Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Women's Basketball Team Defeats Wesleyan In Conference Opener

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The Piedmont College women's basketball team opened up its Great South Athletic Conference schedule tonight with an easy 81-32 victory over Wesleyan College in the Johnny Mize Athletic Center. Piedmont placed 13 different players in the box score as the Lady Lions even their overall record at 3-3 while moving to 1-0 in league play.

Piedmont jumped to a 45-19 halftime lead and then limited the visiting Pioneers to a slim 13 second-half points. PC recorded a season-high 19 steals while forcing 30 Wesleyan turnovers.

Danielle Dutcher came off the bench to lead all scorers with a game-high 17 points on 8-10 shooting from the floor. Teammate Jammie Boyce added eight points and a career-high 10 rebounds.

Piedmont returns to action on Friday, December 1st when the team travels to Greensboro, NC to take on the defending USA-South Athletic Conference champion Greensboro College at 6:00 PM.