Box Score AIKEN, S.C.--USC Aiken (4-3) placed four players in double figures led by
Mindy Allee's career-high 19 and out rebounded Limestone (1-4) 48-28 en route to the 73-64 non-conference win in women's basketball action on Thursday evening at "The Courthouse". It marks the first time this season the Lady Pacers have won back-to-back games as they down the Lady Saints for the 13th straight time. USCA is now 31-4 over the past seven seasons at home versus non-conference opponents
(MINDY ALLEE PICTURED).
Allee connected on 6-of-9 attempts from the field and was a perfect 5-of-5 at the stripe for 19 points to go with seven assists and five rebounds. The junior point guard from Clayton, Wis. breaks her previous career mark of 18 set last year at Columbus State.
Three Lady Pacer freshmen notched double figure scoring nights.
Satu Leppanen recorded her first career double double with 10 points and 13 rebounds.
Megan Starnes registered a career-best 16 points while
Meredith Legg chipped in 11 points on 6-of-6 at the line.
The Lady Pacers opened up a 17-8 advantage midway through the first half after a pair of Legg charity tosses with 10:28 remaining. Monica Adams kept Limestone close in the first half as her jumper in the paint pulled the Lady Saints within four at 23-19 with 7:05 left. Adams scored eight of her 12 points in the opening frame.
Leading 33-28 inside of 20 seconds left in the half,
Avonte Williams and Starnes each got transition lay-ups to put the Lady Pacers up 37-28 at the break. USCA dominated the glass in the first half 29-13 translating to a 13-0 advantage in second chance points.
USC Aiken opened the second stanza with seven-straight to push out to a commanding 43-28 lead with 17:22 on the clock after Starnes back door lay-up off a Leppanen feed.
Trailing by that same margin with 12:04 to play, Limestone made a 10-2 run capped by Jodeana Pirtle's only points of the night, a trey with 8:05 remaining, to cut it to 55-48.
But Allee finished off a 6-0 counter run with 6:14 on the clock, pushing the lead to 61-48 as USC Aiken held on for the 73-64 win.
Melissa DeVore led Limestone with a game-high 21 points on 8-of-16 from the field. Reagan Robins scored 10 of her 13 in the second half off the bench.
USC Aiken closed out the game at the line in the second half connecting on 14-of-17 attempts for 82.4 percent. The Lady Pacers doubled up Limestone in points off turnovers 24-12 despite committed three more miscues 21-18.
USC Aiken will host North Georgia on Saturday, December 3 at 5:30 PM in their Peach Belt Conference opener. Limestone returns home to Gaffney, S.C. to host Mount Olive in a CVAC conference match-up, also on Saturday at 5:30 PM.
Newspaper Box Score
Limestone vs USC Aiken
12/01/05 7:00 PM at Aiken, S.C. (The Courthouse)
USC AIKEN 73, LIMESTONE 64
LIMESTONE (1-4)
DeVore, Melissa 8-16 5-6 21; Robins, Reagan 4-8 2-2 13; Adams, Monica 6-12 0-1 12; Vieira, Danielle 3-7 1-1 8; Jones, Tiffany 2-7 0-1 4; Robinson, Shelly 1-3 0-0 3; Pirtle, Jodeana 1-4 0-0 3; Graves, Addie 0-0 0-0 0; Dukes, LaDovia 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 25-61 8-11 64.
USC AIKEN (4-3)
Allee, Mindy 6-9 5-5 19; Starnes, Megan 5-11 6-8 16; Legg, Meredith 2-4 6-6 11; Leppanen, Satu 4-12 2-2 10; Williams, Avonte 3-8 1-4 7; Chandler, Kendra 2-2 2-4 6; Thomas, Jordon 2-9 0-0 4; Jackson, Allison 0-0 0-0 0; Jones, Keirstin 0-1 0-0 0; Bennett, Nichole 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-57 22-29 73.
Limestone..................... 28 36 - 64
USC Aiken...................... 37 36 - 73
3-point goals-Limestone 6-19 (Robins, Reagan 3-6; Vieira, Danielle 1-4; Pirtle, Jodeana 1-3; Robinson, Shelly 1-3; Jones, Tiffany 0-3), USC Aiken 3-11 (Allee, Mindy 2-5; Legg, Meredith 1-1; Leppanen, Satu 0-1; Thomas, Jordon 0-1; Jones, Keirstin 0-1; Starnes, Megan 0-2). Fouled out--Limestone-Jones, Tiffany, USC Aiken-None. Rebounds-Limestone 28 (Adams, Monica 8), USC Aiken 48 (Leppanen, Satu 13). Assists-Limestone 14 (DeVore, Melissa 4), USC Aiken 20 (Allee, Mindy 7). Total fouls-Limestone 23, USC Aiken 16. A-472
