Raleigh, NC--Peace College rallied past the Avenging Angels tonight in front of 235 cheering fans (62-61). The Pacers jumped out in front of the Angels leading by as many as 7 in the early minutes of the game. Both teams fought back and forth with strong defensive stops and solid shooting. Meredith headed to the locker room at the half up by 2.

The Avenging Angels controlled the first 10 minutes of the second half. Peace tied the score twice but could not regain an advantage. At the 10:28 mark junior guard Christy Freeman (Lumberton, NC/Lumberton) hit a 3-pointer off a pass from teammate sophomore guard LeAnne Horne (Monroe, NC/Parkwood) to bring her team within 1 point and churn the momentum of the game. The Angels countered to go up by 7 points at 7:25. At that moment the Pacers began a 9-0 run to go up by 2 with 5:22 left in the game.

Meredith's Amanda Street (Princeton, WV/Princeton) nailed 2 key free throws for the Angels to tie up the game at 4:14. Peace turned the ball over to give Nicole Hall (Raleigh, NC/Wakefield) a jumper and her team the lead.

Peace College challenged again with a strong drive and smooth layup by sophomore guard Candra Hill (Clinton, NC/Clinton). Hill tied the score for the 8th in the game. The Pacers continued to play solid defense and scored necessary free throws down the stretch. Sophomore forward Brenna Mickey (Winston-Salem, NC/North Forsyth) swished her 2 free throws with 36 seconds to go putting the Pacers up by 2 points.

The Angels sophomore guard Brittany Cornelius (Rockwell, NC/East Rowan) missed 2 free throws under tired legs. Peace rebounded the shot to bring the ball back to the offensive end for another free throw by Freeman to go up by 3. The Angels fought back and scored a goal by forward Whitley Turner (Wilmington, NC/Eugene Ashley) with just a few seconds remaining.

Hill was fouled in the backcourt and missed both leaving a chance for the Angels. But junior forward Brittany Lynn (Raleigh, NC/North Raleigh Christian) earned an offensive rebound to run the final seconds off the clock.

Lynn led the Pacers with 15 points and 7 rebounds in the win. Freeman added 14 points and 4 steals. Horne also scored in double digits with 12 points and 4 rebounds. She recorded 2 steals in the game.

This was the Pacers seventh win of the last 9 against Meredith. The Angels lead the series overall 9-15.

Come back to the Hermann Center Thursday night for a 7:00pm tip-off with the Monarchs of Methodist University. The Pacer basketball team will once again be selling raffle tickets good for a chance at tickets for 2 anticipated Women's Division I hoops (Tennessee at Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill at Duke) and 2 tickets for a Hurricanes game on March 8. The first of 3 drawings begins after Thursday's game. See you on the sidelines!