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Lady Cats Hit Free-Throws to Secure Overtime Win Over Wheeling Jesuit

02/13/2010

Sheena Aden (Sandy lake, Pa.) scored 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds to help the Lady Cats erase an 14-point second half deficit and force overtime, before securing a 90-87 victory over Wheeling Jesuit (WV) University on Breast Cancer Awareness Night, Saturday in the Sports Center. Pitt-Johnstown, which made 4-5 from the free-throw line down the stretch, made it four straight wins and improved to 13-9 overall and 10-7 in the WVIAC.
Monae Baker (Bushkill, Pa.) scored two straight baskets to knot the score at 80 and force overtime. Pitt-Johnstown scored the first six points, before holding off the Lady Cardinals by hitting 4-5 free-throws in the final 22 seconds.
Lauren Myers' lay-up in the opening possession put Wheeling Jesuit up 2-0 and the Lady Cardinals held that lead the rest of the first half.
Aden's bucket at 15:10 pulled the Lady Cats to within two at 12-10, but Wheeling Jesuit used an 18-9 run over the next 7:07 to build a 30-17 lead. Two of Chrissy Pavlik's game-high 30 points gave the Lady Cardinals their first double-digit lead at 26-15 with 9:23 remaining in the half, before two free-throws from Kim Mueller extended the lead to 13 just over a minute later.
Pitt-Johnstown battled back to cut it to five on another Aden basket at 2:4, but Wheeling Jesuit pushed the lead back out to 11 with 55 seconds left. Baker hit two free-throws with 12 seconds to cut the Lady Cat deficit to 42-35 at halftime.
Two straight baskets by the Lady Cardinals to open the second half gave Wheeling Jesuit a 46-35 advantage, but Stacy Goode (Pleasant Plain, OH) made a steal and finished with a lay-up to make it 46-39 at 17:43.
Wheeling Jesuit outscored Pitt-Johnstown 16-6 over the next 3:23 to go up 59-45. However, the Lady Cats clawed their way back again with a 14-3 run of their own. Aden's lay-up and free-throw cut it to 62-59 just under the midway point of the second half.
The Lady Cardinals quickly recovered and made it a 10-point game at 69-59 on Kara DeSantis' bucket a minute later. Back-to-back three-pointers from Qiuana Brown's (Monroeville, Pa.) capped another Pitt-Johnstown rally and tied the score at 76 with 2:45 to play.
After four straight points by Wheeling Jesuit, Baker answered with four straight of her own to force overtime with the scored tied at 80.
The Lady Cats wrapped-up the night shooting 53.8% from the field, 5-13 from three-point range and 15-20 from the free-throw line. Wheeling Jesuit shot 50.9% from the floor with nine three-pointers and 20-24 from the charity stripe.
Aden led five Pitt-Johnstown players who scored in double-figures with 23 points on 10-15 shooting and 3-3 from the free-throw line. Baker had 21 points and eight rebounds, while Andrea Dalton (Washington, Pa.) and Brown had 12 points apiece. Dalton also grabbed eight rebounds. Goode collected 11 points, three rebounds and seven assists.
With her 23 points, Aden moved into 29th-place on the Lady Cat All-time Scoring List with 1,038 points. She is now four points away from Erin Meier (1996-00) for 28th-place and six points shy of Suzy Shimkus (1980-84) for 27th-place. Aden also ranks 29th on the All-Time Rebounding List with 397 career rebounds. She is 20 rebounds away from Janet Hess (1991-95) for 28th-place.
Pavlik paced Wheeling Jesuit with a game-high 30 points. DeSantis chipped in 28 points and seven rebounds, and Megan Stuvek had 10 points and six assists for the lady Cardinals who fell to 8-12 overall and 7-8 in the WVIAC.
At halftime, Pitt-Johnstown honored former Lady Cat basketball standout Jody Billingsley (1990-94), an unfortunate victim of the August 4, 2009 L.A. Fitness Center shooting outside of Pittsburgh, by retiring her No. 44 jersey.
Pitt-Johnstown will host a WVIAC doubleheader against Ohio Valley (WV) University on Monday. The Lady Cats will tip-off at 5:30 p.m. in the Sports Center, followed by the men's game at 7:30 p.m. The Lady Cats will then travel to Salem International (WV) University on Thursday and to Seton Hill University on Saturday.

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