RELEASE DATE: 1/24/09

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Women Mountie’s first half fight fails to rally a second half victory

Box Score

MANSFIELD – The Mansfield women’s basketball team closed out the first half only four points behind though could not overcome West Chester’s second half game as the Rams pulled out a 70-59 win on Saturday afternoon.

For the first part of the first half, the Rams and Mounties battled for control of the game with the Mounties either behind by no more than two points or a dead-even tie.

With nine minutes left in the first half, Morgan Hafer sank a three-pointer to bring the Mounties ahead of the Rams 18-16. The Mounties held the lead while even extending it to a six-point difference. West Chester followed with an eight-point turn-around as they received points from Janelle Garber’s two jumpers, Megan Stewart’s two free throws and Mary Kate Serratelli’s layup.

West Chester pulled even farther ahead to bring the first half to a close with the score at 36-32.

At the start of the second half it was all West Chester as the Mounties could not manage to score a point for the first seven minutes until Courtney Brooks and Nicole Pender hit back-to-back three-pointers to bring the Rams’ lead down to nine.

Seconds later, Mallory Moore scored on a layup to bring the lead down to seven, even though that would be the closest Mansfield would come to catching the Rams as West Chester finished the game with 52.5% on field goals, 60% on three-pointers and 62.5% on free throws.

After going 13-26 on field goals and 3-4 on free throws, the Mountaineers’ second half dropped to 9-35 on field goals and 6-9 on free throws.

Mansfield’s top scorers were Moore with 19 points and a team-high eight rebounds, Clarissa Correll with 15 points and Brooks with eight points. West Chester’s Garber was the game-high scorer with 26 points.

Mansfield stays home this week and they next host East Stroudsburg University on Wednesday at 5:30.

Newspaper Box Score

West Chester Univers vs Mansfield University

01/24/09 1:00 pm at Decker Gymnasium

At Decker Gymnasium

WEST CHESTER UNIVERS 70, MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY 59

WEST CHESTER UNIVERS (12-5 (4-0))

GARBER, Janelle 13-17 0-0 26; NEAL, Renata 5-10 1-2 11; ADAMS, Dominique 4-5

0-0 9; STEWART, Megan 2-5 3-4 7; HOSTETTER, Allison 3-11 0-0 6; SERRATELLI,

Mary K 2-4 0-0 5; CARLIN, Bridget 1-2 0-0 3; WEEMS, Dana 1-2 1-2 3; KEEFER,

Jill 0-0 0-0 0; HAMMOND, Shamyra 0-2 0-0 0; FELTY, Kayla 0-1 0-0 0. Totals

31-59 5-8 70.

MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY (4-13 (0-4))

MOORE,Mallory 7-19 4-4 19; CORRELL,Clarissa 6-15 3-3 15; BROOKS,Courtney

3-11 0-0 8; PENDER,Nicole 2-7 1-2 7; HAFER,Morgan 2-3 0-0 5; HAFER,Meredith

1-2 1-2 3; POLLACK,Rebecca 1-3 0-2 2; ESPIGH,Alicia 0-1 0-0 0; AKINS,Emily

0-0 0-0 0; LACEY,Emma 0-0 0-0 0; TRACY, Chelsea 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-61 9-13

59.

West Chester Univers..........   36   34  -   70

Mansfield University..........   32   27  -   59

3-point goals--West Chester Univers 3-5 (ADAMS, Dominique 1-1; SERRATELLI,

Mary K 1-2; CARLIN, Bridget 1-1; STEWART, Megan 0-1), Mansfield University

6-17 (PENDER,Nicole 2-2; BROOKS,Courtney 2-5; MOORE,Mallory 1-6;

HAFER,Morgan 1-1; ESPIGH,Alicia 0-1; HAFER,Meredith 0-1; CORRELL,Clarissa

0-1). Fouled out--West Chester Univers-None, Mansfield University-None.

Rebounds--West Chester Univers 37 (HOSTETTER, Allison 8), Mansfield

University 32 (MOORE,Mallory 8). Assists--West Chester Univers 22 (STEWART,

Megan 11), Mansfield University 18 (BROOKS,Courtney 6). Total fouls--West

Chester Univers 16, Mansfield University 8. Technical fouls--West Chester

Univers-None, Mansfield University-None. A-256