Jan. 13, 2008

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SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The USC Upstate women's basketball team will look to end a four-game skid when it takes the court against Atlantic Sun leaders, Gardner-Webb, on Monday at 7 p.m. in the Hodge Center.

Upstate used a resurgent offense to score 70 points on Saturday at Campbell as they fell to 4-10 overall and 0-2 in the A-Sun in the 84-70 loss. Sophomore Courtney Hawkins led the Spartans in the game, scoring a season-high 30 points, and raising her scoring average to a team-leading 13.1. Junior Courtney Bradley added four assists in the game to tie for third in school history with 318 career assists.

The Bulldogs enter Monday night's game with a 7-9 overall record and a perfect 3-0 slate in the Atlantic Sun. Gardner-Webb is led by a solid inside-out duo in sophomore forward Margaret Roundtree and freshman guard Monique Hudson. Roundtree leads the Runnin' Bulldogs, averaging 13.6 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. Hudson, a frontrunner for Atlantic Sun Conference Freshman of the Year, averages 13.0 points, 2.1 steals and 1.9 assists.

The series between the two programs is tied at two, although they haven't met since Nov. 21, 1998, when Gardner-Webb beat then USC Spartanburg, 64-48 in Boiling Springs, N.C.

Spartan Notables
• The Spartans are 6-3 all-time on Jan. 14, last beating USC Aiken on the road, 56-51, in 2006.
• Upstate is 63-61 all-time against teams from North Carolina, including a 41-21 mark at home.
• Junior Courtney Bradley needs one assist to pass Jametria Hannah (1988-92) for sole possession of third in school history. Both have 318 career assists.
• Junior Courtney Bradley needs two steals to become the 19th player in school history with 100 in a career.
• Sophomore Courtney Hawkins needs 29 points to reach 400 in her collegiate career.
• Sophomore Courtney Hawkins became the first Spartan to score 30 points in a game against Campbell since junior Courtney Bradley scored 32 against Lander on Feb. 21, 2007.
• Junior Cherale Powell posted career-highs with three assists and three steals against Campbell.
• In the last two games, the Spartans have forced 42 turnovers while committing just 28.
• Junior Ebony Johnson needs one blocked shot to become the 11th player in school history to reach 25 in a career.
• Head coach Tammy George enters tonight's game looking for her 75th win in her fifth season as a head coach.