JEFFERSON CITY, TN.- The Wolves (4-10, 2-4 SAC) fell to the Eagles of Carson-Newman (9-4, 3-2 SAC) this afternoon in a South Atlantic Conference battle 86-67.   

Deshona Gaither led the Wolves with her career high of 19 points while also tagging four rebounds. Jenna Yanity also posted a career high this afternoon with 13 points, all in the second half, along with four boards in her 12 minutes. Yanity went 3 for 4 from the three, behind her Gaither went 3 for 7.   

Newberry outrebounded the Eagles 39 to 36. The Wolves made 32% of their threes to 27.3%.   

In the game of runs, Newberry went into the second half trailing the Eagles by 20. In the third quarter the Wolves went on a six-point run with the help of two layups from April Rummery-Lamb to force an Eagle timeout.   

In the fourth quarter, the Wolves went on another run to make it a 15-point game with the help of a three from Yannity with 5:38 reaming forcing another timeout for the Eagles.   

As the Wolves continued to battle, the Eagles started to pull away to take the game 86-67.   

"There were a lot of positives in the second half." Head Coach Joanna Tincher stated, "We outrebounded and outscored them. We shot better than their allowed percentage on the season as well as we held them lower than their season average. We have been playing hard and getting good minutes from our freshmen. We've played seven teams that are either top ten in the region or receiving votes. We know that this is a very tough league. We will continue working and improving."  

Up Next   

The Wolves are back in Eleazer Arena, as they host the Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne next Wednesday at 5:30.