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March 8,
2008
Women's Basketball Holds Off Late
UIC Rally For 71-62 Win in Regular
Season Finale
Chicago,
Ill. -- The Youngstown State
women's basketball team used a 19-2
late first-half run to build a
10-point halftime lead and staved
off a UIC second-half rally to to
post a 71-62 victory in the
regular-season finale on Saturday
afternoon at the UIC Pavilion.
Senior Heather Karner led the
Penguins with 23 points, including
five 3-pointers, and junior Tiara
Scott posted a double-double with 15
points and 10 rebounds while junior
Ashley Pendleton added 14 points to
lead the Penguins.
After YSU built its lead to 12
points, 33-21, to start the second
half, the Flames fought their way
back into the game and took a 54-53
lead after outscoring the Penguins
33-20 in a 13-minute span. UIC's
Jessie Miller , who scored 17 of her
21 points and hit five 3-pointers in
the second half, put the Flames
ahead with her fifth triple at the
6:20 mark.
Leading by one, 61-60, at the 2:01
mark, Pendleton made two jumpers and
the Guins made their last six free
throws, including four from senior
Lauren Branson, to seal the victory.
Branson finished with eight points,
all on free throws, and 11 assists.
In the first half, the Guins trailed
19-12, with eight minutes left but
scored 14 straight points to take a
26-19 lead at the 2:20 mark.
Free throws from Scott brought the
Guins within one, 19-18, and
3-pointers from Toni Roscoe and
Karner put YSU ahead by five, 24-19,
with 3:04 remaining.
The Flames cut the lead to five, but
a free throw from both Pendleton and
Roscoe and another 3-pointer from
Rosoce put the Penguins up 10 at the
intermission.
The Penguins shot 87.5 percent
(28-of-32) from the free throw line,
including 16-of-18 in the second
half. The Guins also made their last
free throws.
UIC shot 58.6 percent from the field
in the second half but only
connected on 25 perent before
halftime.
The Guins host Detroit, Monday,
March 10, at 7:05 p.m. in the first
round of the Horizon League
Tournament. |
