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Terre Haute

Coverage of the women's Final Four

2002 season

Guilford 54, Methodist 47
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Sophomore forward Jackie Hardenbergh scored six points during a decisive 10-0 second-half run to lift host Guilford past Methodist 54-47 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Wednesday night in the Ragan-Brown Field House.

The win sends Guilford (25-3) into a second-round NCAA contest at Hardin-Simmons (25-1) Saturday night in Abilene, Texas, at 8:30 p.m. ET. The tilt is a rematch of last year's second-round game, won by the Cowgirls 106-77.
Methodist ends its season with a 17-12 record. The Monarchs were making their first NCAA Tournament appearance.

"We started to play up to our potential tonight and in the (Old Dominion Athletic Conference) Tournament," said Guilford coach Barb Bausch. "We knew if we did it again, we would be playing at Hardin-Simmons. This year we're quicker, faster, deeper and a more experienced team. This game helped us because that's the kind of pressure we will face (Saturday)."

The Quakers offset a season-low 26.5% shooting effort by forcing 28 Monarchs turnovers that led to 28 points. Methodist turned the ball over 18 times in the second half, which resulted in 14 Guilford points.

"They did a nice job on defense — making it tough for us to get it inside while putting good pressure on the perimeter," said Methodist coach DeeDee Jarman.
"(The pressure) was like playing ourselves," said Methodist senior Jennifer Neal. "We got a taste of our own medicine tonight."

The Monarchs rallied from an eight-point second-half deficit with a 13-2 run and took a 40-37 lead on senior LaQuinta Tuttle's layup with 9:17 remaining. Hardenbergh answered with her career-high third 3-pointer of the game to force the game's seventh and final tie at 40. She broke the deadlock with two free throws that gave Guilford a 42-40 edge with 6:39 left. Her points marked the game's 11th and final lead change. After buckets by seniors Erin Beacham and Amy Evans, a Hardenbergh free throw finished a 10-0 Guilford run and opened a 47-40 Quakers' advantage with 4:44 left.

Methodist pulled to within three points twice in the final 3:04, the last time on senior Kelly Holland's game-high fourth 3-pointer with 18 seconds to play. She nearly pulled the Monarchs to within one point 13 seconds earlier, but her 3-pointer rattled in and out. Evans rebounded the miss and made two free throws with 28 seconds left for a 50-44 Guilford lead.

Beacham led Guilford's scorers with 14 points and six rebounds. Hardenbergh finished with 12 markers and freshman forward Courtney Hill added 10 points and shared game-high rebounding honors with eight.

Holland led all scorers with 18 points. Tuttle contributed eight points and eight rebounds.

GUILFORD 54, METHODIST 47
METHODIST (17-12)
HOLLAND, Kelly 6-14 2-4 18; TUTTLE, LaQuita 3-7 2-4 8; NEAL, Jennifer 1-6 2-2 5; McCOLLUM, Brandy 2-3 1-2 5; COE, Meg 2-5 0-0 4; DARK, Melody 0-4 3-6 3; HOLLAND, Stacy 1-1 0-0 2; WATLINGTON, Latasha 1-4 0-0 2; SNYDER, Christen 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 16-49 10-18 47.

GUILFORD (25-3)
BEACHAM, Erin 3-12 7-8 14; HARDENBERGH, Jackie 3-7 3-4 12; HILL, Courtney 3-10 4-5 10; EVANS, Amy 0-3 6-6 6; BURGER, Kelly 1-6 2-2 5; KEICHLINE, Jennie 1-4 1-2 3; MEDLIN, Aftan 1-1 0-0 2; McCRORY, Nicole 1-3 0-0 2; JOHNSON, Lindsey 0-2 0-0 0; ROBERTSON, A.J. 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 13-49 23-27 54.
Methodist................... 23 24 - 47
Guilford...................... 26 28 - 54
3-point goals-Methodist 5-14 (HOLLAND, Kelly 4-9; NEAL, Jennifer 1-3; SNYDER, Christen 0-2), Guilford 5-12 (HARDENBERGH, Jackie 3-3; BURGER, Kelly 1-3; BEACHAM, Erin 1-2; KEICHLINE, Jennie 0-1; McCRORY, Nicole 0-1; ROBERTSON, A.J. 0-1; EVANS, Amy 0-1). Fouled out--Methodist-McCOLLUM, Brandy, Guilford-None. Rebounds-Methodist 42 (TUTTLE, LaQuita 8; DARK, Melody 8), Guilford 33 (HILL, Courtney 8). Assists-Methodist 11 (NEAL, Jennifer 4; SNYDER, Christen 4), Guilford 8 (EVANS, Amy 3). Total fouls-Methodist 23, Guilford 18. A-679.

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