RELEASE DATE: 12/30/06

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mounties Drop Fourth Straight -- Fall 73-67 at GBC

Box Score

WILMINGTON, DE – Jessica Uhrich and Courtney Brooks each recorded 19 points against Goldey-Beacom College on Saturday afternoon but it would not be enough as the Mountaineers dropped their fourth straight falling 73-67.

Things started off on the wrong foot for the Mountaineers as they missed their first five shots and committed three turnovers as Goldey-Beacom ran out to a 10-0 lead after the first five minutes of play.

Goldey-Beacom held on to a nine point lead until a 3-pointer from Courtney Brooks ignited a 14-0 run for the Mountaineers as Mansfield took a 19-14 lead with 5:26 to play in the half.

Goldey responded with a 12-0 run of their own to regain the lead 26-19 with just under 3:00 before the half. They would build their lead to 15 taking a 39-24 advantage into the intermission.

The second half opened with another 14-0 run by Goldey-Beacom to increase their lead to 29 at 53-24 with just under 18:00 to play.

The 29 point deficit proved to be too large as Mansfield attempted a comeback. The Mounties, who outscored Goldey-Beacom 43-34 in the second half fell six points shy at the buzzer dropping their fourth straight by a score of 73-67.

Courtney Brooks led the Mountaineers with a career-high 19 points while Jessica Uhrich also added 19 points. Mallory Hafer had 16 points including four 3-pointers and Brittany Reed added seven points.

Cherrise Graham led all scorers with a game-high 28 points and 10 rebounds for Goldey-Beacom.

Mansfield shot a dismal 28.8% from the field while Goldey-Beacom was a slight bit better at 33.8% from the field.

The Mountaineers held a slight advantage on rebounds at 37-36.

With the loss, Mansfield falls to 5-5 on the season while Goldey-Beacom improves to 6-4.

The Mountaineers are back in action on Wednesday, January 3rd when they travel to Dowling College for a 5:00pm tip-off.

Newspaper Box Score
MANS-W vs Goldey-Beacom
12/30/06 1PM at Wilmington, DE
At Wilmington, DE
GOLDEY-BEACOM 73, MANS-W 67
MANS-W (5-4)
BROOKS, Courtney 6-13 2-4 19; UHRICH, Jessica 8-22 1-2 19; HAFER, Mallory
6-20 0-0 16; REED, Brittany 2-4 2-3 7; CORRELL, Clarissa 1-4 1-2 3; MEACHAM,
Jeanette 0-5 1-4 1; AKINS, Emily 0-8 0-0 0; AKINS, Katie 0-4 0-0 0. Totals
23-80 9-17 67.
GOLDEY-BEACOM (5-4)
GRAHAM, CHERRISE 10-28 6-6 28; ROWLEY, KIM 3-10 9-12 15; JONES, TONI 5-10
4-4 14; YANACEK, APRIL 4-9 0-0 10; SCOTT, NATASHA 1-5 0-0 2; TURONI, NICOLE
1-8 0-0 2; HARRIS, COURTNEY 1-2 0-0 2; DONELAN, CASI 0-1 0-0 0; MAHONEY,
ERIN 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-74 19-22 73.
MANS-W........................ 24 43 - 67
Goldey-Beacom................. 39 34 - 73
3-point goals-MANS-W 12-32 (BROOKS, Courtney 5-10; HAFER, Mallory 4-9;
UHRICH, Jessica 2-4; REED, Brittany 1-4; AKINS, Emily 0-5), Goldey-Beacom
4-21 (GRAHAM, CHERRISE 2-7; YANACEK, APRIL 2-6; JONES, TONI 0-3; SCOTT,
NATASHA 0-1; TURONI, NICOLE 0-3; ROWLEY, KIM 0-1). Fouled
out--MANS-W-UHRICH, Jessica, Goldey-Beacom-None. Rebounds-MANS-W 37 (AKINS,
Emily 6; UHRICH, Jessica 6), Goldey-Beacom 36 (GRAHAM, CHERRISE 10).
Assists-MANS-W 18 (BROOKS, Courtney 10), Goldey-Beacom 14 (GRAHAM, CHERRISE
3; MAHONEY, ERIN 3; YANACEK, APRIL 3). Total fouls-MANS-W 16, Goldey-Beacom
13. A-100