ODU stifles Western Kentucky
The Old Dominion women were angry after a home loss, and their response showed their resilience.
Aziah Hudson netted 22 points, while Iggy Allen had 16 points and 14 rebounds Saturday as ODU breezed past Western Kentucky 75-55 on Senior Day at Chartway Arena. Amari Young added 12 points, six rebounds and three assists for ODU, which took leads of 11-0 and 22-5 in the first quarter.
Hudson was 8 of 9 from the field, including 4 of 5 from 3-point territory.
The Monarchs (20-6, 10-4 Conference USA), who were coming off Thursday’s 64-48 defeat to Marshall, were ferocious on defense against the Hilltoppers (17-9, 10-5) in the first quarter. WKU didn’t score for the game’s first 3:27, and ODU harassed the visitors into 33.3% (19 of 57) shooting, including 2 of 16 from 3-point range. The Hilltoppers hit just 15 of 29 free throws compared to the Monarchs’ 13 of 16.
ODU will hope to carry that momentum to Boca Raton for Thursday’s 6 p.m. game against Florida Atlantic.
Coppin State 56, Norfolk State 48:
The Eagles outscored NSU 22-12 in the fourth quarter to hike their winning streak to six and force a three-way tie atop the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The tie includes NSU (12-9, 8-2), Coppin State (14-9, 8-2) and Howard (14-8, 8-2).
Norfolk State committed 26 turnovers and missed all 13 of its 3-point attempts, though three Spartans scored in double digits. Mahoganie Williams had 16 points and nine rebounds, Deja Francis had 13 points and Niya Fields had 12 points and seven rebounds.
The Spartans took their final lead at 43-42 on a Williams layup with 5:38 on the clock, but an Aliyah Lawson 3-pointer began a 7-0 run that put the Eagles ahead to stay.
The Eagles’ Jaia Alexander had 14 points, Lawson scored 13, and Colleen Bucknor had 10 points and nine rebounds. CSU survived 21 turnovers, partly by outscoring NSU 17-6 at the free-throw line.
Christopher Newport 76, Salisbury 62: Natalie Terwilliger had 25 points and 16 rebounds as the Captains (22-0), ranked No. 1 in Division III, extended the nation’s longest active winning streak to 39 games by finishing the regular season with a Coast-toCoast Athletic Conference home triumph over the Sea Gulls (19-5).
Terwilliger was one of six Captains honored on Senior Night. They are 72-10 in their career.
Lynchburg 66, Virginia Wesleyan 65: The Marlins (3-22, 0-18) barely missed their first Old Dominion Athletic Conference triumph, falling to the Hornets (15-10, 11-7 ODAC) on Senior Day at TowneBank Arena in Virginia Beach.
Two free throws by VWU’s Natalia Collier tied the score at 65 with 2:37 to go. With 37 seconds remaining, Lynchburg’s Brooke Vetter grabbed an offensive rebounds, was fouled and sank 1 of 2 free throws. VWU had three attempts to go ahead in the final seconds but missed them all.
Lizzie Davis had 23 points and nine assists for the Hornets, while Erin Green had 15 points and 10 rebounds. For VWU, Adaje Williams had 16 points and 12 rebounds, Collier scored 14 and Celeste Rucker had 13 points.
North Carolina A&T 68, Hampton 51: In a Big South matchup that could be renewed in the Colonial Athletic Association in future years, the Aggies (13-13, 10-6) outscored the Pirates 48-20 in the second half to erase a 31-20 deficit in Greensboro.
Kiana Adderton had 25 points and 11 rebounds for A&T, hitting 10 of 16 field-goal attempts and all four of her free throws. Madison Buford, with 14 points, was HU’s only double-digit scorer. Twenty turnovers and a 32-22 rebounding deficit cost the Pirates (10-13, 6-7).
Clinton 80, Apprentice 43: The Golden Bears (15-2, 6-1 Eastern Metro Athletic Conference) breezed past the Builders (3-15, 2-7) in Newport News. Caleah Smith had 22 points off the bench for Clinton. Jordan Wilson had 15 points for Apprentice, while Ashawnti Williams had 11 points and 16 rebounds.
Christendom 59, Regent 44: Catherine Thomas had 24 points on 11-of-17 shooting for the Front Royal-based Crusaders (12-4). Regent (1-14) has lost 12 consecutive games.
For the Royals, whose five starters played all 40 minutes in Churchland High’s gym in Portsmouth, Desiree Cross scored 15 and Jada Knox 13. Regent hit just 17 of 66 field-goal attempts.