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Mercyhurst Recap
Sports
Information Department, Dan Teliski, Director
Phone: (814) 871-7418
Date: January 5, 2008
GANNON WINS EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE
GAME AGAINST RIVAL MERCYHURST
ERIE, Pa. - The Gannon women’s basketball team has made a habit
of playing its best basketball in its biggest games. The Lady Knights were
no different Saturday night at the Mercyhurst Athletic Center.
Sophomores Kristina Freeman (Yonkers, N.Y./Pelham Memorial) and Brittany
Tabron (Canton, Ohio/Canton Central Catholic) combined to post 45 points
and 19 rebounds as Gannon earned its eighth consecutive victory against rival
Mercyhurst 85-68. Head coach Cleve Wright improved to 9-2 all-time against
Mercyhurst as the Lady Knights won their four straight at the MAC.
Mercyhurst definitely came to play, opening a 10-3 lead 3:15 into the game.
The Lakers led 18-15 with 11:33 left in the first half when Gannon made its
move. Ashley Lowdermilk’s (Kensington, Ohio/Carrollton) lay-up started
a 13-3 run that put the Lady Knights up 28-21 with 7:27 showing on the clock.
Lowdermilk scored six of the 13 points.
The home team sliced the lead to one with six consecutive points, but Gannon
ended the half with a 12-4 run and went to the break with a 40-31 lead. Freeman
ignited the blitz with back-to-back three-pointers 38 seconds apart.
Gannon put the game away early in the second half, scoring the first seven
points as the lead ballooned to 16 points (47-31) 1:58 into the final period.
Another Freeman triple capped run.
Mercyhurst cut the deficit to single digits at 71-62 only to see Kim
Vargas (Sterling, Va./Broad Run) answer with a three-pointer. The final
17-point deficit was the largest of the night.
Freeman led Gannon with 23 points and six rebounds. She finished one point
shy of her career-high after hitting 7-of-12 shots. Tabron recorded her fourth
double-double with a career-high 22 points and 13 rebounds. The center went
7-of-11 from the field and 8-of-10 from the free throw line.
Allison Rothlisberger (New Martinsville, W.Va./Magnolia) completed
Gannon’s double-digit scorers with 10 markers and five rebounds.
Gannon shot 49.2 percent (31-63) from the field, including a 55.6-percent
(15-27) clip in the second half. The Lady Knights shot 35 percent (7-20) from
three-point range and 80 percent (16-20) from the free throw line. The squad
owned a 30-6 edge in bench points.
Mercyhurst freshman Amy Achesinski led all scorers with 25 points and eight
rebounds, converting 10-of-11 shots. Samantha Loadman and Paris Pugliese added
13 and 10 points, respectively.
Mercyhurst shot 44.6 percent (25-56) from the floor, 32 percent (8-25) from
behind the arc, and 90.9 percent (10-11) from the charity stripe.
Gannon improved to 9-4 overall and 3-1 in the GLIAC with its third consecutive
victory. Mercyhurst dropped to 5-9 overall and 0-4 in conference play. The
Lady Knights return to action Thursday, January 10 against Findlay at the
Hammermill Center. Game time is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
A complete box score from Saturday’s Gannon-Mercyhurst women’s basketball
game can be found at http://www.gannon.edu/sports/women/BASKETBA/STATS.HTM/GAME13.HTM.
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updated 1/5/08 by: drt
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