Advertisement

Centre basketball: Centre wins, Goodman named MVP

December 30, 2008

Chelsea Goodman scored 20 points Monday to earn MVP honors and lead the Centre College women to a 78-62 victory over Spalding at Greencastle, Ind.

"Chelsea just did a great job for us, and stepped up and has become our leader," Centre coach Wendie Austin-Robinson said. "She took over at times when we needed her to take over."

Lauren Huter added 18 points and Maggie Prewitt had 16 for the Colonels, who defeated Spalding for the second time this season to finish 2-0 in DePauw's Amy Hasbook Memorial Classic. Prewitt made the all-classic team.

Centre (7-4) trailed by six points near the midpoint of the first half before taking control of the game with a 24-2 run.

Advertisement

Maggie Prewitt scored nine points and Huter and reserve Chelsea Luckey had four each during the run, which left the Colonels with a 33-17 lead with 3 minutes, 27 seconds left in the first half.

The Colonels led by 18 points at halftime after going 14-for-27 from the field in the first half and by as many as 25 in the second half. Spalding (6-5) never got closer than 10 points.

"It was a pretty good day all around, built on another good defensive day," the Centre coach said. "We took better care of the ball today and we finally shot better all around."

Huter had nine rebounds and two blocked shots, Prewitt had seven assists and Goodman had five rebounds, five assists and three steals in addition to going 4-for-6 from 3-point range, where Centre was 8-for-21.

The Colonels' defense forced 21 turnovers by Spalding, a team they defeated 87-61 in their season opener Nov. 21.

* * *

CENTRE 78, SPALDING 62

At Greencastle, Ind.

SPALDING (6-5)

Shae Mercer 3-7 0-0 9, Amy Etherton 0-4 0-0 0, Cee Cee Richardson 2-5 0-0 4, Kristen Pendleton 4-10 5-6 13, Jackie Skaggs 1-2 1-2 3, Krista Pierce 1-6 0-0 3, Allison Morris 0-1 0-0 0, Kelly Harrod 2-7 0-0 4, Megan Davis 1-1 0-0 3, Katie Hardy 0-0 0-0 0, Megan Bunch 1-3 2-2 4, Beth Jamison 3-7 6-7 12, Amber Conniff 3-8 1-2 7. Totals 21-61 15-19 62.

CENTRE (7-4)

Rebecca Rhule 3-4 0-0 8, Maggie Prewitt 6-12 3-3 16, Lauren Huter 5-11 8-8 18, Chelsea Goodman 6-11 4-5 20, Amanda Stovall 1-2 0-0 3, Alyson Burke 0-0 0-0 0, Aubrey Holle 0-0 2-2 2, Alison Denbow 0-5 0-0 0, Chrystal Claunch 0-0 0-0 0, Jane Goatley 0-1 0-0 0, Keonia Masterson 0-3 1-2 1, Jenny Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Rachel Reynolds 0-2 0-0 0, Angela Tronzo 1-3 0-0 2, Elizabeth Bressler 0-0 0-0 0, Tara Milburn 1-2 0-0 2, Chelsea Luckey 3-5 0-0 6. Totals 26-61 18-20 78.

Halftime-Centre 42-24. 3-Point Goals-Spalding 5-18 (Mercer 3-6, Etherton 0-4, Pendleton 0-1, Pierce 1-4, Morris 0-1, Davis 1-1, Bunch 0-1), Centre 8-21 (Rhule 2-3, Prewitt 1-4, Goodman 4-6, Stovall 1-2, Denbow 0-3, Goatley 0-1, Reynolds 0-1, Tronzo 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Spalding 43 (Jamison 8), Centre 35 (Huter 9). Assists-Spalding 11 (Mercer, Richardson, Conniff 2), Centre 17 (Prewitt 7). Total Fouls-Spalding 18, Centre 20. A-125.

Central Kentucky News Articles
|
|
|