Lady Lions win big over Lake Erie
by Matt Plizga
Sports Editor
The Penn State Behrend Lady
Lions finished the week a healthy 1-
1 to push their record up to 6-11.
The Lady Lions began the week
by losing to Westminster College 68-
57 and finished by dominating Lake
Erie College in every facet of the
game en route to a 71-48 win.
Last Wednesday the Lady Lions
played a solid first half to take a 32-
25 lead over Westminster College.
In fact, the Lady Lions led 49-48
with just over five minutes to play.
Emily Marini picked up her fifth
foul and then the Lady Lions fell
apart.
Behrend was outscored by a 20-12
margin by Westminster in the last
five minutes to fall 68-57.
"It was shear chaos and panic,"
replied Coach Rosalyn Fornari, a
I thinkwe learned a kg
from the game.
little disappointed. "It was a very
freshman-like experience; we had a
lot of turnovers."
Deanna Kaczynski scored a career
high 29 points to lead Westminster to
the victory.
Nikki Schultz (13.2, 5.9)
continued her outstanding play with
a double-double notching 15 points
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- Rosalyn sornari
Head * Coach Women's Baskethaff
while gathering up 11 boards.
Emily Marini (8.5, 6.9) scored 12
and Tiffany Buck (7.6, 3.2) had 10.
The Lady Lions shot just under 40
percent for the game, and had 34
turnovers and only ten assists.
"I think we learned a lot from the
game," commented Fornari.
The Lady Lions proved they had
learned something as they shot 60
percent from the floor in the first
half and played great second half
defense to get the 71-48 victory.
"We were very consistent and we
executed very well," said Fornari.
"In the first half our defense was not
good, but in the second half we
played very well.
Tiffany Buck helped to lead the
charge for the Lions. She finished
with twenty points (7-14 floor, 6-9
3pters). Nikki Schultz had 13, and
Carrie Nestor (8.1, 5.3) and Emily
Marini notched nine each. Marini
cleaned six rebounds off the glass.
"Marini had a great defensive
game and Schultz did a nice job as
well," said Coach Fornari.
Behrend finished the game over 50
percent from the floor, 53 percent
from downtown, and 85 percent
from the charity stripe. They also
held Lake Erie to 6-25 shooting in
the second half and only 19 points.
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