BREVARD, N.C.- The Newberry College women’s basketball team defeated the Tornados of Brevard College 73-63, on Saturday afternoon in their last regular season game.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- At the half, Shelby Britten led the team scoring nine points followed by Meg Essex who scored six. Colleen Leung and Emily Perry both contributed four points each for the win.

- Samantha Creed finished with 18 points, four rebounds, two assists and one steal. Hannah Lepaio grabbed five rebounds

- As a team, the Wolves finished 95.8% from the line and 37.0% from the field.

HOW IT HAPPENED

First Quarter
Brevard put six points on the board before Newberry scored. Leung made a jumper in the paint at the 8:39 mark to cut Brevard’s lead to 6-2. Scoring was quiet for the next two minutes until Britten made a jumper followed by another jumper at 4:01.

Perry got on the board with 3:19 left in the quarter with two free throws to cut the Tornados‘ lead to 11-7. Britten hit the Wolves‘ last basket of the quarter with a 3-pointer with three minutes left.

Second Quarter
Going into the second quarter, the Wolves were down 16-10. Essex started the quarter for Newberry just nine seconds in with a jumper. Essex hit another jumper less than a minute later (9:08) before Creed went 1-for-2 at the line at the 8:11 mark.

The Wolves didn’t score again until the 5:59 mark with a jumper from Leung to bring the team just five points under Brevard (24-19). Samara Hill made a three point play at the 3:13 mark with a jumper and a free throw. Perry ended the quarter with two free throws with one minute left to cut Brevard’s lead to 28-27.

Third Quarter
Creed tied the game at 28-28 in the first minute of the quarter with a free throw. Essex then gave the Wolves the lead from going 2-for-2 at the line after being fouled by Kadijah Watts.

Essex extended the lead to 36-30 with a layup at the 5:39 mark followed by Hill going 2-for-2 at the line a minute later. Schultz ended the third quarter with two free throws giving the Wolves a 46-38 lead.

Fourth Quarter
The Wolves didn’t get on the board until the 8:26 mark when Essex made a jumper off a pass from Perry. Creed then drained a 3-pointer with 7:24 left in the game for a 54-45 lead.

Creed hit a jumper with 4:59 left to make the score 58-47 before she hit a 3-pointer with 2:54 left. Brandi Hall got on the board with a layup at the 1:48 left off a pass from Creed.

The Wolves scored their last 10 points of the game on free throws in the last minute. Creed started it off going 2-for-2 at the 1:04 mark followed by Handreck who also went 2-for-2 with 53 seconds left. Handreck went 2-for-2 at the line again with 39 seconds left, Creed went 2-for-2 with 28 seconds left and Perry ended the game with two free throws for the 73-63 win.

UP NEXT
Newberry will host a quarterfinal game at 7 p.m. on Wednesday against Carson-Newman.