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Women's Basketball

No. 5 Gannon Downs Lady Cats, 71-50, on Senior Day

Johnstown, Pa.

Box Score
Fifth-ranked Gannon University opened-up a 16-point halftime lead on its way to dealing the Lady Cats a, 71-50, PSAC Western Division loss on Saturday's Senior Day in the Sports Center.  Nicole Carman scored 12 points, and Kelsey Sleighter added 11 points for Pitt-Johnstown, which dropped to 9-16 overall and 6-9 in the conference.
 
Prior to the game, the Lady Cat basketball program recognized this year's seniors…Grace Hyland, Rachel Johnson, and Inaya Stephenson.
 
Pitt-Johnstown kept it close early.  After Sleighter connected for a 3-pointer that gave the Lady Cats their only lead of the day, Gannon was able to open up a seven-point advantage on two of Jen Papich's 16 first half points.
 
Two Leah Hansen free-throws five minutes in cut it to 12-9, but the Golden Knights outscored Pitt-Johnstown 27-14 the rest of the way to build a 16-point halftime advantage.
 
A lay-up by Morgan Neighbors at 8:20 made it an11-point game, before Amanda Berchtold's basket increased it to 35-20 with 3:21 to play in the half.
 
Pitt-Johnstown got a bucket from Carman that cut the deficit to 13, but Kelley Sunberg knocked down a short jumper as time expired to give Gannon a 39-23 halftime lead.
 
The Golden Knights never looked back.  Nettie Blake hit two free-throws at the midway point of the second half the pushed the lead to 23, before back-to-back baskets by Johnson got the Lady Cats to back within 19 with 5:28 to play.
 
However, the Golden Knights built the lead to as many as 27 with 2:28 remaining before coasting to the 21-point victory.
 
Along with Carman and Sleighter, Johnson finished with eight points and a team-high seven rebounds, while Jasmine Harper scored seven points, and Stephenson tallied six points to lead Pitt-Johnstown.
 
Johnson is in 18th-place on the Lady Cat All-Time Rebounding List with 584, while Carman ranks 29th on the rebounding list with 473.
 
The Lady Cats were held to just 32.7% (17-52) shooting from the field, including just 5-24 from 3-point range.  Pitt-Johnstown also hit 11-166 from the free-throw line.  Gannon, which dominated the glass 44-26, shot 46.8% (29-62) from the floor, 2-5 from behind the 3-point line, and 11-14 from the charity stripe.
 
Papich led all scorers with her 16 first half points.  Blake had 10 points and seven rebounds, and Lanice Saunders chipped-in 10 points off the bench to help the Golden Knights improved to 25-2 overall and 14-2 in the PSAC West.
 
The Lady Cats close out the regular season at Mercyhurst University on Wednesday, before opening the 2014 PSAC Tournament against an opponent and at a site to be determined.
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