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Women’s Basketball Earns Convincing 74-50 Win Over Fordham
Edina Strausz (News of Davidson photo)
DAVIDSON – Edina Strausz matched her career-high with 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting to lead Davidson to a convincing 74-50 win over Fordham in Atlantic 10 women's basketball action Wednesday night.
The Wildcats, who shot 47.5 percent and finished with a 40-26 advantage on the glass, improved to 13-6 overall and 5-1 in Atlantic 10 play.
In addition, Davidson handed out 18 assists on 28 made field goals.
Charlise Dunn and Ines Garcia Monje also scored in double figures for the Wildcats with 13 and 10 points, respectively.
After using a 14-5 run to lead 20-18 after one quarter, the 'Cats scored the final nine points of the second quarter to go into the half ahead 38-28.
Davidson carried its momentum into the third quarter, starting the frame with another run to push the margin to 20 and all but put the game out of reach.
Fordham (8-9, 0-6 A-10) also placed three in double digits, led by Tia Morgan's 12.
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Davidson will travel to Philadelphia this weekend for a 1 p.m. tip at La Salle Sunday afternoon.