RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Meredith College basketball squad dropped the 2015-16 season opener 69-49 to the visiting Guilford College Quakers Sunday afternoon. Sophomores Stephanie Girard and Chandler Hines combined for 21 points to lead the Avenging Angels.

Meredith played even with the visitors in the opening quarter, but the game's leading scorer Quaker Anais Weatherly scored eight points in the second stanza to boost the visitors to a 38-31 advantage at the half.

After the break the Angels scored just seven points in the third period and continued to be plagued with turnovers as GC spread the gap to nearly 20 points at 56-38. Meredith matched Guilford's offense in the final 10 minutes of play but would take home their first loss of the season.

Kim Hinton and Ashley Hudson scored eight apiece for the Angels, and Meghan Pleasants scored three in her two mintues on the court. Hinton led Meredith with seven boards, and Raven Gregory pulled down six to go along with four points. Hudson and Laquetta Hairston drove the offense with 10 combined assists in the loss.

Guilford's Weatherly led all with 17 points, 13 rebounds, and three more Quakers finished with double-digit offensive efforts to swing the final score in favor of the visitors.

Meredith returns to Weatherspoon Tuesday night for a 7 p.m. non-conference pairing with the Emory and Henry Wasps.