Staff report

SALISBURY — Catawba’s 75-68 win against Mars Hill in women’s basketball wasn’t pretty on Saturday.

Neither team shot particularly well at Goodman Arena, and two teams in the upper half of the South Atlantic Conference combined for 54 turnovers.

But SAC victories aren’t easy to come by, and Catawba (9-5, 7-3) will take it. It was the 750th win in program history, so the Indians are three-quarters of the way to 1,000.

Janiya Foskey did a lot of the work for Catawba, scoring a career-high 28 points to lead the Indians. That was the biggest scoring game by a Catawba player this season.

Foskey did most of her work at the foul line.

Rebounding, turnover and shooting stats were close, leaving free throws as the biggest difference-maker in the game. Catawba went 23-for-37 at the line. The Lions (8-6, 5-5) were 14-for-21.

It was a homecoming for Emry Tsitouris, former Catawba assistant, who is now the head coach of the Lions and has them moving in the right direction.

It also was a homecoming for Mars Hill freshman Lauren Arnold, who played 23 minutes off the bench. She only scored three points, but she had an active game, with 10 rebounds, three steals and two blocks.

Catawba freshman Bailee Goodlett played against Arnold a number of times during her days at North Rowan Goodlett scored 13, making six of her eight free throws. She also made a 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter that gave Catawba a 16-point lead.

Catawba led by 17 with five minutes left, but Mars Hill finished the game on a 10-0 run.

Nala Baker scored 12 for the Indians, while Saniya Wilson had eight points and four assists.

Mary Spry (Carson) played for the first time this season and scored two points in eight minutes.

Mars Hill    18   18   14    18    — 68

Catawba     20   19    23   13     — 75

CATAWBA scoring — Foskey 28, Goodlett 13, Baker 12, Wilson 8, Dixon-Booker 5, Janus 3, Williams 3, Spry 2, Gueterman 1.