Hartsville, S.C.----Hannah Clark poured in a career-high 29 points Wednesday night, leading the Wingate University Bulldogs to an 82-79 victory at Coker University in South Atlantic Conference women's basketball action. Wingate improves to 6-3 overall and 2-1 in the SAC, while the Cobras fall to 7-2 overall and 2-1 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate shot 47 percent from the field, going three-for-10 from three-point range (30 percent)
- Coker shot 38 percent from the field, connecting on five-of-22 from deep (23 percent)
- The Cobras held a 45-44 rebounding advantage and 13-6 edge in second-chance points
- The 'Dogs scored 15 points off 16 Coker turnovers
- Wingate outscored the Cobras 50-34 in the paint

KEY BULLDOGS

- Clark was 10-for-14 from the field, hitting both threes and going seven-for-eight at the line
- The All-SAC guard also had five assists, four rebounds and a steal
- Lia Anderson added 15 points on seven-of-12 shooting while grabbing six rebounds
- Jaia Wilson had 10 points, seven boards and three assists
- Trinity Breedlove contributed 10 points, seven rebounds, two blocks and two steals
- Emily Hege had eight points, five boards, two assists and two steals
- Laney Beale collected six points, six rebounds, two steals and an assist

FIRST QUARTER

- A Dasia Lambert three gave Coker a 7-1 lead three minutes in
- Two Breedlove buckets and a Beale layup tied it at seven
- Lambert's three-point play gave the Cobras a 10-7 lead at the midway point
- Wingate answered with an 11-1 run, getting seven points from Clark and four from Breedlove
- Another Breedlove bucket with 52 seconds left gave WU a 22-15 advantage
- A Mya Wasswa jumper in the final seconds cut the lead to three at 22-19

SECOND QUARTER

- A Wasswa layup two minutes in tied it at 24
- The Bulldogs scored the next 11 points to take a 35-24 lead at the 6:42 mark
- Anderson had the first four points in the spurt; Anna Baraldi capped it with a layup
- Ferguson's layup at the 3:25 mark trimmed the lead to seven
- Wingate scored the next eight, getting six Anderson points and a Hege bucket to make it 45-30
- Lambert's triple with 1:12 to go made it 45-36 heading to halftime

THIRD QUARTER

- Two Beale buckets and an Anderson layup pushed the WU lead back to 15 at the 8:28 mark
- Coker scored the next nine, cutting the lead to four on a Rodriquez jumper with 5:22 to go
- A Clark layup and Anderson free throw made it 56-49 at the 3:22 mark
- Clark's three-point play with two minutes left extended the lead to eight
- Kristynn Knight's jumper with 10 seconds remaining cut the lead to four at 61-57

FOURTH QUARTER

- Clark's layup two minutes in pushed the WU advantage back to six
- Coker score the next six, tying it at 63 on a Thompson layup with 6:44 to go
- Clark answered with a triple to put the 'Dogs back on top
- A pair of Wasswa free throws with three minutes left put Coker on top 69-68
- Clark answered with another big triple to make it 71-69 with 2:50 remaining
- Hege's three-point play stretched the lead to five, but Knight's bucket cut the lead back to three
- Another Clark bucket with 55 seconds left gave the Bulldogs a 76-71 advantage
- A pair of Wilson free throws with 32 seconds remaining gave Wingate a seven-point lead
- Three more Clark free throws put the Bulldogs on top 81-73 with 12 seconds left

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Tuesday, traveling to King for a 2 p.m. start