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SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- All 12 Wofford players scored at least one point as the Terriers rolled to a non-conference women's basketball 86-48 victory over visiting Southern Virginia Wednesday afternoon inside the Benjamin Johnson Arena.
Wofford (1-1) scored the game's first 13 points, covering 3:11, and withstood a mid-first half run by the Lady Knights. Senior Kelsi Koenig capped the opening 13-0 spurt with a layup before Lynette Adams-Schroeder knocked down a pair of free throws for Southern Virginia's first points at 16:49. Four different Terriers scored in the run, including five points from sophomore Kelly Dwyer.
The Lady Knights, however, would not back down. They outscored the Terriers 20-9 over the next seven minutes to climb within seven, 24-20, on a Rebekah Cunningham 3-pointer at 9:49. Wofford then responded with a 32-4 surge to close the first half.
Junior Liz Miller tallied 14 of her game-high 17 points during the first half, including a 6-of-6 effort from the foul line extending her season-opening streak to 14 straight from the charity stripe. Classmate Kate Dempsey hit 1-of-2 from the line just 11 seconds into the half, the only tosses for the Terriers the remainder of the game, as Wofford finished 15-of-16 (93.8 percent) at the line.
Miller capped off another 7-0 Terrier run with her lone triple of the second session at 14:03 pushing the lead to 64-30. She would connect on all three of her attempts from behind the 3-point arc.
Southern Virginia (1-1) received back-to-back buckets from Jessica Palmer, sandwiched around a Natalie Gramblin layup, near the six-minute mark to trim the deficit to 33, 76-43. Gramblin converted a layup two minutes earlier, at 8:04, to give Wofford its largest lead of the game at 38, 74-36.
Following another Gramblin layup to tie her career high of eight points at 2:48, the Lady Knights netted the game's final two points on separate trips to the foul line for the final margin.
Freshman Mahagony Williams finished behind Miller on the team scoreboard with a career-high 13 points, while pulling down a career-best six boards. Her rebounding total matched the team highs set by Dempsey and Summer Nichols. Fellow rookies Maddie Helms and Ashley Kroker registered their first collegiate points and finished with five and three points, respectively.
Sophomore Kristin Bradley equaled her career high with five points as Wofford hit on 32-of-79 field goals for a team percentage of 40.5.
Adams-Schroeder paced the Lady Knights with 15 points. Cunningham contributed nine, while Tricia Dixon added seven off the bench. Emma James hauled in a team-high five rebounds.
The Terriers will return to action with a 6:30 p.m. (EST) meeting at Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond, La. The two teams have met once previously, a Nov. 27, 1999, contest at Southeastern Louisiana with the Lady Lions earning a 67-56 victory.
