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Williams Posts Third Career Double- Double to Lead Cougars to 62-37 Win
1/7/2008 5:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nikki Williams scored a team-leading 18 points and 10 rebounds to post her third career double-double and second of the year to lead the College of Charleston women's basketball team to the 62-37 win over the UNC Greensboro Spartans in action this afternoon at Fleming Gym in Greensboro, N.C.
Charleston wins its second straight to go to 7-7 overall and 3-1 in the Southern Conference. UNC Greensboro drops to 3-12 and 1-3 in the league.
Charleston never trailed and opened the game with a 9-0 run, five of the points coming from Williams during that stretch. The Spartans finally got on the board at the 15:31 mark with a jumper by Lakiah Hyson. UNC Greensboro cut the deficit to five on several occasions but CofC seemed to have an answer, the last coming with 2:51 remaining in the half. A Gini Grimsley three point made the score 20-15 but Charleston responded with a 6-1 run the next 2:50 minutes to take the 26-16 lead. A Cougar three-shot foul with .4 seconds on the clock put UNCG at the line where Grimsley connected on all three free throws to cut the margin to eight, 26-18 heading into intermission.
The Spartans cut the deficit to seven with a free throw at the 18:46 mark in the second half before Charleston embarked on a 13-4 run to take the 16-point 39-23 lead with 12:18 remaining. UNCG would only get as close as 12 (39-27 9:13 2nd) the remainder of the game as the Spartans were outscored 23-10 to take the 25-point 62-37 loss.
Williams led all scorers this afternoon with her 18 points. Following for the Cougars was Jill Furstenburg, who went two-for-three from behind the three-point arc to total 17. Grimsley paced the Spartans with eight. Williams also led all rebounders with her 10. Sarah Moye followed with seven. Brittany Frazier led UNCG with seven boards. Erika Smith tied her career-high with six blocks. The last time she had six blocks was against the same Spartans Feb. 7, 2005. Williams' five steals was also a career-high.
Charleston shot 35.1 percent from the field, including 40.0 percent in the second half. UNCG shot 27.5 in the game. The Cougars were 17-for-22 from the charity stripe, compared to six-of-12 for the Spartans. Charleston held the 43-37 advantage in rebounds and had six less turnovers 23-17. CofC stole the ball a season-high 15 times, compared to just five for UNCG.
Charleston returns home in its next game as it hosts Furman Saturday, Jan. 12th in a 2:00 p.m. game at the John Kresse Arena.
