Box Score
FREDONIA, N.Y. – Grace Moore and Caroline Hourihan each had a double-double, while Katie Landy scored a game-high 22 points to lead Fredonia State over Allegheny 68-60 in non-conference women’s basketball action on Sunday afternoon.
Moore and Hourihan each pulled down 10 boards to help the Blue Devils (4-2) hold a 59-27 rebounding advantage and post their fourth win of the season. Moore scored 12 points and Hourihan added 10 points and six assists.
Jill Gregory led the Gators (4-5) in scoring for the seventh time in nine games, posting 17 points. Heidi Goeller and Brittany Bell each chipped in 10 points.
The Gators (4-5) forced Fredonia to turn the ball over 30 times to gather 17 steals, but it was the Blue Devil’s 12-2 run late in the second half to counteract Allegheny’s comeback attempt.
Fredonia never trailed in the first half and had an eight-point lead at intermission, 33-25. The Gators came out of the break with a 11-0 run to take their first lead at 36-33. Lauren Donahoe started with a jumper and Goeller tallied a layup, before Gregory scored the next seven straight points for the three-point lead at the 17:25 mark. The Blue Devils committed six turnovers during that stretch.
A three-pointer by Liz Wierbinski put the hosts up by one, but Gregory made another basket to regain the lead momentarily. Bell knocked down one of three triples on the afternoon and Greta Pszenny knocked down two from the free-throw line for a 49-44 lead with 11:36 remaining.
With a 51-48 lead by the Gators, Fredonia used two three-pointers and five points by Moore to take the lead for good at the 6:22 mark, 60-53. Allegheny immediately cut the lead to two points with a Bell three and Gregory layup. Moore came up big again in the final minute with four more points to keep the Blue Devils out in front.
In the first half, Fredonia managed to get out to a 23-14 lead after a Landy layup. Behind Pszenny’s four points and Ann Ryan’s first collegiate three-pointer got the Gators within two at 25-23. That would be the last time Allegheny scored in the half and the Blue Devils’ 8-0 closed out the stanza.
The Gators will take a two-week hiatus before returning on December 28 against Tufts at the Land of Magic Classic in Orlando, Florida. Game time is 2 p.m.