PEMBROKE – Visiting Lander's relentless defense forced the UNC Pembroke women's basketball team into 24 turnovers Tuesday evening in Pembroke, and the Bearcats cashed the miscues in for 26 points to fuel an 83-69 Peach Belt Conference (PBC) victory over the Braves at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court.

GAME INFORMATION
Score: UNC Pembroke 69, Lander 83
Records: UNC Pembroke (7-11, 5-9 PBC); Lander (15-5, 10-4 PBC)
Location: Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court
Series: Lander leads 34-20

HOW IT HAPPENED
Box Score/Play-by-Play

FIRST QUARTER
-An Alecia Hardy 3-pointer put the Braves up 9-7 at the 7:11 mark of the quarter, but the Black & Gold came up empty on its next seven field goal attempts and Lander used a 17-3 run to go up 24-12 with under two minutes to play.
-The Braves closed the gap to 10 on a Melanie Horne jumper with 13 ticks on the clock and trailed 27-17 after one period.

SECOND QUARTER
-With the UNCP deficit still at 10 and under 6:30 to play, Lander rattled off a 13-4 run to close the quarter and take a 45-26 lead into the locker rooms.

THIRD QUARTER
-UNCP whittled the Bearcat advantage down to 11 with a 12-4 run to start the third stanza, but Lander responded with an 8-0 run to stretch the lead back to 19 with under five minutes to play.
-The Braves got as close as 16, but the guests scored the final four points of the frame to lead 66-46 with 10 minutes to play.

FOURTH QUARTER
-Lander still led by 20 with under three minutes to play in the contest before the Black & Gold scored six of the final eight points to settle the final score at 83-69.

NOTABLES
-UNCP's 24 turnovers are its second most this season behind 25 miscues on the road at Young Harris on Dec. 2.
-The setback is just the Braves' second when scoring at least 69 points, but UNCP falls to 1-8 this season when opponents shoot at least 39 8 percent from the floor (Lander, 46.2).
-The Braves had a positive margin in rebounds (39-36), points in the paint (34-28), bench points (25-13), fast break points (18-14) and blocks (6-1). UNCP's six blocks match a season high that was previously set on Jan. 24 against Francis Marion.
-Hardy and Nyla Allen each poured in 13 points for the Black & Gold, while Horne chipped in nine on 4-of-7 shooting. Allen now has double-digit points in 14-straight games dating back to Dec. 10 against Lenoir-Rhyne.
-Aliyah Farmer matched a game-high with 10 rebounds, which was just one shy of her career high set earlier this season at Young Harris. The sophomore also tacked on seven points.
-Lander's Christal Williams scored 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting, including a 5-for-7 mark from behind the arc, while Chelsea Mitchell logged a game-beast 24 points and eight rebounds.
 
UP NEXT
The Braves head back out on the road in the midst of playing four of five games away from Pembroke. UNCP heads to Milledgeville to lock horns with Georgia College on Saturday in a 1:30 p.m. tilt at the Centennial Center. The Bobcats (12-7, 9-4 PBC) are winners of two-straight games overall and escaped Pembroke with a 66-65 overtime victory on Jan. 6 against the Black & Gold. UNCP is just 1-16 all-time in Milledgeville with the lone win coming in the 2005-06 campaign.