COLLEGE BASKETBALL: UMO women dump Converse

By UMO Media Relations
Published in Sports on January 4, 2017 9:59 AM

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MOUNT OLIVE -- University of Mount Olive rang in the New Year with an 86-76 triumph over Conference Carolinas foe Converse (S.C.) College on Tuesday evening.

Daria Simmons posted her first-ever collegiate double-double -- 28 points, 10 rebounds. She added five assists and six steals for the Trojan women, who extended their win streak to seven.

Junior Felecity Havens added a double-double -- 20 points, 13 rebounds. Ni'Ya Styles contributed 11 points.

Mount Olive (8-2 overall, 5-0 CC) closed out the opening quarter with a 14-0 run and held a comfortable 40-17 margin with four minutes remaining before halftime.

Converse climbed to within 82-74 with 21 seconds left in the game. The Trojan women scored four of the contest's final six points.

UMO continues a five-game home swing with a weekend doubleheader against Limestone on Friday and Southern Wesleyan on Saturday. Each game tips off at 5:30 p.m. inside Kornegay Arena.