NEWBERRY - Newberry women's basketball moved to 11-0 and tied the all-time school record for consecutive wins with a 77-41 smashing of Shorter College. The Lady Indian defense forced 35 turnovers from the Lady Hawks and amassed 25 steals in the process, the most in the South Atlantic Conference in nearly 10 years.

The Lady Indians dominated every statistical category, highlighted by a 38-8 run in the final 12:24 of the first half. Averaging nearly a steal per minute during that span, Newberry's vaunted defense held an opponent to under 20 points in the first half for the fifth time this season.

Newberry held Shorter (7-6) without a field goal in the final 9:02 of the opening frame.

Junior forward Tonique Frasier led the charge with 12 points in the first half and finished the day with 18. Tops on the Lady Indians in steals this season, Frasier added five to give her 39 for the year. Frasier also grabbed seven rebounds and accounted for two blocks.

Head coach Jason Brink utilized his bench in the last non-conference game of the regular season with 13 Lady Indians seeing minutes. The Newberry bench accounted for over 44 percent of the total offense with 34 points.

Sharp-shooting junior guard Ashley Marine buried 2-of-4 three-pointers and finished with 10 points. Marine was not the only weapon being deployed from the bench. Sophomore center Anita Bulcher picked up eight points and nine rebounds in 16 minutes of play.

The total team effort came with some impressive team numbers. The Lady Indians out-scored Shorter in every category. Newberry dominated the paint 42-12, capitalized off of turnovers by a margin of 40-18, and out-ran the Lady Hawks with a 22-3 edge in fast break points.

For the Lady Hawks no player registered double-digits in the scoring column. Forward Blue Buchanan was Shorter's leading scorer with eight points, six coming from behind the three-point line.

Newberry begins South Atlantic Conference action on January 3 as the Lady Indians host Wingate University at 6 p.m. at Eleazer Arena.