BLUE MOUNTAIN – William Carey women's basketball spoiled senior day for Blue Mountain College, as it routed the Lady Toppers, 64-40 in SSAC action on Saturday afternoon.
Carey trailed 4-2 early on before closing the first quarter with an 11-4 run to take a lead it would not relinquish. The Toppers briefly tied the game at 19 but Shantavis Hughes broke the deadlock with three-point basket and Carey went in the half up 29-23.
In the second half, WCU pushed the lead to eight points before Blue Mountain rallied and cut the lead to 37-35. Again, the Lady Crusaders dug in and Tamia Stinson's bucket sparked a 9-0 run by WCU to close the quarter up 46-35. In the final quarter, WCU connected on 7 of 14 field goals while holding Blue Mountain to just five points in the quarter as it pulled away.
Latia Pullum led three Lady Crusaders in double figures with 17 points. Tamia Stinson added 12 points and Jada Jones finished with 10 points.
WCU is back in action on Thursday as it travels to New Orleans to take on No. 22 Loyola University. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m.
