Behrend
Women's Basketball Picks Up Key AMCC Win at Home on Saturday
On
Saturday, January 12, the Behrend Lions picked up a key AMCC win over
conference foe
Penn State Altoona 60-50 in the Junker Center. Both teams entered the AMCC
contest at 3-1.
Behrend has now won six of
eight games and sits at 6-6 overall and 4-1 in the league, while Altoona
falls to 5-6 and 3-2 in the AMCC. The blue and
white have now won ten of the past 11 games over their rivals from Altoona.
In the first half Behrend fell behind 6-0 before riding the shoulders of
senior
Julia Andrus (Corry/Corry). She hit for eight points and two rebounds in
eleven minutes of work. The Behrend Lions managed to only shoot 27% from the
field, while Altoona hit 48% from the floor. Behrend forced Altoona into 11
turnovers and outrebounded the Lions 19-14, but trailed entering halftime
24-22.
Behrend began the second twenty
minutes with a 4-0 start, but Altoona responded by taking a 40-31 lead at
the 13:33 mark. Coach Fornari's charges then put together a 12-2 run behind
inspired bench play from Jenn
Emberg (Cowansville/ Kittaning) to take a 43-42 lead. Down the stretch
freshman
Amy Oldach (Erie/Villa Maria) hit a pair of huge three-pointers to guide the
blue and white to the ten-point win.
Andrus led the scoring with 13 points, while Oldach
added 11 points and five rebounds. Altoona was led by Erin McGowan's 15.
Behrend has only conference games remaining before the AMCC Tournament.
Next up is defending champion Medaille (11-1, 6-0) who will host Behrend on January 16
at 6:00 p.m.