Staff report

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. — Catawba’s women’s basketball played well on Saturday, but Carson-Newman was better, and stayed undefeated.

The Eagles (5-0, 3-0) outscored the Indians 92-80 at Holt Fieldhouse in front of 356 mostly happy fans.

Catawba (3-2, 1-1) shot 46.7 percent and will normally win when it shoots that accurately, but the Eagles, who are a top 10 team nationally in DII, shot 50 percent.

Carson-Newman had a 17-13 edge in the turnover battle — Catawba really needed to win that — and had a big edge in offensive boards (17-7).

Catawba had a balanced scoring attack and put six in double figures. Sydney Gueterman scored 14. Nala Baker and Janiya Foskey scored 13. Brooklin Ingram scored 12. Saniya Wilaon had 10.

Bailee Goodlett, a freshman from North Rowan, had 11 points, three assists and four rebounds.

Foskey had nine rebounds.

Jennifer Sullivan scored 19 for the Eagles, while Campbell Penland had 17.

 

Catawba                        19     17    24    20    —  80

Carson-Newman        26     19     26   21      — 92

CATAWBA scoring — Gueterman 14, Baker 13, Foskey 13, Ingram 12, Goodlett 11, Wilson 10, Dixon-Booker 4, Janus 3.