College Women’s Basketball Final: Hardin-Simmons 56 – Guilford 49

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Danie Mabry scored a game-high 18 points as Hardin-Simmons rallied past Guilford College, 56-49, on Saturday afternoon. The game was the season opener for both teams and was part of the Daly 7 Tipoff Classic.

Mabry was 4-10 shooting and made all eight of her free throws. Both Addison Garcia and Taylor Gaffney contributed 11 points for the Cowgirls. Garcia was 5-of-8 shooting and collected a game-high eight rebounds.

Miracle Walters led the home team with 17 points. She was 8-of-13 shooting. Teammates Lauren Ramsey and Essence Abraham notched 11 and 10 points respectively for GC. Ramsey recorded a team-best seven rebounds for Guilford.

Guilford led after each of the first three quarters. The Quakers were ahead 30-25 at halftime and held a 38-36 edge heading to the final period.

The game featured eight ties and four lead changes. Ryan Bush’s layup with 8:16 remaining in the contest gave Hardin-Simmons a 42-40 lead. They would not trail again.

For the game, Guilford shot 38-percent (16-42). Hardin-Simmons was 17-52 (33-percent). The Cowgirls led in rebounding, 40-23. Guilford committed 23 turnovers and forced 25 miscues.

Meredith plays Hardin-Simmons on Sunday at noon. Guilford faces LaRoche at 2 p.m. to close the 2017 Daly 7 Classic Tournament.

Hardin-Simmons vs Guilford
11/18/17 2:20 p.m. at Greensboro, NC – Ragan-Brown
At Greensboro, NC – Ragan-Brown

HARDIN-SIMMONS 56
GUILFORD 49

HARDIN-SIMMONS (1-0): Danie Mabry 4-10 8-8 18; Taylor Gaffney 3-5 3-3 11; Addison Garcia 5-8 1-2 11; Ryan Bush 3-7 1-3 7; Gabby Zullo 1-2 1-2 3; Karlea Ritchie 0-4 3-4 3; Logan Redding 1-6 0-0 3; Taylor Seastrunk 0-3 0-0 0; Jasmine Croskey 0-2 0-0 0; Lauren Jury 0-0 0-0 0; Kaitlyn Ellis 0-0 0-0 0; Julia Nichols 0-2 0-0 0; Alex Reynolds 0-1 0-0 0; Jasmine McClellan 0-1 0-0 0; Heidi Schroeder 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-52 17-22 56.

GUILFORD (0-1): WALTERS, Miracle 8-13 1-3 17; RAMSEY, Lauren 3-9 5-6 11; ABRAHAM, Essence 1-6 7-10 10; McBRIDE, Jasmine 1-3 2-2 4; JACOBS, TJ 1-1 1-2 3; McCLUNE, Marlena 1-3 0-0 2; DUNLAP, Monell 1-2 0-2 2; CARINI, Julie 0-1 0-0 0; PATRICK, Bailey 0-0 0-0 0; ALLEN, Brianna 0-3 0-0 0; RADEBAUGH, Sarah 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 16-42 16-25 49.

Hardin-Simmons................   13   14   11   18  -   56
Guilford......................   14   16    8   11  -   49

3-point goals – Hardin-Simmons 5-21 (Taylor Gaffney 2-3; Danie Mabry 2-5; Logan Redding 1-6; Taylor Seastrunk 0-2; Julia Nichols 0-1; Ryan Bush 0-2; Addison Garcia 0-1; Jasmine McClellan 0-1), Guilford 1-6 (ABRAHAM, Essence 1-2; McCLUNE, Marlena 0-1; ALLEN, Brianna 0-3).
Fouled out – Hardin-Simmons – None, Guilford – None.
Rebounds – Hardin-Simmons 40 (Addison Garcia 8), Guilford 23 (RAMSEY, Lauren 7).
Assists – Hardin-Simmons 10 (Ryan Bush 2; Karlea Ritchie 2; Logan Redding 2; Taylor Gaffney 2), Guilford 9 (RAMSEY, Lauren 4).
Total fouls – Hardin-Simmons 22, Guilford 23.
Technical fouls – Hardin-Simmons-Kaitlyn Ellis, Guilford-None.
A – 225
Daly 7 Tip-Off Classic