Hartsville, S.C.----The Coker University Cobras outscored visiting Wingate University 20-6 in the first quarter Wednesday night en route to a 66-53 victory in South Atlantic Conference women's basketball action inside the Deloach Center. The Cobras improve to 7-10 overall and 4-9 in league action, while the Bulldogs falls to 12-8 overall and 6-7 in the SAC.
 
KEY STATS

- Coker shot 44 percent from the field on the night; Wingate shot 33 percent
- The Bulldogs shot 46 percent (five-for-11) from three-point range, The Cobras shot 42 percent from beyond the arc (five-for-12)
- Coker collected 33 rebounds, while WU pulled down 30
- The Cobras held a dominant 30-16 advantage in points in the paint
- The Bulldogs held a 13-8 edge in second-chance points
- WU had 21 turnovers, CU had 19
- Wingate converted those 19 turnovers into 15 points
- Coker converted Wingate's 21 turnovers into 17 points
- The Cobras went 17-for-24 at the free throw line; WU was 12-for-15

KEY BULLDOGS

- Teliyah Jeter posted 15 points, nine rebounds, four assists and two steals
- Hannah Clark collected 11 points, two boards, two assists, and two steals
- Jaxson Douglas added seven points, going two-for-three from the field
- Elana Ingram and Bryanna Troutman had six points a piece

NOTES 

- Wingate moves to 13-1 all-time against Coker
- WU is 7-1 when facing the Cobras in Hartsville
- The teams split the regular season series, with each team winning at home
- Bulldogs had a season-high 15 steals

FIRST QUARTER

- The Cobras jumped out to a 5-0 lead three minutes in
- Wingate got on the board with a Jeter bucket with 5:33 remaining
- Coker would go on a 7-2 run over the next two minutes of action
- The run was capped by a Jalah Horton jumper for the Cobras
- Maeola Willis got the second bucket from the field for WU making it 12-6
- CU finished the frame with eight unanswered points to take a 14-point lead, with Erin Houser scoring six in the spurt

SECOND QUARTER

- Douglas got the 'Dogs on the board first in the second frame
- Wingate cut the lead to 13 with a Jeter layup at the midway point
- With 4:18 to go an Amanda Cherry three made it 30-14
- The Bulldogs would get a Ingram bucket and a Douglas three to get within 11
- CU capped the frame with a pair of Emily Davis free throws to go into halftime leading 33-19

THIRD QUARTER

- Wingate got buckets from Destiny Coleman and Jeter to start the half
- With 6:29 on the clock a pair of Davis free throws pushed the Cobras lead to 19
- WU got two quick buckets from Ingram and Daphney Saylor to cut into the lead
- Hope Richardson converted a three-point play to make it 45-29 with 3:31 to go
- At the 1:29 mark a Clark three made it a 15-point game
- CU got a Davis three with just under a minute to go
- The quarter was capped with a Jeter three point play in the final second to make it 51-35

FOURTH QUARTER

- A Janell Horton jumper gave Coker a 55-34 lead at the 7:49 mark
- Clark made a pair of free throws with six minutes remaining to cut the lead to 14
- With just under four minutes to play a Houser layup gave the Cobras their largest lead of the game at 63-43
- At the 2:22 mark a Clark three had the Bulldogs trailing by 15
- With one minute left on the clock a Horton three put CU up 66-48
- WU capped the scoring with a pair of Douglas free throws with 20 seconds remaining

UP NEXT

- The Bulldogs travel to Hickory to take on the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears Saturday at 2 p.m.
- Wingate is back home next Wednesday, hosting Catawba at 5:30 p.m.