Women's Basketball Evens Up Record With 61-55 Win Over St. Francis (N.Y.)
11/30/2005 12:00:00 AM | General
NEW YORK, N.Y. - After being down five points at the half, the Lions came back to defeat St. Francis (N.Y.) 61-55 to even up their record to 2-2. St. Francis fell to 0-5.
With the score 34-29 in the Terriers favor at the beginning of the second half, the Lions came out of the locker room on fire, going on an 11-0 scoring run to take back the lead and help give them the victory. At 16:36, sophomore guard Michele Gage hit a jumper to tie the game at 34 and a three-pointer from junior guard Megan Griffith a minute later gave
St. Francis scored their first basket of the half at 13:46 but a layup from Gage and another three-pointer from Griffith quickly brought Columbia's lead back to nine points (45-36). The Lions took their biggest lead of the game, 12 points, on a basket by junior forward Becky Houge with 10:11 left in the game. This was enough of a cushion for the
In the first half the game started out close, but the Lions pulled out to a 10-point lead (21-11) with 10:55 to go. The Terriers, however, chipped away at the lead, going on an 8-0 run to get within two points (21-19). A basket by junior guard Shasta Henderson put the Lions up 23-19, but St. Francis was able to get the game within one point on a layup by Deanna Petrucci.
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