Lady Cats Suffer 83-74 Loss at Shepherd

02/19/2007

Sophomore forward Lindsay Cale (Hummelstown, Pa.) scored 16 points to lead four Lady Cats who scored in double figures, but it wasn't enough to erase a 22-point halftime deficit, as Pitt Johnstown suffered an 83-74 loss at Shepherd (WV) University, Monday evening. With the loss, Head Coach Jodi Gault's Lady Cats fell to 16-7 on the year.
Shepherd jumped on Pitt Johnstown for a 26-7 lead 11 minutes into the game, before taking a 47-25 halftime lead. Pitt Johnstown battled back to cut the lead to eight points with 2:38 to play in the game, but the Rams held off the Lady Cat comeback for the nine-point victory.
Along with Cale's 16 points and four steals, senior forward Jessica Zapf (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and red-shirt senior guard Chelsea McKinney (St. Petersburg, Pa.) each scored 12 points, while red-shirt junior Sarah Priest (Johnstown, Pa.) tallied 11 points to round out the Lady Cats who scored in double figures. Priest was 4-5 from the field and 3-3 from the free-throw line. Priest also grabbed seven rebounds and made a career-high five steals. Red-shirt sophomore forward Krista Britcher (Johnstown, Pa.) pulled down seven rebounds, and senior forward Jami Oaks (South Fork, Pa.) scored eight points, had five rebounds and blocked two shots.
With her 12 points, Zapf moved into 15th place on the Lady Cat All-time Scoring List with 1,214 career points. Senior guard Allison Krischer (Johnstown, Pa.), who scored eight points, climbed into 21st place on the scoring list with 1,138 points.
The Lady Cats were held to 38.5% (25-65) shooting from the field and 16.7% (2-12) from three-point range, while the Rams finished the game shooting 30-66 (45.5%) from the field and 5-15 (33.3%) from behind the three-point line. Pitt Johnstown was 22-32 (68.8%) from the free-throw line. Shepherd ended the night 18-23 (78.3%) from the free-throw line.
Laura Harkins scored a game-high 20 points to lead Shepherd. Krissy Grosselin (19 points) and Rebecca Frece (13 points) also scored in double figure, while Danielle Costello had a game-high eight rebounds for the Rams, who improved to 16-9 on the year.
The Lady Cats travel Lock Haven University on Wednesday and St. Andrews (NC) Presbyterian on Saturday. Pitt Johnstown will return home to host Columbia Union (MD) College and celebrate Senior Night on Tuersday, February 27 at 6:00 p.m. in the Sports Center.

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