Lady Tigers Down Furman 91-58

Dec. 14, 2002

ANDERSON, SC-Chrissy Floyd scored 26 points and Julie Talley added 18 in leading Clemson to a 91-58 victory over Furman in a women’s intercollegiate basketball game at Anderson, SC Saturday night. Clemson is now 4-2 overall, and Furman is 2-5 this season.

Floyd, a senior guard, finished the game 11-19 from the field and 2-4 from the three-point line. She was 2-2 from the free throw line. Floyd also had seven assists and four steals. Clemson was 11-16 from the three-point line as a team. This tied the school record for most three-point field goals in a game. Clemson also was 11-20 from the three-point line against Furman on 11-27-91.

Talley was 4-4 from three-point range in the game. Julie Aderhold was 3-3 from thee three-point line and finished the game with 13 points. Furman was led in scoring by Deshara Shealey with 14 points. Teammate Katie Roach had 13 points.

Furman won the battle of the boards with a 38-30 advantage. Furman was led in rebounding by Kim Lawrence who had seven offensive rebounds of her eight total boards. Clemson was led in rebounding by Khaili Sanders and Lauren Allen as both players had five rebounds each.

In the first half, Clemson broke away from a 23-22 lead and outscored the Paladins 13-6 to build a 36-28 lead at the half. Floyd scored six points and Talley added five points in this Lady Tiger rally. Floyd also scored 21 of Clemson’s first 31 points in the first half.

In the second half, Clemson had a 47-38 lead with 15:55 left as Furman’s Jen Nadalin hit a jumper. From this point, Clemson went on a 24-9 rally and built a 71-47 lead with 6:42 remaining in the game. Talley had five points in this run.

Clemson will play host to High Point on Tuesday, December 17, at 7:00 p.m. in the Lady Tigers’ next action at the Civic Center of Anderson.