STAUNTON, VA - Mary Baldwin College lost to N.C. Wesleyan College 82-58 this afternoon in a USA South Conference matchup.

Mary Baldwin College took advantage of their size in the first half working the ball to Lindsey Poirot who scored 20 points and grabbed 7 rebounds.  N.C. Wesleyan's senior standout Tiffany Bell answered scoring 24 points before heading to the locker room with an 8 point lead.

Playing one of their best halves of the season, the Fighting Squirrels shot 42.9% from the floor and held the advantage in rebounds with 24 to the visitor's 21.

In the second half, the teams battled to a tie at 48 with 13:16 left to play.  Then, with 8:00 minutes remaining, N.C. Wesleyan college went on a 25-4 run when Tiffany Bell, Kenyata Harris, and Kourtney Salisbury combined for 21 of the 25 points as they took control of the game and denied Mary Baldwin their first conference win of the year.

Lindsey Poirot finished with 22 points and 12 rebounds while Shanice Miles added 17 points and 8 rebounds.  Precious Parker grabbed 10 rebounds for the Fighting Squirrels.

Head Coach Nikki Maples said, "We continue to be careless with the basketball and today that cost us a win.  I am very proud of my team's effort on the boards.  In order to get a win, we are going to have to boxout and crash the boards every time and keep our turnovers to a minimum.  For most of the game, we were able to execute our game plan and I know we will be able to build on this effort."

Mary Baldwin College 0-18 (0-12 USAS) will host Methodist University Sunday at 2:00PM.