VIDEO: Carson-Newman vs Newberry Jan 2024 Highlights
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JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – A pair of teams looking to end two–game losing streaks meet on Saturday afternoon as No. 22/16 Carson-Newman pays a visit to Newberry (5-9, 4-6 SAC) for a 12:00 tilt.
Carson-Newman is on its first two-game losing streak of the season and will look to avoid its first three-game skid since the 2022-23 season.
The Lady Eagles are still third in the South Atlantic Conference standings with an 8-3 league record.
After scoring 87 points or more seven times through the first nine games of the season, the Lady Eagles have managed to reach that scoring mark just once over their last six contests. C-N has been held to less than 70 points in five of its past six games.
Scoring 20 points for the 26th time in her career on Wednesday versus Lincoln Memorial, Lindsey Taylor passed Karen Miracle for seventh on the all-time scoring list. Taylor needs just seven points to move up two more spots on the scoring list. The graduate student forward is the most efficient scorer in the conference, at 60 percent shooting.
Campbell Penland's 1,211 career points is 20th in school history. She is just seven points from passing Mandy Mendenhall on the scoring list. Penland ranks first in the South Atlantic Conference in three-pointers made (37), three-point percentage (42.0) and three-point pointers made per game (2.4).
The Lady Eagles have won 14 straight contests against the Wolves and ten of those wins have come by double-digits. Mincey's team has won its last six trips at Eleazer Arena. Carson-Newman leads the all-time ledger 37-14
Under first-year head coach Johnette Walker, Newberry has gone 5-9 so far this season and has won four of their ten league games. The Wolves currently sit in a tie for eighth place in the conference standings.
Newberry returned from the holiday break on Wednesday against Anderson, suffering a 73-45 road loss to the Trojans. The Wolves enter the contest having lost back-to-back games in conference play. Three of their four SAC wins have come at home versus Lincoln Memorial, Lenoir-Rhyne and Emory & Henry. The Wolves are 3-2 at Eleazer Arena this season.
Jess Tomkins is the SAC's fourth-best scorer at 16.0 points per game while also shooting the second-best field-goal percentage in the league as well at 57.4%. She has 27 blocks, the second-most in the league and 18th most in the country this season. No other Newberry players average more than seven points per game for an offense that averages a league-worst 54 points per contest.
The Wolves have not been efficient from the field, making a league-worst 37 percent of their shots. They also rank dead last in the SAC in turnovers per game at 21.7. Johnette Walker's team hangs their hat on defense. They allow just 61 points per game and have forced teams to shoot 37.5 percent from the field.
Tipoff between the Lady Eagles and Wolves is set for 12:00 p.m. Coverage on the Eagle Sports Network begins at 11:45 with the AEC Countdown to Tipoff on MIX 105.5 (WSEV-FM, Sevierville) and online at cneagles.com/live.
