HARROGATE -- South Atlantic Conference Player of the Week Jasmine Gunn poured in 21 points, and Jasmine Parker recorded her first career double-double with 10 points and a game-high 10 rebounds to lead Tusculum to a 71-59 win over Lincoln Memorial University on Wednesday night.
For Tusculum (13-7, 6-4), Gunn led all scorers with 21. Catherine Hintz scored 15 points, while Parker and Staci Hicks each poured in 10.
Carolyn Mills and Cena Nasiloski paced the Railsplitters (7-13, 4-6 SAC) with 13 and 12 points, respectively.
Tusculum led wire-to-wire, opening the game with a 9-4 run after Kendal Baxter knocked down her 62nd 3-pointer of the season and led 33-28 at the half.
Tusculum returns to the court on Saturday at Catawba.
TUSCULUM (13-7, 6-4 SAC) Gunn 8-18 5-6 21; Hintz 6-14 3-4 15; Hicks 3-6 4-5 10; Parker 5-9 0-0 10; Spears 2-2 3-4 7; Baxter 2-7 0-0 5; Oliver 1-2 0-0 3; Holton 0-0 0-0 0; McGowen 0-0 0-0 0; Shephard 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 27-61 15-19 71.
LINCOLN MEMORIAL (7-13, 4-6 SAC) Mills 5-16 0-0 13; Nasiloski 4-6 4-5 12; Williams 4-9 1-1 9; O'Dell 3-5 0-1 9; Kikwiki-Mamuku 4-8 0-0 8; Salaman 2-9 2-4 6; Hyatt 1-1 0-0 2; Holmes 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 23-56 7-11 59.
Halftime: Tusculum 33, LMU 28
3-point goals--TC 2-8 (Baxter 1-6; Oliver 1-2), LMU 6-19 (Mills 3-9; O'Dell 3-4; Williams 0-2; Salaman 0-4). Rebounds--TC 43 (Parker 10), LMU 30 (Nasiloski 7). Assists--TC 9 (Gunn 5), LMU 11 (Salaman 3; Williams 3; Mills 3). Total fouls--TC 23, LMU 20.
