Staff report

NEWBERRY, S.C — Catawba’s women’s basketball team turned in a dominating defensive effort and beat Newberry, 64-45, for a South Atlantic Conference road win on Wednesday.
Catawba (13-10, 10-7) won its fifth straight.
Coach Angie Morton’s Indians took a 3-2 lead on a 3-pointer by Emma Ucinski, went on a 15-2 run, and didn’t trail again.
Catawba made five 3-pointers in the first half, got 11 points from SAC Player of the Week Bri Johnson and built a 36-17 lead.
Catawba was shaky offensively in the third quarter but played well enough defensively that Newberry couldn’t make a run.
Johnson finished with 17 points. Terri Rogers and Jada Huntley had identical double-doubles. Both players accounted for 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Catawba shot 42.9 percent for the game, while holding the Wolves (12-11, 11-6) to 33.9-percent shooting.
Meg Essex scored 14 points to lead Newberry.
Catawba will be on the road again on Saturday at league-leading Anderson. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m.

CATAWBA (64) — Johnson 17, Rogers 12, Huntley 12, Ucinski 7, Webb 6, Greer 5, Dixon 3, S. Brown 2, Hodges, Newbold.
NEWBERRY (45) — Essex 14, Handrick 8, Leung 7, Creed 6, Lepaio 4, Hill 2, Schultz 2, Perry 2.

Catawba 17 19 5 23 — 64
Newberry 9 8 11 17 — 45