Lady Cats Win Third Straight Game With 74-58 Home Win Over St. Vincent

02/10/2005

The Lady Cat basketball team, ranked 9th in this week's NCAA Division II East Region Poll, made it three straight victories and raised its record to 17-5 on the season with a 74-58 win over Saint Vincent College Thursday night in the Sports Center. Senior forward Melissa Patterson (Alexandria, Pa.) scored 21 points and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds and sophomore forward Jessica Zapf (Pittsburgh, Pa.) added 13 points and a career-high 17 rebounds to lead Pitt Johnstown.
Head Coach Jodi Gault's team jumped out to a 41-19 halftime lead and increased that lead to 28 points with 16:08 to play in the second half, before going on to the 16-point victory. The Lady Cats dominated Saint Vincent on the boards, out rebounding the Bearcats 54-31, including a 22-8 advantage on the offensive end. Pitt Johnstown converted its 22 offensive rebounds into 16 points. The Lady Cats also connected on 21 of their 27 free-throws.
Zapf, who collected her eighth double-double of the season, also shot 7-10 from the free-throw line. Sophomore guard Allison Krischer (Johnstown, Pa.) added 10 points and a game-high six assists and junior center Samantha Conner (Everett, Pa.) chipped in nine points and seven rebounds. Coach Gault also got production from her bench. Sophomore guard/forward Jami Oaks (South Fork, Pa.) scored eight points, while red-shirt sophomore forward Shannon Reigh (Williamsburg, Pa.) scored six points and red-shirt freshman forward Sarah Priest (Johnstown, Pa.) grabbed four rebounds.
Kristin Myers' 21 points, including four three-point field goals, and six rebounds led the way for Saint Vincent. Sarah Rockwell tallied 12 points and Amanda Clevenger scored 11 points for the Bearcats, who fell to 10-16 on the year.
Pitt Johnstown will host Alderson Broaddus (WV) College Friday night at 6:00 p.m. in the Sports Center, before traveling to East Region #8-ranked Wheeling Jesuit University on Wednesday.

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