Saturday, November 18th, 2006

Women's Basketball Team Falls In Season-Opener

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The Piedmont College women's basketball team opened the 2006-07 season tonight with a 69-63 loss to Middlebury College in the Amherst College Tip-Off Classic in Amherst, MA. The Lady Lions carried a three-point edge into halftime but could not keep up with the Middlebury offense who rallied to win the second half by nine points.

In the opening half Piedmont was impressive shooting 46% from the field but cooled off in the second half notching only 35% from the field. Middlebury capitilized on fouls shooting 85% from the charity stripe and making 10 more free throws than Piedmont.

Junior Nikki Sosebee recorded her first double-double of the season gaining 21 points and 13 rebounds, both game-highs. Beth Adcock notched 12 points and a game-high four assists while Yetta Bailey and Kayla Duncan chipped-in with 11 and 10 points respectively.

The Lady Lions will look to reboundtomorrow as they square-off against tournament host Amherst College beginning at 4:00.