Box Score

SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Elon used fast-break layups and put-backs off missed attempts to pull away from Wofford and earn a 66-57 Southern Conference women's basketball victory Saturday afternoon inside the Benjamin Johnson Arena in Spartanburg, S.C.

The Phoenix created turnovers on the defensive end and then raced to the other end for nearly uncontested layups. Sophomore Tiffany Davis and senior Tierra Bumbrey led the charge, netting 19 and 17 points, respectively, off a combined nine steals. The pair hit 13-of-31 field goals, while Davis also knocked down six of her 10 attempts from the foul line.

Elon (3-5, 1-0 SoCon) finished with a 12-of-18 (66.7 percent) mark from the charity stripe, compared to just 0-of-3 for the Terriers.

Wofford, however, did create 18 Phoenix turnovers and scored 16 points off of those mistakes, including a pair of shot-clock violations.

Junior Liz Miller led all scorers with a season-high 20 points, including four 3-pointers. It marks the second time in her career she has hit the 20-point plateau and just two shy of her career-best 22 points against Western Carolina Dec. 17, 2006. She was the only Terrier in double figures.

Classmate Kate Dempsey tallied a career-best seven blocked shots in a career-high 33 minutes. Wofford (2-3, 0-1 SoCon) finished with a 12-4 edge on blocks, marking the second-straight game in which the Terriers have surpassed the double-digit barrier after 11 at Virginia Tech Tuesday.

Davis paced the Phoenix with her 19 points on six field goals and six free throws. Bumbrey added 17, while Amber Wall and Shashonna Moore joined Davis as team leaders with five rebounds.

Dempsey and Summer Nichols led Wofford with seven boards apiece, while Miller collected five of the team's 14 assists. Sophomore Kelly Dwyer grabbed four of the team's six steals.

The Terriers opened by taking a 7-4 lead on a Dwyer 3-pointer three minutes in, but six consecutive points by Davis gave the Phoenix an advantage they would not relinquish. The margin swelled to as high as 10 in the first half, 27-17, on another Davis layup, but Wofford netted the period's final six points to make it a four-point halftime score, 30-26.

Nichols brought the Terriers within one, 32-31, at 17:22 of the second frame, but a 17-4 Elon run opened the scoring and gave the Phoenix their largest lead, 49-35, at 9:41 which was capped off by an old-fashioned 3-point play by Urysla Cotton.

Wofford will return to action at 7 p.m. Tuesday when it travels to Boiling Springs, N.C., for a meeting with Gardner-Webb.