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Audrey Tingle Leads WLU Women To Big Road Win

FAIRMONT — Senior point guard Audrey Tingle stuffed the stat sheet as the West Liberty University women’s basketball team knocked off Fairmont State, 70-60, Thursday night at Joe Retton Arena.

Coach Kyle Cooper’s Hilltoppers (1-2) opened up a double-digit lead early in the second half and the debuting Falcons never got the margin under eight points the rest of the way.

Tingle not only tossed in a team-high 19 points while running the Hilltoppers’ offense from the point, the senior grabbed 15 rebounds and handed out seven assists — both game-highs — while also being credited with four blocked shots.

West Liberty held Fairmont State scoreless for the first four minutes while jetting out to an 11-0 lead.

The Falcons battled back to close the gap to 16-14 at the end of the first quarter and even took a 21-18 lead on a Sierra Kotchman 3-pointer at 8:14 of the second quarter but it proved short-lived.

Tingle answered almost immediately with a driving layup and a Grace Faulk 3-pointer put WLU ahead to stay, 23-21, as the visitors stepped on the gas.

Four minutes later, Faulk cashed in a short jumper to extend the lead to 32-21, closing out a 14-0 West Liberty surge.

The lead shrank to 34-29 at intermission but Tingle opened the second half with a conventional 3-point play and Olivia Belknap followed with a 3-point bomb, restoring the double-digit margin at 40-29, and West Liberty coasted home.

Faulk backed Tingle in the scoring column with a dozen points while Belknap finished with 11 points and eight rebounds. Arriana Manzay hit double figures with 10 points and cleared six boards as WLU claimed a 54-39 edge off the glass.

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Announces Schedule Updates

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — The Mountain East Conference today announced the rescheduling of four basketball games that had been previously postponed, including two Wheeling University Men’s Basketball contests.

The Wheeling men’s basketball team will play on Monday, Jan. 18, at Notre Dame College at 4 p.m. and will also play at Frostburg State on Monday, Jan. 25, at 6 p.m.

The Cardinals are set to host No. 21 Fairmont State on Saturday.

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