Women's Basketball Tops Mount Olive

Women's Basketball Tops Mount Olive

MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. -- Freshman Maci Siniard scored 15 points and Alexa Neal dished out a game-high eight rebounds as Anderson defeated Mount Olive, 67-53, in Conference Carolinas women's basketball action Saturday afternoon at Kornegay Arena. Anderson (6-4, 5-0 Conference Carolinas) opened a brief two-game conference road swing by extending its win streak to three games and stayed unbeaten in league play, while Mount Olive fell to 4-5 overall and dropped its second straight contest and 3-2 in the conference. After building a five-point advantage at the half, the AU defense held Mount Olive scoreless for nearly five minutes en route to building a 44-30 lead. But Mount Olive responded with a 13-2 run to pull within 46-43 midway through the final frame. But that was as close as Mount Olive would get, as Anderson scored the next seven points to build the lead back to double digits. MOC's Andrea Jones cut the Trojans' lead back to six with a layup, but Ashley Abed answered with a 3-pointer for Anderson and the lead grew to 59-49 with 4:36 remaining. Mount Olive's Helen Moore score four straight points to pull Mount Olive within six, but AU's Shanice Wilson responded yet again and the Trojan's defense stepped up, holding MOC scoreless over the final 2:44. Siniard led the way with her 15 points, while Ashley Abed added 12 points and collected a team-high seven rebounds. Wilson netted 10 points and guard Alexa Neal recorded a game-high eight assists. Anderson wraps up its road swing by visiting Limestone on Wednesday, with tip-off scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at Timken Gym. Box Score