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Paquette's Double-Double Can't Overcome Creighton Long Ball in 77-58 Loss
11/15/2009 4:05:13 PM | Women's Basketball
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OMAHA, Neb. -- Senior Julia Paquette turned in a double-double performance, including a career-high 14 rebounds, but Creighton used 15 three-pointers to defeat the Davidson Wildcat women's basketball team, 77-58, Sunday afternoon at D.J. Sokol Arena.
Paquette finished with 13 points, all in the second half, on 6-of-11 shooting and 14 rebounds to lead Davidson (0-2). She scored five straight points, including converting an and-one play with 12 minutes to play in the second half, to cut the Bluejays' lead to 10, but that's as close as the 'Cats would get.
Creighton (2-0) stiffled the Wildcats' momentum with an 11-2 run to push the margin to 17 points, 53-36, with just under 10 minutes remaining en route to their second win of the season.
Senior Alex Thompson finished with 12 points, including two of Davidson's five three-pointers, and sophomore Kristen Johnsen added 10 points and five rebounds.
Creighton's Chevelle Herring led all scorers with 20 points, shooting 7-of-15 from the field and making her only pair of free throws. Herring also connected on four of seven attempts from behind the arc, as the Bluejays shot 50 percent (15-for-30) as a team from deep.
MVC Preseason Player of the Year Megan Neuvirth and Sam Schuette also scored in double figures for Creighton, adding 17 and 10 points, respectively.
The Wildcats shot 45 percent from the field (23-of-51) and won the rebound battle, 37-32. But Davidson committed 27 turnovers to just 16 for the Bluejays, who scored 29 points in exchange. Creighton finished 27-of-64 (42 percent) from the field and made just eight of 14 free throw attempts (57 percent), but overcame its struggles at the line with 15 treys.
Freshman Barbara Sitton scored the first basket of the game for Davidson, but it is the only time the Wildcats would lead in the contest. Schuett's layup tied the game, and Kelsey Woodard hit the first three to give Creighton a 5-2 edge.
Thompson countered for Davidson, knotting the score at five, but the MVC preseason favorite would build a double-digit lead behind a 10-run and five-minute Wildcat scoring drought.
Thompson's second trey cut the Creighton lead to nine with 7:20 remaining in the half, but the Bluejays connected on three threes as part of an 11-4 run to pull ahead 16, 32-16, with under three in the period. Senior Monica Laune's jumper with 36 seconds sent Davidson into the locker room trailing 33-20 at the break.
Schuett opened the second half with the Bluejays' first of 10 second-half treys, as Creighton built a 17-point advantage with 14 minutes left to play. Paquette's bucket and subsequent and-one play came as part of a 7-0 Davidson run to cut the lead to 44-34 with just under 12 minutes to go but Creighton would push the margin to 22 on Neuvirth's trey with 5:42 on the clock and go on for the 77-58 victory.
Davidson returns to action with a 7 p.m. contest at NC State (1-1) Friday night. The Wolfpack split contests at the Sheraton Wolfpack Invitational this weekend, picking up an 87-71 win over Florida International Friday night and falling 47-52 to Vermont Saturday evening.
OMAHA, Neb. -- Senior Julia Paquette turned in a double-double performance, including a career-high 14 rebounds, but Creighton used 15 three-pointers to defeat the Davidson Wildcat women's basketball team, 77-58, Sunday afternoon at D.J. Sokol Arena.
Paquette finished with 13 points, all in the second half, on 6-of-11 shooting and 14 rebounds to lead Davidson (0-2). She scored five straight points, including converting an and-one play with 12 minutes to play in the second half, to cut the Bluejays' lead to 10, but that's as close as the 'Cats would get.
Creighton (2-0) stiffled the Wildcats' momentum with an 11-2 run to push the margin to 17 points, 53-36, with just under 10 minutes remaining en route to their second win of the season.
Senior Alex Thompson finished with 12 points, including two of Davidson's five three-pointers, and sophomore Kristen Johnsen added 10 points and five rebounds.
Creighton's Chevelle Herring led all scorers with 20 points, shooting 7-of-15 from the field and making her only pair of free throws. Herring also connected on four of seven attempts from behind the arc, as the Bluejays shot 50 percent (15-for-30) as a team from deep.
MVC Preseason Player of the Year Megan Neuvirth and Sam Schuette also scored in double figures for Creighton, adding 17 and 10 points, respectively.
The Wildcats shot 45 percent from the field (23-of-51) and won the rebound battle, 37-32. But Davidson committed 27 turnovers to just 16 for the Bluejays, who scored 29 points in exchange. Creighton finished 27-of-64 (42 percent) from the field and made just eight of 14 free throw attempts (57 percent), but overcame its struggles at the line with 15 treys.
Freshman Barbara Sitton scored the first basket of the game for Davidson, but it is the only time the Wildcats would lead in the contest. Schuett's layup tied the game, and Kelsey Woodard hit the first three to give Creighton a 5-2 edge.
Thompson countered for Davidson, knotting the score at five, but the MVC preseason favorite would build a double-digit lead behind a 10-run and five-minute Wildcat scoring drought.
Thompson's second trey cut the Creighton lead to nine with 7:20 remaining in the half, but the Bluejays connected on three threes as part of an 11-4 run to pull ahead 16, 32-16, with under three in the period. Senior Monica Laune's jumper with 36 seconds sent Davidson into the locker room trailing 33-20 at the break.
Schuett opened the second half with the Bluejays' first of 10 second-half treys, as Creighton built a 17-point advantage with 14 minutes left to play. Paquette's bucket and subsequent and-one play came as part of a 7-0 Davidson run to cut the lead to 44-34 with just under 12 minutes to go but Creighton would push the margin to 22 on Neuvirth's trey with 5:42 on the clock and go on for the 77-58 victory.
Davidson returns to action with a 7 p.m. contest at NC State (1-1) Friday night. The Wolfpack split contests at the Sheraton Wolfpack Invitational this weekend, picking up an 87-71 win over Florida International Friday night and falling 47-52 to Vermont Saturday evening.
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