Saturday, February 16, 2013

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MACON, Ga. – FGCU, Mercer, Jacksonville, Northern Kentucky and USC Upstate came out on top in Saturday's Atlantic Sun Women's Hoops action.

The Hatters Victoria McGowan and the Bears Kendra Grant both recorded 23 points a piece to lead their teams to victory. North Florida's Raneisha Lamar pulled down 18 rebounds vs. the Dolphins; the most of any A-Sun player this season.

Women's Basketball Contests
• FGCU 89, Lipscomb 38
• Mercer 67, ETSU 58
• Jacksonville 57, North Florida 55
• Northern Kentucky 73, Stetson 68
• USC Upstate 57, Kennesaw State 48

Top-Three Points
T1. Victoria McGowan, Stetson – 23 points
T1. Kendra Grant, Mercer – 23 points
T3. Precious Bridges, Mercer – 20 points
T3. Queen Alford, Jacksonville – 20 points
T3. Tee'Ara Copney, USC Upstate – 20 points

Top-Three Rebounds
1. Raneisha Lamar, North Florida – 18 rebounds
2. Hannah Phillips– 13 rebounds
3. Kayla Thacker, Northern Kentucky – 12 rebounds

Top-Three Assists
T1. Tyra Smith, USC Upstate – 8 assists
T1. Sharnea Boykin, Mercer – 8 assists
3. Tee'Ara Copney, USC Upstate – 6 assists

Top-Three Steals
1. Queen Alford, Jacksonville – 6 steals
2. Tee'Ara Copney, USC Upstate – 5 steals
T3. Sarah Hansen, FGCU – 4 steals
T3. Tyra Smith, USC Upstate– 4 steals

Top-Three Blocks
1. Serena Clark, ETSU – 3 blocks
T2. Tosha Austin, ETSU – 2 blocks
T2. Cherisse Burris, Stetson – 2 blocks
T2. Ashley Holliday, Kennesaw State – 2 blocks

Women's hoops continues on Monday, Feb. 18th with four games scheduled.

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