STAUNTON, VA - The Mary Baldwin College basketball team celebrated Senior Day today and honored four-year player Precious Parker.  Parker is a communications major from Germantown, MD.

North Carolina Wesleyan College spoiled the day defeating Mary Baldwin 89-56. 

The visitors improved their record to 5-4 in the USA South by controlling the boards and scoring 54 points in the paint. 

N.C. Wesleyan College jumped out to a 20-13 lead after the first quarter controlling the inside and grabbing 10 offensive rebounds.  The Fighting Squirrels answered with a 9-4 run to start the second quarter to pull within two points but NC Wesleyan answered with a 20-8 run of their own to take a commmanding lead at the half.

The Bishops continued to build on that lead in the final 20 minutes.

Jermalyah Baker led NC Wesleyan with 19 points.  Shekinah Huggins grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds.

Mary Baldwin's Kaybria Johnson led all scorers with 26 points and tallied 6 rebounds.  Juanaysa Singletary came off the bench to score 12 points and pull down 7 rebounds.  Teanna Peavy led with 8 rebounds.

Mary Baldwin College 0-17 (0-9 USAS) host Piedmont College Sunday afternoon at 1:00 PM.