Jefferson City, Tenn.----The 20th-ranked Carson-Newman University Eagles outscored visiting Wingate University 31-13 in the fourth quarter Saturday afternoon en route to a 105-79 victory in South Atlantic Conference women's basketball action. The Eagles move to 7-0 overall and 7-0 in the SAC, while Wingate falls to 4-6 overall and 4-5 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Carson-Newman shot 54 percent from the field; Wingate shot 34 percent
- The Eagles hit eight-of-25 threes (32 percent); the 'Dogs were six-for-24 from distance (25 percent)
- The Bulldogs held a 51-46 advantage in rebounds and 25-19 edge in second-chance points
- CN scored 20 points off 14 Wingate turnovers
- The Eagles held a 41-14 advantage in fast-break points while notching 12 of the game's 20 steals
- Carson-Newman had 26 assists compared to Wingate's 13
- CN piled up 13 blocked shots compared to four from the Bulldogs
- The Eagles scored 62 points in the second half, netting 31 points in each of the final two quarters

KEY BULLDOGS

- Bryanna Troutman had 16 points, eight rebounds, two assists and a blocked shot
- Jaia Wilson added 14 points on five-of-11 shooting
- Ashley Breindl registered career highs of 13 points and eight rebounds, adding three assists
- Peyton Davis contributed 12 points, five boards, four assists and four steals
- Haleigh Hatfield had eight points, eight rebounds, four steals and a block

FIRST QUARTER

- Braelyn Wykle's layup five minutes in gave the Eagles a 15-2 lead
- A Davis bucket and two Hatfield free throws pulled Wingate within nine
- Addison Byrd's three with 36 seconds left made it 24-11
- Breindl's three-point play with 10 seconds left pulled WU within 10 at 24-14

SECOND QUARTER

- The 'Dogs got back into it by outscoring the Eagles 27-19 in the second quarter
- Threes from Hatfield and Breindl in the opening minute made it a four-point game
- Qua Hines knocked down a three to put CN back on top by 10 with 5:47 to go
- Wilson connected on a three to cut it to seven, but a Madison Bunch triple made it 39-28
- WU scored the next six, getting back-to-back Troutman buckets to pull within five at the 2:24 mark
- Lauren Sullivan buried a triple with 90 seconds to go to make it 41-39
- Katie Bean's bucket put CN up by four, but Breindl's layup in the final minute made it a two-point game

THIRD QUARTER

- Both teams were hot in the third frame, with the Eagles outscoring the 'Dogs 31-25
- Layups from Troutman and Davis tied it in the opening minute
- Hatfield's three-point play gave Wingate a 48-47 lead with 8:19 to go
- CN scored the next 10 points, taking a 57-48 lead on a Skylar Boshears layup
- Lindsey Taylor's three-point play with 5:51 to go put the Eagles on top by 12
- Davis scored four straight points to trim the deficit to eight with 4:44 remaining
- Daphney Saylor pulled the 'Dogs within six with a layup off a Davis steal
- Back-to-back jumpers from Aliyah Whiteside made it a one-point game with 1:55 left
- The Eagles ended the frame on a 7-0 run, taking a 74-66 lead on two Boshears free throws with 22 seconds left

FOURTH QUARTER

- Wilson's jumper a minute into the fourth quarter pulled the 'Dogs to within seven
- Carson-Newman used a 10-0 run to take an 86-68 lead on Wykle's layup with 7:13 left
- Buckets from Troutman and Davis pulled the Bulldogs within 13 at the 5:25 mark
- Carson-Newman outscored Wingate 14-0 over the next five minutes to go up by 28

UP NEXT

- Wingate wraps up the three-game road trip Wednesday at Coker at 5:30 p.m.
- The Bulldogs are home next Saturday, hosting LMU at 2 p.m.