ERIE, Pa. – The Clarion women's basketball team ran into a tough road test on Wednesday night, falling 88-61 to Gannon at the Hammermill Center.  The Golden Eagles (4-22, 2-18 PSAC) will close their season with two straight home games, starting with this Saturday's contest against Cal U.
 
The Golden Knights entered the contest as the second-place team in the PSAC West division and did not disappoint, using their scoring depth to outpace the Golden Eagles over the course of the 40-minute contest.  Olivia Boocks came off the bench to lead Clarion in scoring, adding 15 points on a 5-of-11 shooting performance from beyond the three-point line.  Emily Hegedus had six points to go with a team-high six rebounds, and Ke'Airah Massiah and Yasmin Lewis both topped double digits in scoring.
 
Gannon shot better than 60 percent from the field and had a healthy night from the free throw line, outscoring Clarion there 14-7.  They also won the rebound battle 37-24 in winning their 20^th game of the year.
 
The game started with a 13-4 run by the Golden Knights, with Haley Tewes adding a pair of free throws three minutes in to cap off the rally.  They expanded the lead to double-digits before the end of the quarter, with Haille Hart scoring a layup before the end of the period.  She scored again at the 7:54 mark of the second quarter to cut the lead to 27-17, but the Golden Knights bumped the advantage to 20 points heading into the halftime break.
 
Clarion righted the ship somewhat in the third quarter, keeping it fairly even with the Golden Knights.  Hegedus scored the first bucket of the third, taking a feed from Massiah and laying it in, and Boocks drilled a three-pointer off a pass from Neely Whitehead to make it 50-31.  Lewis made a midrange jumper to cut it to 56-41 with 2:26 left in the period, but Gannon scored six straight to make it 62-41 heading into the fourth.  They swelled that lead slightly to finish off the game.