JOHNSON
CITY,
TENN.-Junior guard TaRonda Wiles notched 30 points on 13-of-23
shooting to hand Campbell a 87-57 loss in Atlantic Sun women's
basketball action Thursday evening inside the Memorial
Center.
Campbell falls to 9-9 on the
year with the loss and 2-7 in A-Sun play, while ETSU moves to 10-7
overall and 8-1 in the league with its eighth consecutive
conference win.
Wiles' 30 tallies came up one
short of her career high 31, set just two games ago against
Belmont. The junior added five rebounds along with a pair of
assists in the win. Junior forward Siarre Evans tacked on 20 points
for the Buccaneers with six boards and four assists.
Shannon White and Latisha
Belcher paced ETSU on the glass with 10 rebounds each, posting
eight and seven points, respectively.
Junior center Ashley
Williamson led the way for the Lady Camels with 13 points and nine
boards, while senior guard Lauren Arthur added 12 points on the
night with four helpers. Sophomore forward Lauren Yesh eight points
and eight rebounds, with junior forward Geami Britt totaling six
points.
ETSU built a 24-10 lead to
open the game, draining five long range field goals by the 12:27
mark. After an Ochogu layup brought the lead back to single digits,
at 24-15, the Buccaneer offense heated up again, leading by as many
as 18 before taking a 43-28 advantage into the break.
The Buccaneers tagged the
Lady Camels for six three pointers in the opening half, including
three from Evans and a pair from Wiles, who combined for 27 points
at the break. Arthur led the way for the Lady Camels in the fist
half, recording seven points.
The Lady Camels trimmed the
ETSU lead down to 13 twice in the second half, but the Buccaneers
drained another 44 points in the stanza, defeating CU, 87-57.
ETSU's 87 points were the most allowed by a Campbell team all
season.
The Buccaneers turned 28
Campbell miscues into 28 points on the night, while shooting 57
percent (10-19) from three point land.
Next up for the Lady Camels
will be USC Upstate on Saturday, as Campbell travels to
Spartanburg, S.C.
