Brevard, N.C.----The Wingate women’s basketball team will take to the road riding a three-game winning streak Saturday as they travel to Brevard College for a 2 p.m. match-up with the Tornados. Wingate enters the contest 10-5 overall record and 4-3 in the SAC, one game out of first place. Brevard is 5-10 overall and 0-7 in the SAC.
 
The Bulldogs have never lost to the Tornados, with their smallest margin of victory coming 57-56 on Feb. 13, 2010 in Boshamer Gymnasium on the BC campus. The Bulldogs have won by an average of 3.5 points in the four games in Henderson County, N.C.
 
In their previous game, a 69-58 home triumph over Newberry, junior Janitsha Williams (Statesville, N.C.) led the Bulldogs with 16 points. Williams also shot six-for-eight from the free throw line. Sophomore Nikki Burton (Charlotte, N.C.) and junior Tish Logan (Suitland, Md.) pulled down eight rebounds each for the Bulldogs. The Wingate bench contributed 29 points, with Williams and Burton (12) leading the way. The Bulldogs converted 20 Newberry turnovers into 19 points.
 
Wingate is led by Burton with her 14.6 points per game. Senior Kurie Washington (Marion, N.C.) averages 11.5 points per game; Williams adds 11.1 points per game. Burton also leads the team in steals (52), blocks (19) and assists (35). Senior Tiffany Brown (Cartersville, Ga.) has converted 16 of 18 free throws for a team-leading .889 percentage. Senior Simone Rutledge (Atlanta, Ga.) leads the Bulldogs with 105 rebounds.
 
Brevard was unable to close the door on Lincoln Memorial at home Wednesday, falling 76-68. The Tornados led by 17 with 10:19 to go in the first half and had an eight- point lead at halftime, but the Railsplitters took the lead for good with 6:56 to play. Senior Lindsay Brendle led the Tornados with 21 points, while classmate Holli Flippo contributed 18 points in the losing effort.
 
BC senior Anna Schlobohm is six points shy of becoming a member of Brevard’s 1000-point club. The Tornados are on a 15-game SAC losing streak, with their last league triumph coming with a 67-63 home victory over Anderson (S.C.) on Jan. 29 2011.  
 
WINGATE UNIVERSITY
 
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a comprehensive university with more than 2,500 students on three campuses in Wingate, Matthews and Hendersonville, N.C. The university offers 34 undergraduate majors, 37 minors and career concentrations, numerous pre-professional programs, graduate degrees in business, accounting, physician assistant studies and sports administration and doctorates in pharmacy and education.
 
Wingate students gain the tools and support they need to excel in academics and apply that learning toward an extraordinary career and life. The campus community offers in-class learning, out-of-class experiences, strong mentors, a competitive yet caring environment and rewarding community service opportunities for a complete educational experience.
 
Bulldog student-athletes compete in 19 NCAA Division II sports. Wingate University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past five years.
 
Wingate University is ranked number three among NCAA Division II Academic All-America® producing schools in the 2000’s with 42 honorees during this millennium. Only Pittsburg State (Kan.) University and Truman State (Mo.) University have produced more Academic All-America® honorees during this time period. Wingate’s 51 Academic All-America® honorees (lifetime) is tops among all SAC schools.
 
(Wingate University senior Steven Grandy contributed this article. A Sport Management major from Raleigh, N.C., Grandy won the District III Athlete Profile portion of the CoSIDA Fred Stabley, Sr. Writing Contest in 2010.)