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Women's Basketball

Lady Cats Hold Off Slippery Rock, 90-86, in Double Overtime

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Box Score
Nicole Carman scored 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, but it was Kelsey Sleighter's driving lay-up with 1:00 left in the second overtime that put the Lady Cats in front for good and lifted Pitt-Johnstown to a 90-86 PSAC Western Division victory over Slippery Rock, Saturday afternoon in the Sports Center.  The Lady Cats made it two straight wins and improved to 3-5 overall and 2-2 in conference-play.
 
Sleighter's bucket broke an 86-86 tie , before Leah Hansen and Rachel Johnson each hit free-throws with less than 20 seconds remaining to help Pitt-Johnstown seal the win.
 
Slippery Rock ran out to an 22-12 lead 8:27 into the game on Kara Houppert 3-pointer.
 
Each time Slippery Rock would pull ahead, Pitt-Johnstown battled back to keep close. Sleighter's lay-up with 1:49 left in the half cut it to six, and Hansen scored with time running out to get the Lady Cats to within three at 29-26 at the half.
 
It was more of the same in the second half.  The Rock quickly rebuilt the lead to double digits on D'Asia's Chambers' basket three minutes in, but Pitt-Johnstown used a 12-2 run, capped by Sleighter's 3-pointer, to knot it at 39 with 14:17 left.
 
Slippery Rock pushed it back out to seven three minutes later, before Kayla DeCriscio's finished an unconventional five-point play.  DeCriscio knocked down a 3-pointer and was hit a pair of free-throws when she was fouled after the play.
 
However, The Rock never gave up the lead until Nicole Carman's free-throws put the Lady Cats in front 67-65 with 19 seconds remaining.  Slippery Rock answered with two free-throws by Jazmyne Frost with six seconds to force overtime.
 
In the first overtime, Slippery Rock built a 79-74 advantage with 1:22 on the clock, but Hansen's late free-throws tie it at 81 to set up the second overtime.
 
Carman led five Lady Cats who scored in double figures with20 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.  Hansen had 18 points, while Sleighter had 16 points and seven rebounds, and Jasmine Harper added 15 points and seven rebounds.  DeCriscio finished with 10 points, including 7-8 from the free-throw line.
 
Rachel Johnson, who grabbed seven rebounds, currently stands in 25th place on the Lady Cat All-Time Rebounding List with 495 rebounds, three shy of Denise Gallo (1992-96) for 24th place.
 
The Lady Cats both shot 50% from the floor for the game, but Pitt-Johnstown made seven 3-pointers and connected on 33-47 from the free-throw line.  The Rock was 5-14 from behind the 3-point line and 21-33 from the charity stripe.
 
Chambers poured in a game-high 30 points and pulled down nine rebounds, and Frost chipped in 25 points and nine rebounds to lead Slippery Rock, which dropped to 1-7 overall and 0-4 in the PSAC West.
 
The Lady Cats will break for finals, before hosting doubleheaders with the Mountain Cats against Shippensburg on December 17 and Kutztown on December 18.  The Lady Cats will tip-off both doubleheaders at 5:30 p.m. in the Sports Center, with the men's games to follow at 7:30 p.m.
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