Women's Basketball | 2/10/2015 2:51:00 PM

Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University women's basketball team will look to resume its winning ways Wednesday as the Bulldogs host Queens University of Charlotte in a 6 p.m. South Atlantic Conference contest. Wingate hopes to rebound from a tough 68-57 loss to Anderson Saturday. The AU Trojans snapped the Bulldogs' 12-game overall and 14-game conference winning streaks.
 
On Saturday, post players Andrea Bertrand (Midlothian, Va.) and Morgan McGee (Durham, N.C.) led the visitors with 15 points each. Sophomore guard Shelby Tricoli (Waynesville, N.C.) contributed 11 points. Both Wingate and Anderson earned 11-point home court victories. The Bulldogs defeated the Trojans 59-48 at Wingate in December.
 
Wingate looks to sweep the season series with the Royals, as the Bulldogs earned a 67-50 decision at Queens on Jan. 14. Bulldog graduate student forward Chantal Dunbar (Virginia Beach, Va.) recorded her 18th career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Wingate cause. Senior guard Kelli Bonner (Yadkinville, N.C.) added 12 points, while Tricoli posted 11 markers. Bonner hit four-of-eight three-point field goals in the road victory.
 
Bulldog redshirt senior point guard Brittany Hill (Mechanicsville, Va.) flirted with a double-double in the first WU-QU meeting, posting eight points and a game-high six assists. Queens sophomore forward McKell Oliverio (Florence, Ky.) led all scorers with 22 points. Senior forward Lacey Singletary (Burlington, N.C.) added 16 points for the hosts. Oliverio and Singletary hit 15-of-24 field goals; their seven teammates who participated managed to hit only four-of-20 attempts.
 
Dunbar leads the Bulldogs with her 11.7 points per game and 9.9 rebounds per game. She is the top rebounder in the SAC; Newberry senior center Haylee Lepaio (Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia) is second with her 9.5 rebounds per game. In SAC play, Dunbar averages a double-double with 12.3 points per game and 10.4 rebounds per game.
 
Hill leads the SAC with her 2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio. Wingate's point guard has 105 assists and only 47 turnovers in a team-best 745 minutes played. Hill tops the Bulldogs charts in steals (63), assists and free throw percentage (87.9), while averaging 5.3 points per game and 3.6 rebounds per game.
 
McGee (10.7 points per game) and Tricoli (10.5 points per game) also contribute double-figure scoring to the Bulldog statistics sheet. Tricoli is third in the SAC with her 46.3 percent three-point field goal shooting accuracy. She has converted 44 triples in 95 attempts this season. Only Bonner (50 triples) has more three-point field goals than Tricoli this year.
 
Singletary is the top scorer and rebounder for the Royals (5-16 overall, 3-13 SAC), averaging 11.8 points per game and 6.4 rebounds per game. Oliverio contributes 9.6 points per game. Queens enters Wednesday night's contest on a five-game losing streak. The Royals' last victory was a 52-50 SAC decision at Lenoir-Rhyne Jan. 21.
 
Wingate senior guard Jasmine DeBerry (Charlotte, N.C.) is one of 10 student-athletes named to the 2015 Allstate Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Good Works Team®. For the third year, this prestigious award pays tribute to college basketball players at all levels for their impressive commitment to giving back to their communities and positively impacting the lives of those around them.
 
Members of the Allstate WBCA Good Works Team® will be invited by Allstate, an official corporate partner of the NCAA, to the 2015 WBCA Convention and 2015 NCAA Women's Final Four® in Tampa, where they will participate in a community project benefitting the host city.
 
The Queens contest opens a three-game home stand for the Bulldogs. Wingate hosts Carson-Newman Saturday (2 p.m.) for Alumni Day and Play 4Kay Day. Coker visits Wingate next Wednesday (6 p.m.) to complete the WU home stand.
 
WINGATE UNIVERSITY
 
Wingate University, ranked as the 10th "best value" in the South by U.S. News & World Report, serves more than 3,000 students on three campuses in Wingate, Charlotte 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 eight years. For more information, go to www.wingate.edu.
 
Wingate is first among NCAA Division II Academic All-America®-producing colleges in the 2000's with 72 selections. Among North Carolina's colleges and universities, Wingate's 72 Academic All-America® honorees are number one during this millennium. Wingate's 81 lifetime Academic All-America® picks are tops among all SAC schools. For more information on WU athletics, go to www.wingatebulldogs.com.