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Aniyah Tate on her free throw follow through
73
Winner Methodist MUWBK 17-5, 14-1 USAS
68
N.C. Wesleyan NCWU 12-10, 12-3 USAS
Winner
Methodist MUWBK
17-5, 14-1 USAS
73
Final
68
N.C. Wesleyan NCWU
12-10, 12-3 USAS
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Methodist MUWBK 14 21 21 17 73
N.C. Wesleyan NCWU 10 25 12 21 68

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Michael Spratt

Senior Aniyah Tate Records 1,000th Point; Methodist Wins on the Road at N.C. Wesleyan

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C.  In the second quarter of Tuesday's night, February 6, game between Methodist University women's basketball and North Carolina Wesleyan University, senior Aniyah Tate record her 1,000th point in a Green & Gold uniform. Additionally, the road Monarchs pulled out a close 73-68 USA South Athletic Conference victory against the Battling Bishops to stay near the top of the league standings.

JUST THE FACTS
Final score: Methodist def. N.C. Wesleyan, 73-68
Records: Methodist 17-5 (14-1 USA South), N.C. Wesleyan 12-10 (12-3)
Location: Everett Gymnasium; Rocky Mount, North Carolina

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The opening quarter was a back-and-forth battle as there was four lead changes & five tie ups through the first seven minutes. During the last two minutes of the period, a pair of layups by Kiley Hicks gave Methodist the advantage once again, 14-10.
  • Tate was held scoreless through the first frame but that changed quickly as she registered six consecutive points for the Monarchs to start the second. A five-point swing by N.C. Wesleyan made it 23-20 until Methodist recorded a fast four points, which includes a steal & a score by Tate to eclipse her milestone achievement, to take back the lead. An 8-0 Battling Bishop run saw them go up by five, 33-28, but that advantage disappeared right before halftime as the Monarchs went on a 7-2 run themselves, with Tate nailing a buzzer beating three-pointer to tie it up.
  • Methodist tallied the first four points of the third stanza to break the tie before N.C. Wesleyan stuck back with a five-point spurt to go up 40-39. These small momentum shifts continued for both sides until the duo of Jillian Peterson and Aneesa Irizarry combined for seven Monarch points, five & four respectively, to push their lead to double digits.
  • To begin the fourth quarter, Methodist maintained its double-digit advantage before another 8-0 Battling Bishop run trimmed the deficit down to just two points, 59-57. Soon after another six points by the Monarchs gave them an eight-point cushion with less than four minutes left in the contest. N.C. Wesleyan kept trying to go on one last run, and got as close as three points (71-68) to the lead, but Methodist was able to respond and extinguished any last efforts to come out on top.
MORE TO IT
  • Tate now stands at 1,010 career points after tallying 17 tonight. She becomes the 7th Monarch in program history to make the 1,000-point club, and the first since Jackie Lyles in 2014.
  • Irizarry had a monster performance herself for Methodist as she recorded a double-double, the first of her career, with a game-high 23 points and 10 rebounds (career-high).
  • Also accomplishing a personal milestone was Melissa D'Oleo. With her three-assist game, she has surpassed 200 career assists. Along with Irizarry, who reached the same milestone earlier this season, they are first pair of Monarchs to reach 200+ assists in same season since Zan Messer & Ashley Harris during the 2007-08 season.
UP NEXT
Methodist plays its last road game of the regular season on Saturday, February 10, when the team travels to Brevard College. This USA South contest is scheduled to start at 2 PM. 
    
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