Box Score Charlotte, N.C. – Queens University of Charlotte women's basketball team (5-15, 3-12 SAC) team fell 59-32 to Catawba College (12-8, 9-6 SAC) on February 4, 2015.
Lacey Singletary led the floor in scoring, taking the first triple-double of the year for the team, finishing tonight's game with 14 points, 11 blocks, and 12 rebounds.
In addition to her triple-double, Singletary flew past several career highs and school records during the game. Her triple-double for the night places her upon the national stage as the tenth Division II female player to accomplish this feat this season and the only player from the South Atlantic Conference to do so. Singletary surpassed her single game record for blocks, previously set at seven against Lincoln Memorial on January 15, in which she tied Kristy Jolly for the school record set in 1996. In addition to currently ranking 12th nationally in blocks per game, Singletary improved her overall season average, extending to 3.0 per game. She now holds 61 total blocks for the year bringing the total to 140 during her career and ranking third in career highs at Queens. With 12 rebounds, she also tied a personal career high for the category.
Queens would struggle early in the game to find their confidence on the floor, while Catawba put up a tough offensive game with an early 7-2 run. With the absence of Head Coach
Susan Yow, the Royals would only successfully make 14 of 54 shots, giving them a 25.9 average. In addition, they would make none from the outside the three-point line. Queens did have a strong defensive presence forcing 19 total turnovers on the Indians with 11 of them coming in the first half. However, Catawba would win the turnover battle finding 24 Queens' mishaps in the game with Jada Huntley responsible for pressuring four steals.
Although the team had a slow start, Queens battled to overcome a 7-2 score forcing the game to swing in their favor. Grabbing a three point led from
Abby Pettit, the Royals saw their last hold of the game fall away at the 12:09 mark. A 14-2 run put the Indians in a double-digit lead with time ticking closer to half.
Carmen Richardson and Pettit each took a basket before the half expired with the Royals trailing 34-20.
It would be seven minutes before the Royals found their first basket in the second half, with Singletary grabbing a rebound to return it for two points. Although the run was halted, Queens was unable to connect on offense as they searched for answers to minimize the 23 point game. Singletary would find the basket three more times to lead the game under the seven minute mark, but it would be another dry spell to follow.
McKell Oliverio grabbed the last basket from the floor before Singletary topped it off with two free-throws but the game was out of reach as Catawba took home the win.
With Singletary's strong defensive showing the team will turn their attention to their next opponent on Saturday, February 7, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. as they travel to Brevard, N.C. to face Brevard College.
