Bears tied for seventh; Wingate visits on Wednesday night
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HICKORY – League-leading Anderson (S.C.) held off Lenoir-Rhyne University on Saturday in women’s basketball, nipping the host Bears 69-63 in a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) game.
Anderson (21-2, 15-0 SAC) won despite LRU (11-11, 6-8) having three players score in double figures.
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Madline Hardy, Karlie Bearden and Kendall Toineeta each scored 12 points for the Bears and Hardy grabbed 13 rebounds, while Kennedy Weigt hit three 3-pointers.
LRU outscored Anderson 30-22 in the paint and 25-21, but Anderson shot 43.9 percent to the Bears’ 39.4.
Madison Baggett led Anderson with 16 points and Alexy Mollenhauer had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Hardy’s double-double was her fourth of the season. She is a freshman from Madison and also had a double-double (21 points, 14 rebounds) when the Bears played Anderson earlier in the season.
LRU, falling to 4-6 this season at Shuford Gym, continues its SAC schedule on Wednesday with a 6 p.m. home game against Wingate.
The Bears are tied with Catawba for seventh place while Anderson remains three games up on second-place Wingate in the SAC race.
— Reported by LRU Sports Information
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