Newberry, S.C. (January 24, 2022) - The Newberry Women's Basketball team left Eleazer Arena Monday night (Jan. 24) with their third-straight victory in dominating fashion, 64-40, over the Coker Cobras. With the win, Newberry improves to 6-12 and 6-9 in South Atlantic Conference play. Coker University falls to 4-11 (3-10 SAC) on the season. Newberry has now won the last two meetings versus Coker dating back to last February. 


ON THE RECORD
"The girls really stuck together. We have 12 new players this year, so we've been telling everybody to just stick with us until about the middle of January and we'll start to click a bit more and that's what's happened. The girls have really bought in. They get in here and put in a lot of extra work and they've finally started to figure each other out." - Head Coach Joanna Tincher

WOLVES HIGHLIGHTS

• Newberry secured their third-straight win and finished off the month of January undefeated at home.
• Tyla Stolberg led the Wolves in scoring with 15 points on a game-high 83-percent shooting (5-6) from the field. 
• Courtney Virgo notched a double-double performance with 12 points and ten rebounds. This marks her third-straight double-figure scoring game. 
• Newberry held Coker to just three first quarter points shooting an abysmal 6-percent shooting from the field in the first period. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Wolves controlled the opening tipoff and went down the court to set up back-to-back Ericka Wiseley layups on the block to start the game, 4-0. (9:31, 1Q)
• Giulia Bongiorno went coast-to-coast on a crossover layup to cap off a dominant first quarter for Newberry, 11-3. (45.3, 1Q)
• Coker opened the second quarter on a 7-2 run to narrow Newberry's lead to three, 13-10.
• Courtney Virgo shot a pair of technical foul free-throws and drained a three to extend the lead ten points midway through the second quarter, 20-10. (5:39)
• Talia Roberts muscled through the paint for an and-one layup and completed the three-point play to put the Wolves up, 30-13. (1:40, 2Q)
• The Scarlet & Gray went into halftime with a 16-point advantage, 32-16.
• Holly Davies opened the second half with a deep three-pointer to keep the Wolves' momentum rolling, 35-16. (9:08, 3Q)
• Giulia Bongiorno drained a triple and sank two free throws on the way to a 19-point third quarter lead, 42-23. (4:59)
• Ericka Wiseley put Newberry up by 23-points after sinking the free-throw to complete the three-point play, 49-26. (8:10, 4Q)
• Newberry's lead grew to 29-points with 4:20 left in the fourth quarter. The Wolves would eventually put the Cobras away and secure a 64-40 victory at home. 

UPCOMING SCHEDULE 
The Newberry Women's basketball team heads to Jefferson City, Tenn. this Saturday (Jan. 29) to take on the Eagles of Carson-Newman University. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m.