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Findlay Recap
Sports
Information Department, Dan Teliski, Director
Phone: (814) 871-7418
Date: February 16, 2008
GANNON CLINCHES 11TH CONSECUTIVE
GLIAC TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE
LADY KNIGHTS WIN IN FINDLAY FOR SIXTH CONSECUTIVE TIME
FINDLAY, Ohio - Home away from home. The Croy Gymnasium must feel
like that to the Gannon women’s basketball team. The Lady Knights posted
their sixth consecutive victory at Croy Gymnasium Saturday afternoon with
a hard-fought 85-80 victory over Findlay. As a result, the Lady Knights clinched
their 11th consecutive GLIAC Tournament appearance.
Gannon also remained in the chase for second place in the GLIAC South Division
and the quarterfinal home game that accompanies it. The Lady Knights need
to defeat Mercyhurst in the regular-season finale on February 23 and have
Wayne State lose its last two games against Ashland and Hillsdale to capture
the second seed.
Gannon has been successful in recent years at Findlay, but not without some
intense battles. The Lady Knights’ scoring margin during its previous five
wins at Findlay was 5.8 points. Saturday’s contest was no different.
The Peach Street kids led 38-36 at halftime and out-scored the Oilers 47-44
in the second half.
Kristina Freeman (Yonkers, N.Y./Pelham Memorial) led Gannon with a
career-high 30 points and eight rebounds. Ashley Lowdermilk (Kensington,
Ohio/Carrollton), who had a big final 10 minutes, netted 19 markers.
Tiffany Crocker (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman) and Allison Rothlisberger
(New Martinsville, W.Va./Magnolia) added 10 points each.
Gannon shot 44.6 percent (29-65) from the field, 32 percent (8-25) from three-point
range, and 86.4 percent (19-22) from the free throw line.
Brittany Wells led Findlay with 22 points and seven rebounds. Jessica Vorst
posted 17 points. Audra Mihalic and Ashley Westenbarger chipped in 15 and
13 points, respectively.
Findlay shot 46.6 percent (27-58) from the floor, 38.5 percent (10-26) from
behind the arc, and 76.2 percent (16-21) from the charity stripe.
Gannon improved to 15-10 overall and 9-7 in the GLIAC with its second consecutive
victory. Findlay dropped to 9-15 overall and 3-12 in conference play. The
Lady Knights return to action Tuesday, February 19 against Tiffin at the
Hammermill Center. The squad’s final non-conference game of the season is
scheduled for 7 p.m. The regular-season concludes Saturday, February 23 against
Mercyhurst at the Hammermill Center. Game time is slated for 5:30 p.m.
A complete box score from Saturday’s Gannon-Findlay women’s basketball game
can be found at http://www.gannon.edu/sports/women/BASKETBA/STATS.HTM/game25.htm.
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updated 2/16/08 by: drt
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