Fayetteville, NC - The Mary Baldwin College basketball team dropped two USA South Conference games this weekend on the road in North Carolina.  The Fighting Squirrels fell to N.C. Wesleyan College 83-29 on Saturday and to Methodist University 53-24 on Sunday.

On Saturday, N.C. Wesleyan College played with only five players due to injury, illness and concussions. Mary Baldwin traveled without starter Imani Hill and lost Jazmine Brooks during the game. 

The Battling Bishops held a 8-4 lead with just over 5 minutes into the game.  The home team then went on a 21-0 run in the next 9 minutes to take a commanding lead with just 4:44 remaining in the half.  N.C. Wesleyan continued to build their lead behind a balanced scoring attack while Mary Baldwin struggled offensively all afternoon.

Kaybria Johnson led Mary Baldwin with 9 points.  Tevanah Charlemagne added 8 points and grabbed 5 rebounds.  Teanna Peavy lead the team with 8 boards.

Methodist University used ball pressure to create numerous turnovers and built a steady lead in the first half.  The Monarchs took full advantage of Mary Baldwin's turnovers finishing the day with 26 points off of the errors.  Mary Baldwin controlled the boards but couldn't convert on the offensive end of the floor all afternoon.

Shantelle Jennings led a balanced scoring attack finishing with 7 points.  She was followed by Kaybria Johnson (6), Tejava Ivory (5), Teanna Peavy (4), and Tevanah Charlemagne (2).

Kaybria Johnson led the team in rebounds with 10 boards.  Charlemagne grabbed 8 while Peavy added 7.

Mary Baldwin College 0-19 (0-13 USAS) travel to Averett University on Wednesday.