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Findlay Recap
Sports
Information Department, Dan Teliski, Director
Phone: (814) 871-7418
Date: January 10, 2008
GANNON ERASES HUGE DEFICIT IN
16-POINT VICTORY AGAINST FINDLAY
ERIE, Pa. - It wasn’t the way a team wants to start a game, but
it was definitely the way one wants to end it. The Gannon women’s basketball
team fell behind 19-2, but rallied with a big second half en route to a 72-56
victory over the University of Findlay Thursday night at the Hammermill Center.
Findlay came out of the gates looking like world beaters. Kim Vargas (Sterling,
Va./Broad Run) scored the game’s opening points with a jumper, but the
Oilers then rolled off 19 consecutive points for a 19-2 lead with 13:13 left
in the half. The Lady Knights missed six consecutive shots and turned the
ball over eight times during the run that lasted six minutes and 40 seconds.
Gannon did not record another field goal until Allison Rothlisberger (New
Martinsville, W.Va./Magnolia) drained a jumper from the free throw line
at the 12:34 mark. Rothlisberger’s jumper ignited an 11-2 run and brought
the Lady Knights within 21-15 with 7:28 until halftime.
Findlay bumped the lead back up to 11 points at 29-18 until Gannon ended
the half on an 11-5 run, heading to the intermission with a 34-29 deficit.
Gannon wasted little time taking control in the second half. The Lady Knights
opened the frame with a 16-4 run over the first 5:43. Five different players
scored during the streak, capped by Vargas’ triple at the 14:17 mark.
A 5-0 run midway through the half pushed Gannon’s lead into double digits
and the Oilers were never able to get the deficit into single digits the
rest of the way. Rothlisberger’s jumper with 26 seconds remaining gave Gannon
its biggest lead of the night with the final 72-56 score.
Ashley Lowdermilk (Kensington, Ohio/Carrollton) led all scorers with
18 points, finishing one shy of her season-high. Kristina Freeman (Yonkers,
N.Y./Pelham Memorial) added 15 points, five rebounds, and four assists.
Rothlisberger chipped in a career-high 11 points off the bench while Brittany
Tabron (Canton, Ohio/Canton Central Catholic) recorded 10 points and
nine rebounds.
Gannon shot 46.2 percent (24-52) from the field, 35.3 percent (6-17) from
three-point range, and 85.7 percent (18-21) from the free throw line.
Ashley Westenbarger, Katie Greisiger, and Brittany Wells led Findlay with
10 points each. The Oilers shot 42.1 percent (24-57) from the floor, 20 percent
(4-20) from behind the arc, and 66.7 percent (4-6) from the charity stripe.
Gannon improved to 10-4 overall and 4-1 in the GLIAC with its fourth consecutive
victory. Findlay dropped to 7-6 overall and 2-4 in conference play. The Lady
Knights return to action Saturday, January 12 against Ashland at the Hammermill
Center. Game time is scheduled for 1 p.m.
A complete box score from Thursday’s Gannon-Findlay women’s basketball game
can be found at http://www.gannon.edu/sports/women/BASKETBA/STATS.HTM/GAME14.HTM.
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updated 1/10/08 by: drt
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