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BRONX, N.Y. - Playing their third game in five days the Wofford women’s basketball team was defeated by the Fordham Rams 55-53 on Saturday afternoon in Bronx, N.Y. With the loss the Terriers fall to 2-5, 0-1 while the Rams improve to 4-4, 0-0. 

Wofford and Fordham opened the first half both struggling to shoot the basketball early on. With less than 15 minutes left in the half, the score was knotted at four apiece. The Terriers opened the game shooting 2-8 (25 percent) while Fordham was under that opening 2-10 (20 percent) from the floor. Both teams continued to have problems scoring the basketball as the score was a one point game at the 9:28 mark with Wofford in front 14-13. 

Leading 16-14, the Terriers went on an eight point run keyed by six straight points from senior point guard Liz Miller to take a 24-16 advantage. Wofford would continue to keep an eight point lead with less than four minutes remaining in the half. However, the Rams put together a 13-4 run over the final three minutes to take a 29-28 lead into the halftime break. Wofford shot only 34.6 percent from the floor bettering the percentage of Fordham who shot 32.3 percent. The Terriers were paced by Mahagony Williams in the first half as she had eight points and four rebounds.

As in the first half neither team could get their offense going to start the second half as the two teams combined for only 11 points through seven minutes of play. Tied at 34, a Kelly Dwyer three pointer gave the Terriers the lead with less than 13 minutes left play. Both teams would continue to battle over the next ten minutes with neither team able to create an advantage by more than four points. 

With under five minutes left in regulation the score remained a stalemate at 50-48 as neither team could find the hoop. At the 2:01 mark Fordham took a 52-48 lead, but the Terriers would not be denied as they battled back to tie the game at 53 with 26 seconds remaining.   Coming out of a Rams timeout, Randall Hurst made a layup with seven seconds left to play to give Fordham a two point lead and the eventual win as a last second three point attempt by Dwyer was no good. 

For the game the Terriers shot 38.5 percent from the floor, 30 percent from three, and 62.5 percent from the foul line. The home team shot 32.3 percent from the field, 11.1 percent from three and 72.2 percent from the charity stripe.

The Terriers were led by Williams who tallied 14 points and six rebounds as well as Dwyer who came off the bench to drop in 11 points. Fordham was paced by Hurst who recorded a game high 27 points and Takita Earl who pulled down a game high 13 rebounds.

Wofford will return to action on Saturday as they play host to the Mocs of Chattanooga at 3 p.m. inside the Benjamin Johnson Arena.