DAVIS LEADS CALDWELL TO CACC WIN OVER POST IN WOMEN'S HOOPS
1-18-07
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 CALDWELL,
N.J. - Junior guard Khaliqa Davis (Newark, NJ/Bloomfield Tech) scored
a career-high 23 points as the Caldwell College women's basketball team held
off Post University, 76-72 in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference game
Thursday night at the George R. Newman Center. The victory gives the Cougars
an 8-8 overall record and a 6-5 mark in the conference. The Eagles fall to
3-12, 3-7 CACC.
The first half remained close until back-to-back three-pointers by Marjorie
Prado and LaToya Coley sparked a 12-2 run that put the Eagles ahead 26-19
with 8:50 left in the half. A three-point shot and a conventional
three-point play by Davis fueled an 11-4 Cougar run that put Caldwell on top
31-30. But the Eagles regained the lead and took a 41-38 advantage into the
break. Post shot the ball well in the first half, making 64.3 percent from
the field compared to 48.3 percent for the Cougars.
The Cougars quickly tied the game early in the second half, then used an
18-6 spree to jump out to a 64-52 lead at the 11-minute mark. Junior guard
Phylicia Holmes (Roselle, NJ/Roselle) scored six points and Davis had
five during the streak that gave the Cougars their largest lead of the game.
Caldwell maintained an 11-point advantage, 69-58 with five minutes to go
before the Eagles fought back. Telisha Moultrie scored six points and Prado
had five as Post reeled off a 12-2 run that brought the Eagles to within
71-70 with a little over a minute to play. The two teams failed to score on
their next possessions, then Davis drained two free throws with 22 seconds
on the clock to put the Cougars up 73-70. Sophomore forward Mackenzie
Lynch (Wayne, NJ/DePaul Catholic) was fouled after grabbing the rebound
on Coley's missed three-pointer and made 1-of-2 at the line. After Prado hit
a pair of free throws, senior guard Shannon Coyle (Matawan, NJ/St.
John Vianney) iced the game with two free throws of her own to give Caldwell
its fifth win in seven games.
Davis went 8-of-14 from the field and 5-of-6 from the line to top her
previous career high of 18 points, achieved in the 79-71 win over
Philadelphia University on Jan. 11. She also swiped a personal-best six
steals. Lynch tallied 14 points and nine rebounds, Coyle had 12 points and
four steals, and Holmes finished with nine points and nine rebounds. Prado
led the Eagles with 20 points, and Moultrie pitched in 17.
The Cougars return to action on Saturday, Jan. 20, when they travel to New
Castle, Del., to face Wilmington College. Tip-off is set for 1:00 p.m. in
the Pratt Center.
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