Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs rolled to an 84-51 victory over Mars Hill University Saturday afternoon in South Atlantic Conference women's basketball action in Cuddy Arena. Wingate improves to 9-5 overall and 4-4 in the SAC, while the Lions fall to 4-11 overall and 1-7 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate shot 44 percent from the field, going six-for-26 from three-point range (23 percent)
- Mars Hill shot 39 percent from the field, connecting on seven-of-19 from deep (37 percent)
- The Bulldogs held a 52-23 rebounding advantage and 25-4 edge in second-chance points
- The 'Dogs scored 28 points off 26 MHU turnovers, piling up 19 steals
- Wingate outscored Mars Hill 52-18 in the paint
- The Bulldogs piled up 27 fast-break points

KEY BULLDOGS

- Laura Montiel had 22 points, five steals and two rebounds, going 11-for-14 from the field
- Kyleigh Bacon added 12 points and 13 rebounds to go along with three steals
- Alexandra Merceron contributed seven points, three boards and an assist
- Bree Hughes had six points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals
- Anasia Harvey added six points, and eight rebounds
- Maggie Shorma, Brayla Harris and Bethel Ekperigha contributed five points apiece

FIRST QUARTER

- Buckets from Montiel and Laney Beale gave the 'Dogs an early 8-2 lead
- Two Shyann McCummings free throws cut the lead to two at the 6:48 mark
- An Ekperigha jumper and Merceron layup capped a 5-0 run, giving WU a 15-6 lead
- A Jadyiah Peoples triple with 2:12 to go pulled the Lions within five
- Layups from Montiel and Bacon put the 'Dogs on top 26-15

SECOND QUARTER

- Wingate opened the second quarter with an 11-0 run to stretch the lead to 20
- Merceron had five points in the flurry, Ekperigha's jumper at the 6:03 mark capped the spurt
- A People jumper with 1:58 remaining cut the lead to 15
- The Bulldogs scored the next six, taking a 47-26 lead on a Hughes jumper
- A Peoples free throw with 16 seconds left made it 47-27 at halftime

THIRD QUARTER

- Three Montiel layups gave Wingate a 53-27 advantage three minutes into the second half
- Buckets from Montiel and Harvey extended the lead to 28 at the 2:19 mark

FOURTH QUARTER

- A Harris three with 6:35 remaining gave the Bulldogs a 67-37 lead
- Bacon added a layup at the 4:44 mark to put the lead back at 30
- Triples from Chi'Nya Isaac and Kyndall Shivers made it 81-51 with 1:12 to go
- Addie Long's three-point play with 32 seconds remaining capped the scoring

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Wednesday, traveling to Newberry for a 5:30 p.m. start