Box Score KUTZTOWN, Pa. – Behind 16 points and 17 rebounds from
Hannah Heeter, the Clarion University women's basketball team evened its PSAC record at 2-2 with a 79-67 win at Kutztown Tuesday night.
The Golden Eagles (5-4 overall, 2-2 PSAC West) broke a 54-all tie, the sixth tie of the second half and the eighth of the game, with a 15-4 run that spanned nearly 10 minutes in the second half of the second half to take control of the game.
Lauren Savulchak hit a free throw at the 11:04 mark to break the game's final tie, and
Raven Jones and
Leisha Crawford each scored six points during the run with Savulchak adding the other three. Clarion then hit 8 of 11 free throws in the final minute while also getting a
Mariah Gador layup to salt the game away.
Clarion trailed by 10, 28-18, with just over six minutes left in the first half before using a half-ending 21-9 run to take a 39-37 halftime lead. Heeter, who also had two assists, a block and a steal, had six points during the run with
Tania Holmes adding five.
Crawford added 12 points and three assists off the bench while going 6 of 7 from the free-throw line with
Mariah Gador chipping in 11 points and seven rebounds,
Raven Jones 11 points and five assists, Holmes 10 points and three assists and Savulchak eight points for the Golden Eagles.
Ashley Wood led Kutztown (3-4 overall, 2-2 PSAC East) with 17 points and three assists, Alyssa Boneberger had a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds while also handing out four helpers and Tanejha Smith chipped in 14 points, four assists and four steals.
The victory was the third in a row for the Golden Eagles, their longest win streak in nearly three years (5 in a row from Dec. 8, 2009, and Dec. 29, 2009). Clarion will look for a fourth consecutive win when it plays at East Stroudsburg at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
NOTES – The 17-rebound game marked the ninth game of 15 or more rebounds for the sophomore Heeter. That ranks third in school history for games of 15 or more rebounds behind Heather Cigich (16) and Shay Godwin (11). It was her first 15-rebound game of the season (five games) and her second double-double of the year. She has 15 career double-doubles, the ninth most in a career at Clarion … For Clarion's three freshman – Holmes, Gador and Crawford, it marked the first time they were all in double figures in the same game this season. It was Holmes' second double-figure game, the third for Crawford – her second in a row – and the fourth for Gador, who had three in her last four games … With the five assists, Jones now has 271 in her career, the sixth most in a career in school history. She needs 29 more to become the fourth player in school history with 300.
