Women’s basketball drops two games on season-opening trip to Nebraska

Davidson women’s basketball opened their season on Friday night in Lincoln, Nebraska against the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers. Davidson fell 86-62 but showed many positives against a strong Nebraska squad.
Davidson continued its season against Creighton on Sunday at the D.J. Sokol Arena in Omaha, Nebraska, dropping their second game of the season 77-58. Julie Paquette ’10 would not let Davidson go down without a fight though and registered a double-double.
On Friday night, Davidson came out to play. The scoreboard does not do the Wildcats justice as four of the Davidson squad finished in double figures.
Alex Thompson ’10 led all scoring with 15 points on six-of-nine shooting and Monica Laune ’10 had 10 points and four steals. In addition, two freshman also finished in double figures. Barbara Sitton ’13 scored 13 points on five-of-11 shooting along with four steals and four assists. Sophia Aleksandravicius ’13 also registered double figures.
Nebraska only outscored Davidson 40-36 in the second half but got off to an early start, leading Davidson by 20 at the half.
Davidson battled back all game from as much as 35 points down but could not get it close enough. Nebraska shot 45.6 percent from the field while Davidson shot a close 40.7 percent. Nebraska’s total team effort proved too much for Davidson as eight of Nebraska’s players had at least seven points.
Sunday afternoon was much of the same, and Davidson lost another tough match. Creighton’s ferocious three-point shooting kept Davidson out of contention as the Blue Jays nailed 15 shots from downtown with a 50 percent three-point percentage.
Julie Paquette ’10 left everything out on the court on Sunday, scoring 13 points and registering a career high 14 rebounds with a double-double. Paquette converted on an and-one play to bring Davidson within 10 with 12 minutes left to play in the second-half, but Creighton rallied back to finish strong for their second win on the season (2-0).
While Davidson shot 45 percent from the field compared to Creighton’s 42 percent and even led the rebound battle, the loss rested in the turnover difference as Davidson had 27 turnovers to Creighton’s 16. Davidson fell to (0-2) on the season and faces off at N.C. State on Friday at 7 p.m. against the Wolfpack (1-1).  

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