SECOND QUARTER FREEZE SINKS LADY PIRATES

Saturday, February 8

Boiling Springs, NC

3:00 PM

Hampton University

12-10, 8-5

Gardner-Webb University

12-10, 7-6

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Hampton	20	5	14	20	59
Gardner-Webb	13	18	17	22	70

Photo by: Keith Lucas - Sideline Media Productions

2.8.20 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – Laren VanArsdale paced four in double figures with 17 points on Saturday as the Hampton Lady Pirates fell 70-59 at Gardner-Webb.

Hampton (12-10, 8-5) jumped out to a 20-13 lead after one as Ashley Bates hit a 3-ball with 93 seconds left in the quarter. In the second, Hampton fell victim to a frigid 2-10 in the second quarter as the Runnin' Bulldogs outscored Hampton 18-5 to take a 31-25 lead into halftime.

Gardner-Webb (12-10, 7-6) used a 12-2 run in the third to take its largest lead at 46-29 on a 3-pointer from Savannah Plentovich with 4:28 left in the quarter. The Lady Pirates responded with a 15-2 run of its own to trim the lead to 48-44 on a put-back by Dlayla Chakolis with 8:34 left in the game.

That was as close as they could get as a 10-4 flurry by Gardner-Webb put the lead back at double figures with a Jhessyka Williams layup with 6:02 left to lead 58-48. Nylah Young recorded another double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Bates and MaKayla Timmons had 10 each.

Hampton now returns home to face Winthrop on Tuesday night at 7 pm.

For more information on Hampton University women's basketball, please contact the Office of Sports Information at 757-727-5757 or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.