Box Score
The Maryville College women took an early lead and held it until the end while posting a 79-70 victory over Ferrum College in a key USA South match up on Wednesday night in Boydson Baird Gymnasium. The win coupled with a CNU loss to NC Wesleyan puts the Scots alone in first place in USA South.
The Scots held a comfortable 39-30 lead at halftime but Ferrum was able to close the margin to four points at the five minute mark of the second half. From that point on Maryville pushed their lead back to as many as 11 points before closing out the victory.
Maryville was lead in scoring by Freshman Mackenzie Puckett who put up 20 points while grabbing seven rebounds. Janell Menard scored 18 points, 16 of them in the second half and Kiera Payne was also in double figures with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
The win runs Maryville's record to 13-1 and 7-0 in conference play. Ferrum dropped to 12-1 and 6-1.
This weekend, Maryville will play host to NC Wesleyan on Saturday and Christopher Newport on Sunday. Tip off is scheduled for 2:00 for both games.
