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RELEASE DATE: 12/21/04 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LATE RUN BY 10TH RANK CAL SINKS MANSFIELD WOMEN TAGLIAFERRI AND SCORDINO SCORE IN DOUBLE FIGURES
California jumped out to leads of 6-0 and 17-6 before the
Mountaineers battled back into the contest. Beginning with a Tagliaferri
bucket with12:20 left in the opening half, Mansfield cut Calıs lead to six
points on three occasions before going to the locker room down 34-25 at the
break.
Tagliaferri led Mansfieldıs charge early in the second half. The
Mountaineers cut Calıs lead to four points (46-42) on a
Jessica Uhrich bucket with 11:51 left.
But the defending NCAA Division II National Champions went on a 25-4 run behind All-American Sara McKinney over the final 11 minutes of the game to pull out the victory. Uhrich added nine points with 10 rebounds for Mansfield. McKinney led California (6-2) with a game high 18 points. The Mountaineers fall to 5-3 overall and travel to Shippensburg tomorrow.
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CALIFORNIA,
PA Alison Tagliaferri scored 13 points and Laura Scordino
added 11 but it would not be enough as Mansfield fell to 10th ranked
California 71-46 in a PSAC crossover contest at Hammer Hall Tuesday night.