College Women’s Basketball Final – Guilford 70, Salem 57

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Junior guard Kayla Adams (Rural Hall, N.C./North Forsyth) scored a career-high 17 points in Guilford College’s 70-57 road win over Salem College Thursday night.

The Quakers’ Gabby Oglesby (Winston-Salem, N.C./Mount Tabor) added her team-best fifth double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds as the Quakers (13-3) won their fifth straight game and for the ninth time in 10 outings.

Guilford led from start to finish, although the first half was tight before Adams sparked a 9-2 run before intermission. Adams knocked down a pair of three-pointers and assisted on Lila Scott’s three-point play, which lifted the Quakers into a 34-26 lead at the break. Adams finished with 11 points at the break.

Jasmine Shabazz tried to rally the hosts with 17 of her game-high 21 points in the second stanza, but Salem (8-7) managed just 31.6% shooting from the floor. Guilford connected on 18-of-19 free throws and maintained a double-digit lead for all but 20 seconds of the second half. The Quakers shot 21-of-22 from the charity stripe, which set a new school standard for team free-throw percentage with more than 15 free throws.

Freshman Lila Scott (Carborro, N.C./Chapel Hill) added a career-high 12 points for Guilford. She and Adams helped the Quakers hold a 38-20 edge in bench scoring.

Guilford visits league-rival Bridgewater College Saturday (1/19) at 2:00 p.m.

Guilford vs Salem
01/17/13 7:00 p.m. at Winston-Salem, NC
At Winston-Salem, NC


GUILFORD – 70
SALEM – 57

GUILFORD (13-3): ADAMS, Kayla 4-8 6-6 17; OGLESBY, Gabby 6-12 1-1 13; SCOTT, Lila 3-9 5-5 12; PAYNE, Alex 2-6 2-2 7; DREW, Brittany 1-6 4-4 6; NUCCI, Jaclyn 3-5 0-0 6; KING, Morgan 3-7 0-0 6; WEAVER, Amber 0-0 2-2 2; ATWATER, Brittany 0-3 1-2 1; HARDIN, Logan 0-0 0-0 0; BARKER, Shelly 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-56 21-22 70.

SALEM (8-7): Jasmine Shabazz 7-14 7-9 21; Shaniqua Collins 4-11 0-0 10; Zykeya Henderson 2-12 0-0 6; Tiffany Wildgoose 2-3 2-2 6; Shamaz Denerson 3-8 0-0 6; Quntashea Lewis 1-4 2-4 4; Bria Patterson 1-8 0-1 2; LaSashia Connelly 1-4 0-0 2; Elizabeth Penley 0-0 0-0 0; Kristal Lollis 0-0 0-0 0; Denika Harden 0-8 0-0 0; Amber Miller 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 21-75 11-16 57.

   Guilford......................   34   36  -   70
   Salem.........................   26   31  -   57

3-point goals–Guilford 5-19 (ADAMS, Kayla 3-6; SCOTT, Lila 1-5; PAYNE, Alex 1-4; ATWATER, Brittany 0-2; DREW, Brittany 0-2), Salem 4-23 (Shaniqua Collins 2-7; Zykeya Henderson 2-6; Bria Patterson 0-3; Denika Harden 0-5; Amber Miller 0-2).
Fouled out–Guilford-HARDIN, Logan, Salem-Shaniqua Collins.
Rebounds–Guilford 40 (OGLESBY, Gabby 11), Salem 44 (Jasmine Shabazz 11).
Assists–Guilford 12 (DREW, Brittany 2; ATWATER, Brittany 2; ADAMS, Kayla 2), Salem 9 (Zykeya Henderson 3).
Total fouls–Guilford 15, Salem 18.
Technical fouls–Guilford-None, Salem-None.
Attendance-100
Nonconference game