The Davidson women’s basketball team downed East Tennessee State, 70-57, Saturday at Davidson. The victory pushes Davidson’s record to 12-13 overall and 7-9 in the SoCon while ETSU falls to 8-17 and 5-11.
Davidson burst out of the gates, scoring the first nine points and a 3-pointer by sophomore Emily Callahan midway through the period gave Davidson its biggest lead of the day at 13, 22-9. However, ETSU used 15 offensive rebounds in the opening period to hang on. The Bucs slowly chipped away at the deficit to come within six points (35-29) at the break.
ETSU quickly got to within one at the start of the second half thanks to a trifecta by Kiya Verdell followed by a Misty Copas layup. Callahan managed to jumpstart Davidson’s offense with a jumper at 18:05 to keep Davidson ahead. On the Wildcats’ next possession, Schott came up with one of her five baskets to extend the Davidson advantage back up to five.
ETSU’s Jessica Lonon made a jumper to bring the Bucs back to within three, 39-36, with 16:34 remaining. But Davidson reeled off a 9-0 run to pull away for good. Freshman Janell Crayton keyed the stretch with her only 3-pointer of the game.
For the Bucs, Lonon and Tiffani Mayes each tallied 12 points. Lauren Trantham was one point shy of a double-double as the forward registered nine points and 11 rebounds.
The Bucs travel to Furman for their final road game of the regular season tonight at 7 p.m.

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