Central, SC – Southern Wesleyan falls to the Barton Bulldogs in the final home game before the Holidays in a 93-53 final score.

The Warriors shot 32.3% from the field in the loss to the Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon.  Brittany Mack led the team with 17 points collected in the game.  Southern Wesleyan had five assists with Mack leading with two.

Defensively, the Warriors pulled down 35 rebounds with Shelby Glance leading the team with nine.  Glance recorded two of the three blocks of the afternoon with Tristen Berry picking up the other.  Both Berry and Brittany Mack had two steals.
 


Game Vitals

Final: Barton 93, Southern Wesleyan 53

Records: Southern Wesleyan (2-7 / CC 2-4) Barton (9-1 / CC 5-1)


 
How It Happened

Barton charged out of the game as a layup and free throw by Shanika Peterkin gave them an early 3-0 lead.  Southern Wesleyan countered as Tristen Berry stole the ball away and passed it down to Brittany Mack on the fast break.  Mack stepped beyond the arc and fired off a three to tie the game at three points apiece.  The tie was short lived as the Bulldogs went on a fifteen point run before a layup by Shelby Glance put two more points up on the board for Southern Wesleyan.

The Bulldogs continued to extend their lead in the second quarter as Jami Tham put back-to-back layups to give Barton a 28-7 point lead.  The Warriors countered with a layup by Nakia Hooks, but the Bulldogs were not discouraged as a three pointer by Akira Wiggins put them ahead by twenty-four.  Southern Wesleyan slowly chipped away with layups by Jamyah Montissol and Shelby Glance.  Caroline Reese stepped beyond the arc and sunk a three point shot, but Barton countered with a three pointer out of the hands of Payton Sutton.  Despite a late jump shot by Brittany Mack, the Warriors trailed 45-20 at halftime.

Southern Wesleyan took the first points of the third quarter on a layup by Brittany Mack.  However, layups by Shanika Peterkin, Lauren Walker and Jami Tham pushed the Bulldogs lead to twenty-nine points with just over eight minutes remaining.  The Warriors picked up the intensity with baskets by Tristen Berry and Kayla Garrett, but the Bulldogs continued to surge ahead as a three point shot by Payton Sutton gave them a 59-28 point lead.  Berry and Sasha Schoenborn took turns stepping beyond the arc and sinking three point shots, but Barton maintained control of the pace of the game.

A layup by Shanika Peterkin pushed the Bulldogs lead to 79-40 to start the final quarter of the game.  The Warriors rallied though as Kayla Garrett laid the ball up in the paint.  Back-to-back layups by Brooke Henricks cut into Barton's lead to make the score 81-46.  However, Kayla Byrne stepped beyond the arc to regain the Bulldogs thirty-eight point lead.  Despite several free throws, the Warriors fell to the Bulldogs 93-53.
 


What's Next

The Warriors will break for the Holiday season before returning on December 31 to travel up to Cullowhee, NC to take on the Western Carolina Catamounts in exhibition play.  They will continue exhibition play on January 1 as they travel to Greenville, SC to take on the Furman Paladins at 2 p.m.  The Warriors will return to Historic Tysinger Gymnasium on January 4 as they host the Lees-McRae Bobcats.