Brevard, N.C.----Wingate University redshirt senior point guard Brittany Hill (Mechanicsville, Va.) established season-highs in points and rebounds and hit a huge second half three-point field goal, boosting the Bulldogs to a 71-60 South Atlantic Conference women's basketball victory at Brevard College Saturday in Boshamer Gymnasium. Wingate (13-6 overall, 11-1 SAC) wins its ninth straight game overall and its 11th consecutive league contest. Brevard is 3-12 overall and 2-10 in the SAC.
 
Hill had 10 points, eight rebounds, four steals, two assists and no turnovers in a team-best 38 minutes of action Saturday. Wingate graduate student forward Andrea Bertrand (Midlothian, Va.) led the visiting Bulldogs with 19 points. Sophomore guard Shelby Tricoli (Waynesville, N.C.) netted 13 points, while graduate student forward Chantal Dunbar (Virginia Beach, Va.) had 11 points and eight boards.
 
For Brevard, junior guard Katie Williams (Robbinsville, N.C.) had 16 points. Sophomore guard Madison Lenox (Raleigh, N.C.) and sophomore forward Lynsey Crisp (Robbinsville, N.C.) tallied 12 points each for the home-standing Tornadoes. Lenox hit a game-high four three-point field goals in eight tries.

A Lenox triple cut Wingate's lead to 54-53 with 6:36 remaining in the second half. On the ensuing possession, Hill hit only her fifth three-point field goal of the season to give the Bulldogs a little breathing room. Wingate junior forward Morgan McGee (Durham, N.C.) added an inside hoop and Dunbar converted a traditional three-point play to complete an 8-0 run for the visitors.
 
The Dunbar basket and free throw put Wingate up 62-53 with 4:48 to play. Brevard was not done, as Lenox hit another triple (4:29) and Williams nailed a short jumper (3:54) to cut the deficit to 62-58. The Tornados would score only two more points in the final three-plus minutes as the Bulldogs finished the league battle on a 9-2 flurry.
 
Hill was in the middle of things, as she fed Tricoli for a basket to give Wingate a six-point lead on the next possession (3:34). Bertrand and Hill sandwiched field goals around a Williams hoop to make the score 68-60 with 1:48 left in the contest. McGee hit two free throws and Hill added one charity toss in the waning moments to settle the final score.
 
The Bulldogs scored the first 13 points of the contest, almost reaching the 17 consecutive points they scored in their 69-46 SAC championship-clinching victory at Brevard last season (March 1, 2014). Brevard tied the score 21-21 on a jumper by Crisp with 9:52 to go in the opening frame. The contest was tied two additional times (23-23, 27-27) before the Tornados took their only lead of the afternoon 32-31 on a Lenox three-point field goal with 2:40 to play.
 
Wingate scored the final seven points of the first half with Tricoli hitting a huge three-point field goal (1:14) to conclude the scoring and make the tally 38-32 Bulldogs at intermission. Wingate shot 54.2 percent in the first half (13-of-24), while Brevard managed only 36.4 percent accuracy (12-of-33). Bertrand led the visitors with 13 first-half points, while Crisp topped the BC charts with 11 markers.
 
On the afternoon, the Tornados hoisted 32 three-point field goal attempts. The hosts hit nine triples (28.1 percent). Wingate converted six-of-15 three-point field goals (40 percent). Tricoli led the Bulldogs with three triples, while senior guard Kelli Bonner (Yadkinville, N.C.) hit two three-pointers to give her 125 triples for her career.
 
Wingate outrebounded Brevard 42-27 with Dunbar and Hill leading the way with eight boards each. Dunbar's eight rebounds give her 706 caroms for her career. The Bulldogs shot 48.1 percent on the afternoon (25-of-52), while the Tornados hit 38.3 percent of their field goal attempts (23-of-60).
 
The Bulldogs hit the road again Wednesday, visiting Coker for a 6 p.m. SAC contest. Brevard visits Lincoln Memorial Wednesday at the same time.