Box Score Virginia Union University's Ashle Freeman scored 20 points, but Livingstone College defeated VUU 64-48 in Salisbury, N.C., on Saturday, January 4.

Freeman was the only Lady Panther to reach double-figures in scoring.  VUU's Melyse Brown led Union on the boards with six rebounds.

"Livingstone was very big for us in size," head women's basketball coach Barvenia Wooten-Cherry said after the game.  "We really had to contend with the post players and had a hard time defending the post.  That didn't sit well with in the game while we also didn't shoot well tonight."

As a team, Virginia Union shot 24.2% from the field (16 of 66 shots).  

"This is something we need to fix in the pre-game," Wooten-Cherry said.  "We need to get the energy going and feel good about our shots.  Tonight, we were less than 28 percent from the field, and you can't win ball games like that.

The loss dropped VUU to 3-7 overall and 0-2 in the CIAA.  Livingstone is now 6-6 overall and 1-1 in the CIAA.

Virginia Union now travels to Charlotte, N.C., to face Johnson C. Smith University at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, January 6.