SEWANEE, Tenn. - After a 14-point setback to Rhodes in the conference opener Wednesday evening, Hendrix looked to earn its first Southern Athletic Association game of the season with a meeting against the Sewanee Tigers Friday evening. After leading by one after 10 minutes of play, the Warriors outscored the Tigers by 25-12 in the second quarter alone en route to a 76-64 victory against Sewanee thanks in large part to junior guard Amber Turner. Turner, who held a career-high 13 points coming into Friday's contest, produced a new career-best 19 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the floor and 7-of-8 at the free throw line. Hendrix improves to 8-5 on the season and 1-1 in conference play while Sewanee drops to 6-6 and 0-2 in SAA action.

THE BASICS
Score:  Hendrix 80, Sewanee 60
Records: Warriors (8-5, 1-1 SAA) | Tigers (6-6, 0-2 SAA)
Location | Time: Sewanee, Tenn. | 6 PM
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Up Next: Sunday, Jan. 6 at Centre | 12 p.m.

TURNING POINT


OF NOTE
- Tied at 21 with 5:50 til half, Warriors embarked on a 16-2 run to close out the half to go into the locker room up 37-23.
- A jumper by Turner, three-pointer by freshman guard Rachel Woppman and two free throw makes by Turner and Hendrix quickly maintained a 14-point lead up 44-30 with 2:07 left in the third period.
- After recording seven points off turnovers in the third frame, Hendrix held a 49-32 lead with 10 minutes left.
- Sewanee carved up a 32-point fourth quarter performance but it was Hendrix who took home the 76-64 conference win; its first SAA win of the season.
- Sophomore guard Vinessa Daniel nearly recorded another double-double; recording 18 points and eight rebounds; shot 10-for-19 at the free throw line against the Tigers.
- Entering the game with 13 points on the season, Woppman carded a season-high 12-point performance including 3-of-3 from the floor and 2-for-2 from deep in 10 minutes of work; also shot 4-for-5 at the free throw line in the win.
- Freshman guard Serena Pruitt registered eight points and seven rebounds in 17 minutes of action while freshman guard Macy Moody accounted for nine points off the bench and freshman forward Jayla King pulled down a team-best 12 rebounds Friday night.
- The Warriors shot 20-for-52 (38.5%) from the floor and 31-for-48 (64.6%) at the charity stripe while holding Sewanee to 18-of-62 (29.0%) from the floor.
- The 48 free throw attempts in one game completly destroys the previos season-high of 30 against University of the Ozarks; most free throw attempts since Feb. 22, 2015 vs Birmingham-Southern. 
- Hendrix improves to 35-9 all-time against the Tigers including a current seven-game win streak.

WHAT WAS SAID
"Awesome team effort tonight to get the win on the road," stated Head Coach Drew Gaeng Friday night. "It was a wild game and we showed a lot of toughness to pull it out."

WHO'S NEXT
Now with its first conference win under its belt, the Warriors will look to climb higher in the SAA standings with a conference contest set Sunday against Centre from Danville, Ky. Hendrix and the Colonels are set for a 12 p.m. start time.

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