The Malone University women's basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak with a home Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) win against Lake Erie College Thursday night 67-65. With the win, the Pioneers improved to 6-7 overall and to 4-5 in the GLIAC while the Storm fell to 7-8 overall and 2-7 in GLIAC play.
The Storm would go on a 5-0 run early on in the contest to hold a 17-15 lead with 11:39 remaining in the first half. However, the momentum changed when Pioneer freshman
Alahna Singleton made a jumper at the 11:02 mark to tie the ball game 17-17. The Pioneers continued on a 9-0 string to extend their lead to 24-17 with 8:38 left. The Storm did not back down, though, as they went on a 5-0 run to sneak back to within one at the 6:47 mark making the score 24-23. Malone never trailed again, though, in the first half and went into halftime leading 36-32. The Pioneers made 52% of their field goals while shooting 88.9% from the free throw line in the first half.
Malone would hold on to the lead for the first six minutes of the second half until Lake Erie made a layup to take its first lead of the half at 44-43 with 14:22 remaining. After that, a back-and-forth battle ensued with the two teams exchanging buckets and staying close for the remainder of the contest. With 36 seconds left in the game, the Storm made a free throw to take a one-point advantage 65-64. But the Storm then fouled forward
Sarah Bardall, sending her to the free throw line, where she hit the first but missed the second to tie the game at 65-65 with 26 seconds left. On the miss, though, the Pioneers brought down the rebound at which point guard
Audrey Myers made a layup with 21 seconds left to give Malone the 67-65 lead. Lake Erie attempted a three-point shot with one second left but it came up short of the rim and the hosts held on for the two-point win.
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Malone was led by Singleton who finished with a season-high 16 points and five rebounds. Guard
Rachel Goddard had 11 points and guard
Alyssa Brandon added 8 points. Forward
Lindsy Snyder finished with 13 rebounds, which tied her season high. Â The Storm were led by Christine Dawson who finished with 19 points.
For its next contest, the Pioneers will head to GLIAC opponent Ashland University (9-6, 5-4) on Saturday, January 17th. Tip-off is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.
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