San Juan, Puerto Rico--- The Wingate University Bulldogs had 10 different players score Monday afternoon, rolling to a 52-40 victory over Puerto Rico-Bayamon on day one of the 2019 Puerto Rico Clasico inside the Coliseo Mario Morales. The Bulldogs improve to 8-2 overall, pushing their winning streak to four.

KEY STATS

- Wingate shot 41.3 percent from the field on the afternoon, Bayamon shot 23.5 percent
- The Bulldogs shot 40 percent (two-for-five) from three-point range, UPRB shot nine percent from beyond the arc (one-for-eight)
- WU held a slight 38-37 rebounding advantage
- The Bulldogs had a 28-18 edge in points in the paint
- Bayamon had the 14-7 advantage in second-chance points
- Each team turned the ball over 24 times
- Wingate converted those 24 turnovers into 20 points
- UPRB hit 14-of-23 free throws, while WU went 12-for-23 at the line

KEY BULLDOGS

- Bryanna Troutman had 13 points, 10 rebounds and four steals
- Teliyah Jeter added 10 points, four boards and a block
- Destiney Coleman contributed six points and three rebounds
- Hannah Clark had five points, three steals and an assist

NOTES

- This was the first ever meeting between the two teams
- WU is 3-0 all-time in Puerto Rico
- Troutman's sixth career double-double in 10 games

FIRST QUARTER

- Wingate jumped out to an early 8-0 run
- Troutman, Quick and Coleman all scored in the flurry
- Bayamon got on the board at the 3:47 mark
- With 1:46 remaining UPRB cut the lead to four with a Carla Colon bucket
- Troutman's free throw with 1:26 to go capped the scoring in the frame

SECOND QUARTER

- Wingate came out firing with a pair of Troutman buckets and two Jeter buckets
- The 'Dogs had a 15-point advantage with 7:07 to go
- Midway through the frame a Daynelis Rivera layup for UPRB made it 21-10
- A pair of Ilene Hurley free throws at the 4:36 mark made it 25-13
- Bayamon capped the scoring with a layup from Alysha Cotto made it 27-17 at half
 
THIRD QUARTER

- A Blakely three midway through the frame put Wingate on top 30-21
- A three and a layup from Clark extended the lead to 14
- With 3:38 remaining an Ingram layup gave the Bulldogs a 37-23 lead
- UPRB got two free throws in the final two minutes of the frame to make it a 12-point game

FOURTH QUARTER

- A Jaia Wilson bucket put WU on top by 15 with just over six minutes to go
- The Bulldogs got their largest lead of the game of 17 from a Hurley layup with three minutes to go
- Bayamon got a Lyann Lopez 3-pointer with 1:08 remaining

UP NEXT

- WU will face Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras on Wednesday
- That contest tips off at 6 p.m.
- Wingate will be back in SAC play at Catawba Jan. 2
- The Bulldogs return home Jan. 4 to host Mars Hill