Gueterman scores 13 in fourth, Women’s Basketball storms back to top Anderson in SAC opener

Anderson, S.C. —- The Catawba College women's basketball team overcame an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit backed by 13 points from sophomore Sydney Gueterman and the game-winner from Bailee Goodlett to shock Anderson in the South Atlantic Conference opener on Wednesday evening.

TEAM STATISTICS

- Catawba shot 27-for-72 (38 percent) from the floor, while holding Anderson to 21-of-66 (32 percent) from the field

- The Trojans were 6-for-21 (29 percent) from three-point range; the Catawba Indians were 6-of-23 (26 percent) from long range

- AU was 14-for-22 (64 percent) from the free throw line, while Catawba was just 3-for-6 (50 percent) from the charity stripe

- Anderson out-rebounded the Catawba Indians 53-41, but held just an 8-7 edge in second-chance points

- Catawba recorded 16 assists to a season-low nine turnovers, while the Trojans had 12 assists to 15 turnovers; Catawba enjoyed a 22-7 avantage in points off turnovers

- The Catawba Indians led in points in the paint (34-22) and bench points (32-16)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

- Gueterman scored a career-high 15 points with 13 coming in the fourth quarter alone

- Janiya Foskey recorded a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds

- Goodlett was the third Catawba Indian in double figures with 10 points

- Saniya Wilson provided nine points and three assists off the bench

- Brooklin Ingram added eight points with two three-pointers

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST QUARTER

- Anderson scored the game's first two baskets in a defensive first five minutes

- Goodlett banked home a three-pointer for Catawba's first points at the 4:30 mark

- The teams traded points for the rest of the period, with Catawba trailing 11-9 after 10 minutes

SECOND QUARTER

- Wilson's layup at the 6:37 mark tied the game at 13

- Baker's free throw with three minutes to go in the half gave Catawba its first lead at 16-15

- AU finished the opening half on a 10-2 run, as Martyna Radzickia's three-pointer in the closing seconds extended the Trojan lead to 25-18 at the halftime break

THIRD QUARTER

- The teams traded points for much of the first five minutes in the third quarter, with Anderson leading 34-27 at the midway point

- After the Trojans built up a 10-point lead, Ingram drilled back-to-back three-pointers to cut the Catawba Indian deficit to four points

- AU bounced back, recording back-to-back baskets to return their lead to eight

- Two late free throws from Kyla Cain gave the hosts a 43-36 lead heading into the fourth

FOURTH QUARTER

- The Trojans' Rose Gravel recorded two buckets in the opening minute of the quarter to grow the Anderson lead to a game-high 11 points, forcing a Catawba timeout

- Foskey, Wilson and Gueterman combined on a 7-0 run to cut the Trojan lead down to 47-43 at the 7:46 mark

- Three straight Gueterman jumpers gave Catawba its first lead since the second quarter with six minutes to go

- AU responded with six unanswered points to return the lead in their favor, but Goodlett nailed a triple and Natalie Fuertes Lara's layup with 2:55 to go tied the game again

- Gueterman's corner three-pointer broke the tie with 21 seconds left, but Anderson's Alana Eakle banked home a game-tying three-pointer off a timeout just seven seconds later

- Off a timeout that advanced the ball, Goodlett drove right side and finished the go-ahead layup with eight seconds remaining

- AU's Eakle was fouled with 0.3 seconds to go, but missed the second end of the pair of free throws as Catawba escaped with the 1-point victory, 63-62

GAME NOTES

- Catawba's sixth straight win over Anderson, improving their mark in the all-time series to 21-13

- The Trojans were picked to finish second in the preseason SAC poll, but remained without preseason All-SAC selections Diamond McDowell and Zamiya Passmore

- Terence McCutcheon's 97th career win as head coach

- Catawba Indians' sixth straight win in their SAC opener

UP NEXT

- Catawba heads to ninth-ranked Carson-Newman on Saturday to face the league favorite Eagles at 2 p.m.