Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University women’s basketball team will play its final home game of the 2012-13 season Wednesday, hosting Lincoln Memorial University for a 6 p.m. South Atlantic Conference contest in Cuddy Arena and Thomas Koontz Family Court on the Wingate campus (watch PPV video, view live statistics). Bulldog seniors Sarah Wollett (Raleigh, N.C.), Tish Logan (Suitland, Md.) and Jecia Anderson (San Antonio, Texas) are 37-13 overall at home during the past four seasons.
 
On Saturday, Brevard hit a season-high 80 points en route to an 80-67 victory over Wingate in Boshamer Gymnasium. The BC Tornados shot a season-best 54.9 percent from the floor against the Bulldogs. Wingate junior forward Chantal Dunbar (Virginia Beach, Va.) topped the Bulldog charts with 21 points. She also pulled down eight rebounds.
 
Wollett added 13 points, five rebounds and five assists. Bulldog junior guard Janitsha Williams (Statesville, N.C.) contributed 11 points, nine rebounds and four assists. Wingate hit 49.1 percent from the floor (26-of-53), the team’s third-best shooting night of the season. The Bulldogs held a 30-18 rebounding advantage and a 15-9 edge in second-chance points.
 
In the first 2013 meeting between the two teams, Lincoln Memorial used a second-half surge to take a 65-56 victory over Wingate in Tex Turner Arena on Jan. 26. LMU junior guard Kalasia Green led all scorers with 17 points. Wollett had 13 points for the visiting Bulldogs. Williams and Dunbar recorded 12 and 10 points, respectively.
 
The LMU bench outscored the Wingate reserves 22-6 in the January match-up. The Railsplitters shot 50 percent in the pivotal second half (14-of-28). The ‘Splitters outrebounded the Bulldogs 42-39, including a 25-17 second-half margin. Wingate was three-of-10 from the free throw line. Lincoln Memorial was 15-of-21 (71.4 percent) from the charity stripe.
 
Dunbar is the only SAC player averaging a double-double with her 11.3 points per game and 10.2 rebounds per contest. She leads the SAC in rebounding and double-doubles (11). Thanks to the efforts of Dunbar and her teammates, Wingate leads the league in rebounding margin (7.8).
 
Williams tops the Wingate scoring charts with her 13.3 points per game. She averages 14.1 points per game in SAC play. Wollett (11.5) and freshman forward Morgan McGee (Durham, N.C.) also score in double digits. McGee’s 10.8 points per game places her third among SAC freshman women’s basketball student-athletes.
 
Green leads the LMU Railsplitters with her 10.9 points per game average. Senior guard Kelsey Bradford posts 10.1 points per game. LMU junior guard/forward MaRanda Boddie fills up her statistics ledger with 9.2 points per game, 8.0 rebounds per game and a SAC-best 2.1 blocked shots per game. The Railsplitters lead the league with 3.6 blocked shots per game.
 
Wingate concludes its regular season Saturday, visiting Carson-Newman for a 2 p.m. contest. The Eagles earned a hard-fought 49-46 victory over Wingate Saturday, Feb. 2. Lincoln Memorial hosts Catawba Saturday at 6 p.m.
 
WINGATE UNIVERSITY

Wingate University, ranked as the 6th “best value” in the South by U.S. News & World Report, serves nearly 2,700 students on three campuses in Wingate, Matthews and Hendersonville, N.C. Founded in 1896, the University offers 35 undergraduate majors, 37 minors and career concentrations, numerous pre-professional programs, graduate degrees in business, accounting, education, physician assistant studies and sport administration, and doctorates in pharmacy, physical therapy and education.
 
With a 14 to 1 student/teacher ratio, Wingate students gain the tools and support needed to excel in academics and apply that learning toward an extraordinary career and life. To view current news, video and story ideas, visit www.youtube.com/wingateuniversity. 
 
In addition to a robust intramural athletics program, Wingate student athletes compete in 22 NCAA Division II sports. The University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past six years.
 
Wingate is first among NCAA Division II Academic All-America®-producing private colleges in the 2000’s with 52 selections. Among North Carolina’s colleges and universities, Wingate’s 52 Academic All-America® honorees are tied for first (with Duke University) during this millennium. Wingate’s 61 lifetime Academic All-America® picks are tops among all SAC schools. For more information, go to www.wingatebulldogs.com.