Laurinburg, NC – Junior Elizabeth Tatum (Glennville, GA, Pinewood Christian Academy)scored a season-high 23 points to lead Erskine past St. Andrews Presbyterian College 70 to 60 in Conference Carolinas women’s basketball action Saturday afternoon at Harris Court.
The Flying Fleet (2-4 overall, 1-1 conference) dominated the backboards 47-36 en route to their second straight road victory. The Lady Knights (0-5, 0-2) remain winless on the early season.
St. Andrews won the opening tip and dominated play for the first five minutes. Junior Rebecca Bryant confidently canned a deep three-pointer just 13 seconds into play to ignite a 14-4 run. An old-fashion three-point play by Natalie Whitman highlighted the Knights outburst.
Erskine followed with its own 16-2 run over the next six minutes to soar ahead for the rest of the game. A pair of steals that led to two consecutive fast break layups in 10 seconds emphasized the game changing run. The Fleet kept the momentum building to an 11-point lead on a Tatum layup before St. Andrews rallied to within four in the final minute on a Megan Lee steal and jumper. Erskine sophomore Lauren Stewart (Hartwell, GA, Hart County High School) put the Fleet up by six at 36-30 with a last second offensive rebound and put back.
The Flying Fleet backcourt heated up in the second half making five of their six three-pointers in as Erskine held on for the 10-point victory. St. Andrews closed the gap to within one point on four separate occasions in the second half but each time the Fleet responded to stretch the lead back out.
Junior Porsha Morgan (Columbus, GA, LaGrange Academy) scored 14 points and handed out 8 assists. Freshman Jana Dixon (Conyers, GA, Heritage High School) pulled down a team-high 11 rebounds for the Fleet.
St. Andrews had two players earn famed double-double. Natalie Whitman finished with a team-high 17 points and 12 rebounds while teammate Megan Lee had 14 points and 10 assists.
The Fleet travel to Greenville, South Carolina on Tuesday to play division foe Furman University. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m.
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