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April Moorhouse 2010

Women's Basketball

Terriers Sprint Past Southern Virginia, 83-35

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SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- With an 83-35 win over the visiting Southern Virginia Knights, the Wofford College Terriers brought their record to 2-2 overall on the young 2010-11 season.

Wofford brought their season winning percentage to .500 through the first four game since the 2007-2008 season when they opened with losses to Coastal Carolina and Virginia Tech and had wins against Southern Virginia and Southeast Louisiana.

Wofford opened the scoring the with  layup from Mahagony Williams on a pass from Rachel Brittenham, as they jumped out to 12-0 lead through the four minutes of play.  Jasmin Johnson ended the Terrier run as she made the first basket for the Knights at 15:37 mark.

Southern Virginia cut the lead to 18-10 three minutes later and eventually pulled within six, 20-14, on a Nicole Tolman basket with 8:34 left in the half.  Wofford responded with a 9-0 run to extend their lead to 29-14 with just over five minutes to play.  April Moorhouse had four points during the run for the Terriers. Wofford pushed the lead to 21, 40-19, limiting the Knights to just five points over the final five minutes.

Wofford held a 30-10 points-in-the-paint margin at the half and had a plus ten rebounding margin over Southern Virginia, 19-9.

In the second half, it was all Wofford as they added on 43 points and limited Southern Virginia to only 16 points in the half.  In the second half the Terriers shot 48 percent from the field and held the Knights to 33 percent from the floor.

Wofford was led offensively by by Williams, who had 14 points on 8-of-11 shooting from the floor.  Moorhouse added 14 points, while Brittenham and Ashley Kroker added 12 and ten points respectively.  Daniella Motley grabbed a game-high six rebounds.

For Southern Virginia Cara Joyner and Johnson had seven points apiece to led the Knights offensively.  

Wofford will return to action Wednesday against UNC Wilmington at 1 p.m. in Ben Johnson Arena.
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