the Hatters victory they clinched a spot in the 2013 A-Sun Women's Basketball Tournament.

Lipscomb's Hannah Phillips led all A-Sun players in scoring with 24 points for the Bisons tonight. Phillips is just nine points away from landing 1,000 career points as a Bison.

Three A-Sun players pulled down 11 rebounds, while USC Upstate's Tweety Hawkins recorded eight assists.

Women's Basketball Contests
• FGCU 66, North Florida 50
• Northern Kentucky 77, ETSU 76
• Stetson 72, Jacksonville 51
• USC Upstate 78, Lipscomb 62

Top-Three Points
1. Hannah Phillips, Lipscomb – 24 points
T2. Tee'Ara Copney, USC Upstate – 21 points
T2. Tiara Hopper, Northern Kentucky – 21 points

Top-Three Rebounds
T1. Tiana Burley, ETSU – 11 rebounds
T1. Brittany Starling, USC Upstate – 11 rebounds
T1. Shanasa Sanders, Stetson – 11 rebounds

Top-Three Assists
1. Tweety Hawkins, USC Upstate – 8 assists
2. Tyra Smith, USC Upstate – 6 assists
T3. Brittany Kennedy, FGCU – 5 assists
T3. Presley Stastny, Lipscomb – 5 assists
T3. Rianna Gayheart, Northern Kentucky – 5 assists

Top-Three Steals
1. Brittany Kennedy, FGCU – 5 steals
T2. Victoria McGowan, Stetson – 4 steals
T2. Dytiesha Dunson, FGCU – 4 steals
T2. Tiara Hopper, Northern Kentucky – 4 steals

Top-Three Blocks
1. Sasha Sims, Stetson – 4 blocks
2. Briona Brown, Jacksonville – 3 blocks
T3. Shelby Hicks, USC Upstate – 2 blocks
T3. Kayla Thacker, Northern Kentucky – 2 blocks

Women's hoops will continue on Saturday, February 9th.

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