BREVARD, N.C. - The Brevard College women's basketball team (12-4, 7-2 USA South) held the Greensboro Pride (4-11, 2-6 USAS) to a BC program-low eight points in the first half en route to a dominant 62-32 win to cap off a four-game homestand on Tuesday evening at the Boshamer Gymnasium.
Greensboro's eight first-half points were the least that the Tornados have allowed in a single half in NCAA-era history. Also, the 32 points scored by GC are the lowest single-game total BC has allowed since holding Wesleyan College to 25 points on January 5, 2019.
BC's offense was highlighted by a three-headed attack from Jada Petty-Wilkins (15 points), Josie Hester (13 points) and Makenna Parkins (10 points).
Hester led BC's dominant defensive effort by recording five of Brevard's 15 steals, while Parkins nearly notched a double-double with nine boards. Hester hit three 3-pointers while Petty-Wilkins added two makes from beyond the arc. Kennedie Noble led the second unit with nine points scored, while all 17 Tornados saw action in the contest. Kayden Johnson blocked two shots to lead all Tornado defenders. All told, 10 BC players got in the scoring column in the win.
For the first time in program NCAA era history, Brevard made all of its free throws in a single game (minimum of 10 attempts), as BC was a flawless 13-for-13 at the charity stripe in Tuesday night's victory. The effort supplants the previous single-game mark of 96% FTM vs. Anderson on December 3, 2014.
BC drained seven 3-pointers to GC's one, and Brevard took advantage of Greensboro's 25 turnovers and turned them into 20 points. BC's bench also outpaced GC's 22-13.
The Pride were led by Nakiyah Kelly, who scored 11 points off the bench. Azuria Barrino paced the starting rotation with 10 points.
Brevard hits the road for a test against William Peace on Saturday at 4 p.m. in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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