Letterman achieves milestone with
Milligan's victory
MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN
(January 13, 2007)---
Milligan College senior Kacie Letterman (Gray, Tenn.) scored her
1000th point in a 58-55 victory over Appalachian Athletic
Conference (AAC) rival UVA-Wise Lady Cavs on Saturday night at the Steve
Lacy Fieldhouse. Letterman’s basket came 6:27 into the first half of
action and it was a part of the 14-7 run to start the contest.
UVA-Wise, despite
trailing by as many as 10 points, battled back to bring the score to
25-24 in favor of the Lady Buffs.
Milligan pushed the
lead out to 12 points, 41-29, after Brittany Kilgore’s
(Kingsport, Tenn.) free throw with 11:48 left in the contest.
Once again UVA-Wise
made a contest out of it, and with under three minutes Terri Ann Hill
made a basket to make the cut the Milligan lead down to one, 51-50.
Hali Sparks (Erwin, Tenn.) answered with an assist from Letterman to
put the Lady Buffs up by three. Milligan would drain five free throws
down the stretch to hang on for the 58-55 conference victory.
Rikki
Baughman
(Elizabethton, Tenn.) scored 16 points to go with her 12 rebounds for
her ninth double-double of the season. Letterman had 14 points in the
match-up, followed by Leah Anderson (Lexington, Ky.) with 11
points.
Leading the charge
for the Lady Cavs was Sarah Helton with 17 points and 15 rebounds, both
game highs for the senior. Chelsea Lee and Hill added 11 and 10 points,
respectively in the loss.
With the victory,
Milligan’s record improves to 8-8, 4-4 AAC, while UVA-Wise drops to
3-16, 2-6 AAC. Milligan will travel to Montreat (N.C.) College on
Tuesday to face the Lady Cavaliers for another AAC contest. Tip-off is
scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
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