Lehigh University Athletics
Saturday, January 11
2:00:00 PM
Lehigh University
8-7, 1-3PL
64
vs
70
Loyola
4-11, 1-3PL
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola | 29 | 41 | 70 |
| Lehigh | 29 | 35 | 64 |
1/11/2014 4:37:00 PM | Women's Basketball
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lehigh women's basketball team couldn't hold on to its second-half lead as Loyola used a late 10-0 run to claim a 70-64 win Saturday afternoon at Stabler Arena. The victory gave the Greyhounds (4-11, 1-3 PL) their first league win, while the Mountain Hawks (8-7, 1-3 PL) suffered their third straight league loss.
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"I'm disappointed with the loss, but give Loyola a lot of credit," said head coach Sue Troyan. "They had a lot of fight in them when they needed it the most and we couldn't step up when we needed to."
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Sophomore Elizabeth Sharlow led the Mountain Hawks with 13 points, followed by classmate Kerry Kinek with 12 and a team-leading seven rebounds. Junior Katie O'Reilly finished with 11 points, which included seven tallies from the free throw line. O'Reilly also dished a team-leading five assists.
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Loyola's Nai Brown led all players with 25 points, while Nicole Krusen chipped in 15 one five three-pointers, including the go-ahead three-pointer with 1:12 to play.
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Lehigh finished the game shooting 38.9 percent (21-for-54) from the floor and 28.6 percent (4-for-14) from three-point range. The Greyhounds shot 48.0 percent (24-for-50) from the field and 47.1 percent (8-of-17) from long distance, highlighted by a 58.3 percent (7-for-12) clip from downtown in the second half. Loyola held a slim 33-31 rebound advantage, but the Mountain Hawks forced 26 Greyhound turnovers.
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Two Lehigh three-pointers got the Mountain Hawks off a quick 6-0 start, but Loyola answered with 14-0 run and held Lehigh scoreless for over 5 minutes. Lehigh responded with eight unanswered points from four different players to pull within one at 14-13 with 9:25 left in the half.
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Loyola was eventually able to extend its lead to 26-17 with 5:15 on the clock, before an 8-0 run that started with a Kinek layup and finished with a Kinek jumper pulled the Mountain Hawks within one. Lehigh trailed 29-27 after a free throw from Lisa Mirarchi, but Sharlow was able to convert a crisp pass from O'Reilly into a late layup to tie the game at 29 headed into the locker room.
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Loyola finished the first half shooting 47.8 percent (11-for-23) from the floor, but just 20.0 percent (1-for-5) from three-point range. Lehigh shot 37.9 percent (11-for-29) during the opening term.
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The Mountain Hawks began the second half on an 8-0 run until the Greyhounds hit their first shot of the term with 17:11 to play. Lehigh held onto the lead for the next seven minutes as the score read 53-46 with 9:49 on the clock.
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The Greyhounds hit two straight three-pointers, one from Krusen and one from Nneka Offodile, to pull within two before a Sharlow layup extended the lead to four. Lehigh clung to a 61-58 lead with 2:22 to play, but the Greyhounds erupted with ten unanswered points to grab a 68-61 lead with just 18 seconds on the clock. A Brown jumper started the run and then back-to-back three-pointers from Krusen and Tiffany Padgett gave the visitors a 66-61 lead with just 32 seconds remaining.
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Next up for the Mountain Hawks is a trip to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday for a 7 p.m. contest at American. The game can be viewed for free on the Patriot League Network an fans can listen live on 91.3 WLVR or wlvr.org.
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Team Stats
LOY
LEHIGH
FG%
.480
.389
3FG%
.471
.286
FT%
.824
.720
RB
33
31
TO
26
20
STL
9
8
Game Leaders
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
5
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
11
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
7
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
2
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