For immediate release – 2/3/2016 - #265
LC Women Defeat Roanoke 75-63

SALEM, VA - Four Hornets reached double figures Wednesday evening as the Lynchburg College women's basketball team defeated Roanoke College 75-63 in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) play.

Senior forward Chaney Forbush netted a team-high 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting to go with seven rebounds. It is her ninth-straight contest with double figures, and Forbush snared seven rebounds or more in all but one of those games. Junior Sarah Coronel contributed 14 points, six rebounds and three blocked shots and Charmaine Hairston had 13 points and three steals. Olivia DeFrancesco scored 12 and Sammi Goldsmith had nine assists, six points and six rebounds. Caroline Naumann had seven points, eight rebounds and four steals.

Bridget Holleran posted 20 points, five rebounds and five assists for Roanoke (9-10/5-6 ODAC). Cary Beahm had 19 points and six rebounds while Jamella Foster added 12 points.

The Hornets led nearly the entire game, but the Maroons tied the contest at 48 all only three seconds into the fourth period. The Hornets slowly re-opened a small lead and Coronel put the game away with a traditional three-point play with under 30 seconds left to push the advantage to 70-63.

Lynchburg (16-4/9-2 ODAC) hosts ODAC foe Randolph-Macon College Saturday at 2 p.m.

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