Box Score by Cory Guinn
WILSON, N.C. - The Lady Bulldog defense forced a season-high 30 turnovers and completed a regular season sweep of Lees-McRae College with a 66-57 victory over the Bobcats on Friday night in Wilson Gymnasium.
Barton (8-10, 7-4) led from beginning to end in a game where the Lady Bulldogs opened with a 15-3 run over the game's first seven minutes of play.
The lead would continue to stay in double figures as back-to-back three-pointers from sophomore Tiffany Webster and freshman Chanel Shannon with under a minute left gave Barton a 33-20 edge at intermission.
In the first half, Barton recorded 13 steals that led to 16 points off turnovers while holding Lees-McRae (5-13, 4-8) to 34.8 percent shooting from the floor.
The Bobcats opened the second half of play with a 12-4 run to close the gap to 37-32 in favor of Barton with 15:12 left to play in the game. Lees-McRae would continue to cut the deficit to as low as two points with just under 10 minutes to play.
However, the Lady Bulldogs used a three-pointer from senior Kaila Lea at the 3:09 mark to go ahead by nine points, a lead they would hold until the end of regulation.
Barton scored 25 points off of turnovers and 35 points in the paint, while dishing out 22 assists and outscoring Lees-McRae 24-0 in bench points.
Sophomore forward Shatisha Dukes led Barton with 18 points, shooting 7-for-14 from the field and 4-for-6 from the free throw line, while Lea finished with 13 points and a career-high seven steals.
Shannon rounded out the double-digit scorers for the Lady Bulldogs, totaling 10 points to go along with a career-high eight assists, as Webster and freshman Deja Jeanpierre each finished with eight points in the contest.
The Lady Bulldogs will be in action again tomorrow, Jan. 24 as they host the Tornado of King University at 5:30 p.m.
