TIGERVILLE, S.C. – The Converse University women's basketball team dropped a 53-44 road contest to North Greenville on Wednesday evening. The loss drops the Valkyries to 4-18 overall and 4-11 in Conference Carolinas play while the Crusaders advance to 5-15 overall and 5-9 in Conference Carolinas action.
The game started off by each team exchanging layups and jumpers before North Greenville went on a five-point run to gain a 7-4 lead over Converse. The Valkyries answered with seven points of their own, owning the 10-7 advantage with 4:58 left in the quarter. With one second remaining,
Amaia Parkins got a jumper in the paint to go in for Converse to go into the second quarter down 16-15.
Alisa Davenport sank a three-pointer to get the Valkyries the 18-16 to start the quarter. Abi Oates for the Crusaders shot her own three ball to get the lead back for North Greenville. Points would then be exchanged back and forth throughout the whole quarter.
Sydney Wilson had a layup go in with 1:40 remaining (22-21 Converse) followed by a Maliyah Lockett jumper (23-22 North Greenville) at 27 seconds that would make the game a tossup as to who would go into halftime with the lead. Wilson's buzzer-beater layup went in for the Valkyries to give them the 24-23 halftime advantage.
The third quarter was slow moving as the first points of the second half were scored at 9:07 and then no more points were put on the board until 5:19 was left on the clock.
Zahra Cross got Converse on the board with a three-pointer to make it a 29-27 game, still in North Greenville's favor. The last five points of the third quarter were scored by Converse players, but the late effort would not be enough for them to go into the final quarter with the lead.
Starting off the quarter down 34-32, the Valkyries worked hard to pick up the season sweep of the Crusaders, however, North Greenville outshot Converse 19-12 in the fourth quarter. Ending the game with 10 unanswered points from the Crusaders hurt the Valkyries as they lost 53-44 on the road to North Greenville.
Jordan Brown led Converse with 10 points, six rebounds, one assist and five steals. Cross followed with nine points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals. Wilson led in rebounds with nine while Parkins followed with seven.
Next Up:
Converse will host UNC Pembroke on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. inside the Weisiger Center.
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