Salem, VA (01/07/04) - Guilford ended Roanoke's two-game winning streak Wednesday afternoon with a 60-48 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) win. The Maroons, who have now lost six straight to the Quakers, fall to 3-6 overall and 2-3 in the ODAC. The Quakers, who have won two of the past three league titles, improve to 7-3 overall and 5-1 in the league with their sixth win in seven games.
The lead changed hands for the first 12 minutes, before Guilford took control for good with 8:39 to play in the first half. Guilford's Nicole McCrory (Charlotte, NC/East Mecklenburg) drained a three-pointer to give the Quakers a 13-10 lead it never relinquished. Guilford's lead grew to as many as seven points in the first half, but Roanoke's Brittany Johnson (Simsbury, CT/Simsbury) made the final basket of the half to cut the lead to five. Guilford went into the break with a 25-20 lead after both teams combined for 19 turnovers and an 18-for-62 (.290) effort from the field. The Maroons had 10 of those turnovers and were 0-for-10 from three-point range in the half.
The opening moments of the second half saw the Maroons draw even at 27 points apiece with 17:29 to play on a Lindsay Reynolds (Roanoke, VA/Cave Spring) three-pointer. Another McCrory three-pointer put the Quakers back into the lead less than a minute following Reynolds' strike. Things slowly got away from the Maroons, as Guilford's lead would eventually get as high as 14 points. The Maroons turned the ball over 13 more times in the second half and managed just 40 percent shooting from the field.
Guilford's Jennie Keichline (Chapel Hill, NC/East Chapel Hill) scored 12 of her game-high 15 points in the first half. She also had five boards, two blocks, and three steals. Jennifer King (Reidsville, NC/Rockingham County), who opened the game's scoring, finished with nine points. Kelly Burger (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) added seven points, two assists, and three steals in 16 minutes off the bench.
Reynolds was again Roanoke's leading scorer, netting 13 points and making all three of Roanoke's three-pointers. Four different Maroons scored six points, including Johnson who also had five rebounds and two assists.
