Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs rolled to a 67-40 victory over the visiting Queens University Royals in South Atlantic Conference women's basketball action as guard Courtney Robinson became the third senior to go over 1,000 career points for the Bulldogs. Wingate sweeps the season series, improving to 19-7 overall and 14-5 in SAC play. The Royals fall to 9-16 overall and 4-15 in league play.

THOUGHTS FROM COACH HANCOCK

"It feels good to get the taste out of our mouth from losing at Newberry, and having to wait a full week because we had a bye on Saturday. Queens is a team that makes me very nervous because they are much better than their record and they have some very talented, athletic players on their team. It's good to get a win over a team that you should beat at home, but we didn't shoot it well at Newberry. You just never quite know, so it was good to see the ball go in the basket."

KEY STATS

- Wingate shot 41 percent from the field, going one-for-eight from three-point range (13 percent)
- Queens shot 29 percent from the field, connecting on two-of-14 from beyond the arc (14 percent)
- The 'Dogs held a dominant 45-30 rebounding advantage
- Wingate went 18-for-25 at the free throw line; Queens was 10-for-14
- WU held a 40-20 advantage in points in the paint
- The Bulldogs held a 10-4 edge in fast-break points
- The 'Dogs scored 25 points off 25 turnovers from the Royals

KEY BULLDOGS

- Caroline Averette had 13 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals
-  Robinson contributed 13 points, three boards, two assists and three steals
- Teliyah Jeter added 12 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks
- Danasia Witherspoon contributed six points, seven boards and four steals
- Jo Snow had six points on three-of-seven shooting
- Jordan Quick added six points

NOTES

- Wingate improves to 22-0 all-time against the Royals; 10-0 in Cuddy Arena
- Seventh straight win inside Cuddy Arena  
- Robinson joins classmates Averette and Witherspoon as a thousand-point scorer
- Jeter collected her third double-double of the season
- Averette has scored in double figures 22 times this season
- The 40 points are the lowest Wingate has allowed this season

FIRST QUARTER

- A free throw from Jaleah Goff put the Royals up 7-4 midway through the frame
- Quick made two from the charity stripe to give the 'Dogs an 8-7 lead with 4:07 remaining
- A Witherspoon layup at the 1:33 mark put Wingate on top 12-8

SECOND QUARTER

- Wingate quickly pushed the lead to 12 with buckets from Averette, Jeter and Robinson
- A Snow jumper gave the Bulldogs a 27-13 advantage at the midpoint of the quarter
- A Robinson bucket gave WU the 31-15 lead at the 4:14 mark
- Queens would score the final field goal of the half from Kristian Eanes

THIRD QUARTER

- Wingate got a three from Averette to stretch the lead to 45-24
- A Taylor Helms three-point play capped the scoring in the quarter for the 'Dogs with 1:17 remaining
- The Royals got a triple from Tia McMillian to make it 50-27

FOURTH QUARTER

- Queens got five quick points from Ceara Leavai with 6:35 to go
- The Bulldogs got a layup from Jeter to extend the lead to 27
- An Ilene Hurley layup would cap the scoring for the 'Dogs with 44 seconds remaining

UP NEXT

- Wingate travels to Tusculum Saturday at 2 p.m.
- The Bulldogs have secured a home game in the first round of the SAC tournament next Wednesday, March 6