Brevard, N.C. – The Brevard College women’s basketball team again struggled from the floor offensively, falling to the Lady Indians of Newberry College, 82-49, on Wednesday night at Boshamer Gymnasium.

 

The Tornados fell behind the Lady Indians early, trailing 11-1 at the 15:25 mark of the first half.

 

However, BC battled back to cut the Newberry lead to six at 16-10 with a little under nine minutes to play, only to have the Lady Indians go on a run of their own over the next six minutes of play and push their lead back to 12 at 31-19.

 

The Indians finished out the half with a jumper by Brennen Long to take a 33-20 lead into the halftime intermission.

 

Newberry shot 58.3 percent in the first 20 minutes of play, while the Tornados shot only 20 percent, connecting on 5-of-25 attempts in the first half.

 

In the second half, the Lady Indians continued their hot shooting, knocking down 53.6 percent of the shots from the field and outscoring the Tornados 49-29 in the final 20 minutes of play.

 

The Tornados could not cut into the Newberry lead in the second half, as the Lady Indians added to their lead as they game went on with their biggest lead of 33 points coming at the final buzzer with their 82-49 road win.

 

Senior Holly Krogman was the only BC player in double-figures, scoring in 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the floor for the game. Fellow senior Courtney Brandon had eight points, while sophomore Lindsay Thrift added eight points of her own off the BC bench.

 

The Lady Indians were led by preseason first team all-conference selection Tonique Frasier, who finished the game with a game-high 25 points and 16 rebounds. Sharp-shooting guard Ashley Marine had 22 points off the Newberry bench, going 7-of-7 from the three-point line. Point guard Janine Ward had 11 points, going 3-of-3 from long distance in the contest.

 

The Tornados (8-18) will play their 2007-08 season finale on Saturday afternoon, March 1. Brevard will host the Catawba Lady Indians at 2 p.m. on “Senior Day”, as the Tornados will honor their four seniors – Holly Krogman, Courtney Brandon, Jessica Whitmire and Heather Cornwell at the conclusion of the game.

 

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