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MARS HILL – Kennedy Weigt’s 3-pointer with four seconds left on Saturday netted the Lenoir-Rhyne University women an 83-81 road win over Mars Hill in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) basketball.
The Bears rallied after trailing by as many as 10 points in the second half, improving to 14-12 overall and 9-9 in the SAC by winning. Mars Hill dropped to 1-21 overall and has lost all 18 SAC games this season.
LRU SCHEDULE: https://lrbears.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=193
SAC STANDINGS: https://www.thesac.com/sports/wbkb/2018-19/standings
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LRU’s season continues on Wednesday in Salisbury with a 6 p.m. tip for a league game against Catawba.
The Bears are tied with Newberry (S.C.) for sixth place, one game back of fifth-place Lincoln Memorial and two back of fourth-place Tusculum. Anderson (S.C.) is 18-0 in the league and five games up in the loss column on Catawba and Wingate.
The top four teams in the conference get home games for the league tournament on March 6.
On Saturday, Weigt scored 20 points — making six 3-pointers — while senior guard Kendall Toineeta added 18 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.
The game-winning shot came after an offensive rebound by Madeline Hardy, who got the ball out of Weigt, a sophomore guard from Manteno, Ill.
Mars Hill had four players in double figures, led by Tatum Boggs with 25 points. Mariah Johnson scored 18 and had 10 rebounds, Alexis Pardue scored 18 points and Shayla Smith finished with 11.
The LRU bench outscored Mars Hill’s 31-18 and the Bears had a 17-8 edge in second chance points.
The Bears have won nine league games, the same number they did a year ago, and they are 8-4 on the road this season.
Weigt has eight double-doubles this season while Toineeta has been in double figures in scoring 16 times.
— Reported by LRU Sports Information