BELMONT, N.C. – The Barton women's basketball team (0-7, 0-1) opened the Conference Carolinas portion of its schedule with an 83-50 setback to Belmont Abbey (5-3, 1-0) Saturday afternoon at the Wheeler Center.
The Crusaders' Abigail Crain (Windermere, Fla.) was one of four players to score in double figures for Belmont Abbey with a team-high 16 points as the home team snapped a two-game losing streak.
Belmont Abbey jumped out to a 45-20 advantage at intermission and never looked back in the league triumph. The Crusaders' Catherine Hendershott (Knoxville, Tenn.) added 15 points and hit 10-of-12 from the charity stripe as the home team held a 38-22 edge on the boards and forced Barton into 15 turnovers in the victory.
For Barton, freshman center
Nyla Powell (Rocky Mount, N.C.) and sophomore guard
Lauren Mingo (Clinton, Md.) both scored a team-high 13 points in the losing effort.
The Crusaders also won the game at the free throw line – connecting on 22-of-24 attempts (92 percent) – and never trailed in the contest.
Barton returns home to take on Virginia State on Wednesday, December 6, beginning at 5:00 p.m., inside Wilson Gymnasium while Belmont Abbey travels to Anderson, S.C., to face Anderson next Saturday beginning at 2:00 p.m.
