STAUNTON, Va. — The Piedmont College women's basketball team put on a showcase Sunday afternoon with a record-setting performance in a 129-29 victory over Mary Baldwin College. The 100-point differential is the largest in the NCAA era for the Lady Lions, topping a 94-point win against Wesleyan College in the 2007-08 season.
The Lady Lions set a new NCAA Era program record for points scored with 129, most field goal's made with 51 and most 3-point field goals made with 17. The previous record for each category was 115 for points scored, 47 for field goal's made and 14 for 3-pointers made.
Piedmont ran away with it from the start with a 37-3 first quarter including a a 29-0 run after the opening basket made by the Fighting Squirrels. The Lady Lions continued their dominance in the second quarter as they outscored Mary Baldwin 29-10 to take a 66-13 lead into the half.
The third quarter began with a 12-0 run for Piedmont before the Fighting Squirrels were able to have their largest point total in a period with 11 points though the Lady Lions had 33 of their own. Taking a 75-point lead into the fourth quarter, Piedmont led it 99-24 looking to break the century mark for just the fourth time since the 2007-08 season.
With the first basket of the fourth period, the Lady Lions eclipsed 100 with a jumper by Mary Kate Rushton making it 101-24. Piedmont held the Fighting Squirrels to just five points in the final period while scoring 30 including a 20-0 run through the first 6:30 of the quarter.
Piedmont led by as many as 101 in the final minute of play but a 3-pointer by Mary Baldwin with 37 seconds left on the clock brought it back to 98, however, Mary Bess Skinner hit a jumper in the paint with nine seconds to go to make it an even 100-point victory for the Lady Lions.
Rushton led the team in scoring with 15 points but seven Lady Lions scored in double figures as Symone Ball (12 points), Jatasia Bailey (11 points), Carlie Shields (11 points), Jalen Davis (10 points), Carly Sales (10 points) and Dakota Sullens (10 points) all contributed 10 or more.
