FLORENCE, S.C. — Francis Marion heart Lauryn Taylor set the NCAA file for all divisions with 44 rebounds within the Patriots’ 85-62 win over North Greenville on Thursday night time.
Taylor is a 5-foot-11 senior who pulled down 30 defensive rebounds and 14 on the offensive boards within the Division II sport for probably the most ever in an NCAA contest. Taylor surpassed the Division II mark of 36 set by Christine DeSaine of West Virginia Tech in opposition to Ohio Valley in 1995.
The outdated NCAA mark was 40 by Deborah Temple of Delta State versus Alabama-Birmingham in a Division I contest on Feb. 14, 1983.
The Division III mark is 38.
Taylor, from Blythewood, South Carolina, broke the Francis Marion mark of 32 set by LaRue Fields in a win over South Carolina in 1976. Taylor grabbed 16 boards within the first quarter, 9 within the second, eight within the third and 11 within the fourth.
She additionally set a profession excessive with 34 factors and had her 18th double-double of the season. Taylor greater than doubled her earlier rebounding finest this season of 21, set in opposition to Lees-McRae final month.