Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs had three different players notch double-doubles Wednesday night, prevailing 67-60 against Lenoir-Rhyne University in South Atlantic Conference women's basketball action in Cuddy Arena. Wingate improves to 12-7 overall and 11-4 in the SAC, while the Bears fall to 8-12 overall and 6-10 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate shot 46 percent from the field, going three-for-nine from three-point range (33 percent)
- LR shot 36 percent from the field, connecting on 11-of-39 from deep (28 percent)
- The Bulldogs held a 51-25 rebounding advantage and 12-7 edge in second-chance points
- Wingate was 16-for-25 at the free throw line; Lenoir-Rhyne went three-for-six
- The Bears scored 15 points off 16 WU turnovers
- The 'Dogs outscored LR 34-14 in the paint

KEY BULLDOGS

- Laney Beale had 17 points, 10 rebounds, three assists and two steals, going seven-for-10 from the field
- Kyleigh Bacon added 11 points, 12 boards, three steals and two assists
- Lia Anderson contributed 11 points and 14 rebounds, adding a steal and an assist
- Aniyah Oliver had 10 points, five assists, three boards and two steals
- Anna Baraldi had eight points on three-of-three shooting

FIRST QUARTER

- An Emily Harman layup gave the Bears an 11-6 lead at the midway point
- Wingate scored the next 10, getting four points from Beale to take a 16-11 lead at the 1:20 mark
- An Alexandra Merceron three-point play pulled LR within two
- Anderson's free throw with 19 seconds left put the 'Dogs on top 17-14

SECOND QUARTER

- A Sarah Burston triple a minute into the second quarter gave LR a 19-17 lead
- An Anderson layup and Anya Massey three put Wingate back on top 22-19 with 7:41 left
- Baraldi buried a three at the 4:30 mark to give the Bulldogs a 28-22 advantage
- Buckets from Oliver and Michela Jones pushed the lead to seven at 32-25
- Harman's triple cut the lead to four with 1:26 remaining in the half
- Three Bacon free throws in the final minute put the 'Dogs on top 35-28 at halftime

THIRD QUARTER

- WU scored the first six points of the second half, getting two Bacon buckets to go on top 41-28
- A Tilda Lindstrom triple with 3:14 to go pulled LR within six at 43-37
- Buckets from Anderson and Beale gave Wingate a 48-37 advantage with a minute left
- Anderson's jumper with 18 seconds to go made it 51-39
- Two Blaikley Crooks free throws in the final seconds cut the lead to 10 heading to the fourth

FOURTH QUARTER

- Baraldi's three-point play in the opening minute put the 'Dogs on top 55-43
- A Beale layup at the 6:23 mark stretched the lead to 13
- A Harman triple and Crooks jumper capped an 8-0 run to pull LR within three at 60-57
- Two Oliver free throws made it 62-57 with 2:32 to go
- Kylie Chavis buried a huge three with 1:04 remaining to extend the lead back to eight
- Lindstrom answered with a triple 14 seconds later to cut it back to five
- A Beale jumper with 29 seconds remaining made it 67-60

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Saturday, traveling to Emory & Henry for a 2 p.m. start