Wake Forest University
Alabama A&M
Wake Forest Women's Basketball Beats Bulldogs, 70-50
12/28/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 28, 2004
Winston-Salem, N.C. - The Wake Forest women's basketball team pocketed their 10th victory of the season tonight, beating the visiting Alabama A&M Bulldogs, 70-50. Juniors Liz Strunk (19) and Cotelia Bond-Young (15), as well as senior Erin Ferrell (12) paced the Deacons with double figure scoring. Head coach Mike Petersen's squad improves to 10-1 on the season, while the Bulldogs drop to 4-4.
All Deacons saw playing time this evening, with the exception of Melissa Washington who is red-shirting the year due to a knee injury. Christen Brown, who missed eight games this season with an ankle sprain, notched her first three point career bucket. Meredith Bell stuffed two Bulldog attempts, a career high and her first two blocks this season. Bell also offered her first assist on the year.
Wake Forest took over possession first, as Bond-Young gave her team the 5-0 edge. The Bulldogs answered, keeping the game within 10 until Ferrell's three-pointer with 1:01 remaining extended the Deacon lead to 13. Wake Forest shot 12-26 from the field in the first 20 minutes and shot only 57.1 percent from the line. The Deacs took a 32-21 lead into the break.
Alabama A&M pulled within seven with 18:52 remaining in the second half, but the Deacons out-scored the Bulldogs 14-3 in the next six minutes of action. Wake Forest never looked back, going 6-12 from beyond the arc in the second period. Strunk scored three of the Deacons three-pointers, giving her four for the game, her best mark since the Princeton and Hampton games to open the season. The Deacs were also more accurate from the charity stripe in the second half, converting on all but one attempt, good for 85.7 percent.
Wake Forest travels to Kentucky for a 7 p.m. match with the Wildcats in Lexington on Dec. 30. The game will conclude Deacon action for the 2004 year. Conference play begins with a road game in Raleigh against North Carolina State on Jan. 3 at 6 p.m. Wake Forest returns home for their second game of the new year to face ACC rival Virginia. Game time with the Cavaliers is 7 p.m. on Jan. 6.
