Clemson Defeats Wake Forest 72-55 in Women's Basketball |
WINSTON-SALEM, NC - Nuria Forns scored 18 points and Krystal Scott added 16
in leading Clemson to a 72-55 win over Wake Forest in an Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball game at Winston-Salem, NC Sunday afternoon. Clemson is now 16-8 overall, 7-6 in the ACC. Wake Forest is 11-13 overall, 3-10 in league play. The Lady Tigers are ranked 25th by the Associated Press and 24th in the USA Today poll. Today's win broke a four-game losing streak for Clemson. In the first half, Wake Forest took a 10-9 lead with 13:30 left to go in the first half as Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick hit from underneath. From this point, Clemson went on a 13-4 run and built a 22-14 lead with 7:50 left as Erin Batth had four points in this run. Clemson had its largest lead of the first half, 29-18 with 1:41 remaining, as Krystal Scott completed a three-point play with a free throw. The Lady Tigers had a 32-24 lead at the half. Scott also completed three other three-point plays with a free throw in the first 7:07 in the second half for a total of four for the day. In the second half, Wake Forest came within five points of Clemson 44-39 with 13:40 left in the game. Clemson went of a 12-5 run and built a 56-44 lead with 7:44 remaining. Julie Alderhold had five points in this Lady Tiger run. Clemson maintained their lead and had its largest lead of the game 72-53, 19 points with 1:15 left to go in the game. Clemson won the battle of the boards 47-38. Erin Batth led the Lady Tigers in rebounding with 10. Wake Forest was led in scoring by Eafton Hill with 12. She also led the Deacons in rebounding with eight. The Lady Tigers were 23-60 from the field for a .383 pct. Wake Forest shot 23-64 from the floor for a .359 mark. Clemson was also 21-23 from the free throw line, and Krystal Scott was 8-8 from the charity stripe for Clemson. "I was very pleased with the intensity that our team showed for 40 minutes," said Clemson Head Coach Jim Davis. "Our intensity was as good as it has been this season. The toughness of our forwards (Nuria Forns and Marci Glenney) showed through in the way they competed. They played great defensively and they combined for 15 rebounds. I was also pleased with our defensive effort as a team. Anytime you can hold a team like Wake Forest to 55 points you done a good job. Krystal Scott did a good job in running the team from the point guard position. Her aggressiveness with the ball in her hands was a key to the game today. She was 8-8 from the free throw line and did a great job penetrating." The Lady Tigers will play host to Virginia in Littlejohn Coliseum Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. in Clemson's next action.
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