Huntingdon women’s basketball comes up short at Piedmont

DEMOREST, Ga. – The Huntingdon women's basketball battled Piedmont from start to finish on Saturday. But in the end the Lady Hawks came up short, 78-72.

Huntingdon never led in the game, but never trailed by more than 10 points. The Lady Hawks made it a three-point late in the first half and a one-point game midway through the second half. But each time Huntingdon threatened, Piedmont answered and pulled back ahead.

A Jodi Montalvo basket with 4:20 left in the first half made it a 30-27 game. Piedmont answered and led 42-32 at the half. In the second half, a LaTerial Williams 3-pointer cut the Lady Lions' lead to 50-49 with 14:01 left. Piedmont responded with a 20-11 run and led 70-60 with 5:39 to play.

Huntingdon (10-7, 5-3 Great South Athletic Conference) chipped away at Piedmont's lead in the final minutes and made it a four-point game on a Williams basket with 24 seconds to play. But Piedmont (15-3, 7-2 GSAC) sank a pair of free throws to go up 78-72 and close out the win.

Raven Prater, who scored a previous-career high 18 points in a win over LaGrange earlier this month, led Huntingdon with 19 points. Montalvo added a season-high 14 points and Morgan Crawford and Williams each scored 11 points. Williams also had seven rebounds and five assists. Sekal Ousley pulled down seven rebounds and Tanjanik Munford finished with 10 points.

Alyssa Jones and Shanice Wheeler each scored 15 points for Piedmont. Jones added 11 rebounds and seven assists and Wheeler had seven rebounds and four assists. Sada Wheeler followed with 14 points, 11 rebounds and seven blocked shots. Amber Satterfield finished with 12 points and Symone Bell had 10 points.