Recap Courtesy Johnson & Wales Sports Information

Elizabeth City, NC - The Johnson & Wales Charlotte women's basketball team rallied from a fourth quarter deficit to defeat Mid-Atlantic Christian 63-58 on Saturday evening.

How It Happened:

• MACU made four 1st quarter 3 pointers in building a 14-10 lead in the first seven and a half minutes.
• The Wildcats closed the quarter with a 9-2 run to lead by three after ten minutes.
• Back-to-back Mariana Ballard three pointers pushed the JWU advantage to nine at 27-18. That would be their largest lead of the half.
• The game slowed at that point for the rest of the half, as the Wildcats took a 36-30 advantage at the break.
• MACU slowly whittled away at the JWU lead in the 3rd quarter, and Judea Edmonds' three pointer just before the end of the quarter evened things up at 51.
• The Mustangs scored the first 5 points of the final stanza and found themselves up 56-51 with 8:33 to play. 
• JWU turned up the defensive pressure from that point, getting 4 straight stops and tying the score at 56.
• The Wildcats finished the game on a 7-2 spurt for the 63-58 win.

Key Stats:

• JWU outrebounded MACU 45-40.
• The Wildcats only committed 14 turnovers, 5 below their season average.
• Jordan McDuffie scored 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.
• Tanaeschia Dorsey scored 16 points, while Jordan Durant added 10 off the bench.
• JWU improves to 16-3 overall and 8-1 in EMAC play while MACU drops to 10-9 overall and 4-4 in EMAC play.