Coastal Carolina University
2-2
Fort Wayne
1-5
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Carolina | 20 | 15 | 14 | 23 | 72 |
| Fort Wayne | 16 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 57 |
11/26/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Alexis Robinson and Rachael Gregory each notched double-doubles, and four Chants total scored in double figures as the Coastal Carolina women's basketball team downed Fort Wayne, 72-57, Saturday afternoon at War Memorial Coliseum.
Robinson scored 15 points and led Coastal (2-2) with 11 rebounds. Gregory scored 10 points and grabbed 10 boards for her first double-double in a Chanticleer uniform. Gregory has scored in double figures in all four Coastal's games this season, and five of her last six appearances dating back to last season.
The Chants have now had three players with double-doubles in four games this season as Robinson and Gregory join Naheria Hamilton.
Ced Gibson led all players with 16 points, half of which came in the game's first quarter. Gibson finished 5-of-9 from the field, added four points at the line and dished out a game-leading four assists.
Kennedy Archer, who rounded out Coastal's double-figure scorers with 12 points, added three assists and three steals.
Coastal shot 46.7 percent from the field for the game, including 60.0 percent in the final quarter to close out the win. The Chants also held a 38-30 advantage in rebounds.
Gibson had the hot hand to open the game, going 3-of-4 in the first quarter with a pair of 3-pointers to help the Chants to a 20-16 lead.
Fort Wayne hit a pair of free throws to open the second quarter, but the Chanticleer defense held the Mastodons off the board for the next seven minutes. Jas Adams went to work during that span, sinking three straight jumpers and adding a free throw to push Coastal's lead into double figures. The Chants appeared ready to take an 11-point advantage into the locker room, but Fort Wayne's KeShyra McCarver hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to make the halftime score 35-27 in Coastal's favor.
It took less than four minutes of the second half for Coastal to regain its 11-point cushion. Robinson, who finished the first half with eight points and eight rebounds, scored three quick points to reach double figures in the category, and completed the double-double just minutes later. Archer led CCU with five points in the period as her and Robinson combined for eight of Coastal's 14 third-quarter points.
The Chants put up 10 points in the first four minutes of the final quarter to take full control of the game, and took a game-high 19-point lead with just over minute before the final buzzer.
Fort Wayne (1-5) was led by the 14 and 12 points of Zaria Atkins and McCarver, respectively.
Coastal returns to its home court Wednesday to host Catawba for a 6 p.m. game at the HTC Center. The women play the first half of a Chanticleer basketball doubleheader, with the men's team hosting Methodist at 8:30 p.m.
