Hartsville, S.C. - In their final road game of the 2021-22 season, the Newberry Women's basketball team defeated the Coker Cobras (CU), 69-63, in overtime. Newberry improves to 11-15 overall (11-12 SAC) and with the loss Coker falls to 6-19 (5-18 SAC) on the season. 

RECAP

Wednesday's matchup saw three Wolves score in double figures led by Ericka Wiseley (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) with 13 points on 35-percent shooting from the field (5-for-14), and five rebounds. April Rummery-Lamb (Darwin, NT, Australia) dropped 12 points on a whopping 62-percent (5-for-8) from the field and grabbed six rebounds on the night. Talia Roberts (Columbia, S.C.) rounds out the double digit scorers with 10 points (4-for-8 from the field) off the bench.

Giulia Bongiorno (Rome, Italy) also contributed a team-high 10 rebounds and notched nine points in Wednesday's contest. 

Courtney Virgo (Mackay, Australia) drained a triple to open up scoring for Newberry which sparked a 10-4 run that went midway into the first quarter. Coker would match Newberry's 10-4 run to even the score at 14 with three minutes left in the first. CU's Ahlea Myers drained a shot from downtown to give the Cobras their first lead of the game, only for Holly Davies (Surrey, England) to answer with a triple of her own to even it at 17. Both teams would trade a basket to head into the second tied at 19. 

Roberts scored five of Newberry's 14 second quarter points to send her team into the break with a six point advantage, 33-27.

Wiseley scored the Wolves first points out of the break, but Coker would outscore Newberry 21-14 in the third quarter to regain the lead and head into the fourth up by one, 48-47. 

Both teams traded baskets in the fourth with Coker playing in the lead for the majority of the quarter. Abigail Keesling drained a late free-throw to give the Cobras a two-point advantage (60-58) with seven seconds left in what seemed to be a victory for the Cobras. Rummery-Lamb had other plans though as she drew a foul and drained two free-throws with two seconds left to send the game into overtime.

Rummery-Lamb scored the first four points of the overtime period, followed by a clutch bucket from Wiseley and a dagger three-pointer from Bongiorno to secure the 69-63 win in Hartsville.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Newberry Women's basketball will finish up the 2021-22 campaign on Saturday (Feb. 26) on Senior Day versus the Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. inside Eleazer Arena.