NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Salisbury University women's basketball team hung tough through the first quarter until top-ranked Christopher Newport found a new gear, allowing the Captains to race to an 86-38 victory on Saturday afternoon at the Freeman Center.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• After falling behind 11-4 in the game's first four minutes, the Sea Gulls stabilized and kept the Captains off the board for the middle three minutes of the first quarter. Ashlynn Burrows hit a jumper in the midst of the defensive stand that cut the deficit to 11-6.
• Katy Rader broke CNU's scoreless drought with a three, then Emily Dilger and Nadia Bullock strung together back-to-back jays to get SU within 14-10 at the 2:05 mark. The Captains countered with buckets from Sondra Fan and Hannah Kaloi, but Dilger's two from the paint made it a two-possession game at 18-12 to end the first.
• CNU kicked it into overdrive at the beginning of the second quarter, using a Rader triple to jumpstart an 8-0 run that made it 26-12 at the 8:47 mark.
• Bullock stopped the bleeding with a layup, but 12 points is as close as the Sea Gulls would get for the rest of the period. The Captains clocked in 32 points in the second, capped by back-to-back treys from Kaloi and Fan that pushed the CNU lead to 50-25 at the half.
• Salisbury netted just two points in the third quarter on a Dilger layup with 12 seconds remaining. Alivia Giles answered with a jumper at the buzzer to make it 67-27 Captains.
• Tori Rumbaugh and Burrows knocked down jays as part of a 4-2 SU spurt to open the fourth quarter, but CNU locked in from there and pushed its lead as high as 48. Last-minute free throws from Hailey Kellogg made the margin 86-38 at the final buzzer.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• Ashlynn Burrows paced the Sea Gulls with 10 points on 5-of-9 shooting to go along with four rebounds in 26 minutes on the floor.
• Emily Dilger and Abby Wilkinson chipped in eight points apiece.
• Nadia Bullock came off the bench for six points.
• The Sea Gulls shot 31.3 percent (15-of-48) for the game and went 7-of-15 (46.7 percent) from the free throw line.

CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT GAME NOTES

• Katy Rader led all scorers with 23 points, shooting 8-of-10 from the floor and 7-of-9 from three-point range. Rader also registered four rebounds, three steals and two assists.
• Sondra Fan netted 13 points (5-of-10) with three assists and three steals, while Hannah Kaloi scored 12 points with four boards.
• Camille Malagar distributed nine of CNU's 25 assists on the day.
• The Captains connected on 44.8 percent (30-of-67) of attempts, including 15-of-28 (53.6 percent) from distance and 11-of-14 (78.6 percent) from the charity stripe.
• CNU outrebounded the Sea Gulls 44-31, including 19-12 on the offensive glass.
• The Captains managed 18 steals and won the turnover margin by 14.

UP NEXT

• The Sea Gulls return to Salisbury for their penultimate home game on Saturday, Jan. 21, against Mary Washington.
• The game will serve as Senior Day for SU's four graduating seniors: guard Kolby Brown, forward Emily Dilger, guard-forward Catherine Gibson and guard Abby Wilkinson.
• Tipoff from Maggs Physical Activities Center is slated for 3 p.m. with coverage on the Sea Gull Sports Network (SGSN) beginning at 2:45 p.m.

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Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with the New Jersey Athletic Conference for football, Coastal Lacrosse Conference for men's lacrosse and the Metropolitan Swimming and Diving Conference for men's and women's swimming. With over 500 student-athletes in 21 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, and dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on-and-off the field. The Sea Gulls have celebrated 22 team national championships, 24 individual national champions, 188 conference championships and 43 Academic All-Americans.

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