Women's Basketball Championship Summary - First Round
March 10, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - In the first round of the Horizon League Championship, No. 7 seed Youngstown State defeated No. 10 seed Detroit, while No. 9 seed Loyola took down No. 8 seed UIC in overtime. The Penguins will move on to face No. 2 seed Wright State, while the Ramblers will meet No. 1 seed Green Bay in the Quarterfinals on Wednesday.
No. 7 seed Youngstown State 65, No. 10 seed Detroit 54
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Senior Heather Karner set the Youngstown State single-season 3-pointer record after hitting five and leading the No. 7 YSU women's basketball team with 18 points en route to a 65-54 win over No. 10 Detroit on Monday evening at the Beeghly Center.
Karner, who has made 83 3-pointers this season, also grabbed five rebounds and dished out two assists to pace the Penguins (14-16) to their first Horizon League Tournament victory. Junior Tiara Scott also reached double figures with 11 points.
After Detroit (6-24) cut the Penguins second-half lead down to one, 30-29, junior Toni Roscoe drained a 3-pointer to cushion the Guins lead to four, 33-29, at the 18 minute mark.
Over the next eight minutes, the Penguins extended its lead to 10 points, 45-35, after Karner hit a 3-point at the 10:08 mark.
Detroit went on a 15-8 run over the next six minutes to cut the deficit to three, 53-50, with 4:08 remaining.
A jumper by Ashley Pendleton and a three-point by Jessica Schloemp pushed the Penguins lead by to seven, 57-50, at the 3:24 mark.
Detroit would not get any closer than six points, 58-52, the rest of the way.
In the first half, the Guins shot just 31 percent from the field but were helped by Karner's three 3-pointers and Tiara Scott's nine points on 3-of-5 shooting and three free throws.
Karner tied the single-season 3-point mark with the first basket of the game, which gave the Penguins a 3-0 lead. She broke the mark with her second triple of the evening and cut a five-point deficit to two, 12-10, at the 10:37 mark.
Karner's third trey of the half gave the Guins a one-point lead, 13-12, at the 9:51 mark but the teams battled through four ties and two more lead changes over the next five minutes.
With the game knotted at 20-20, Scott made two free throws and then converted a three-point play to push the Guins ahead by five, 25-20, with 3:28 left.
A three-pointer by Detroit's Gabby Hungerford trimmed the YSU edge to two, 26-24, with just under a minute remaining, but Jessica Schloemp's two free throws with 30 seconds left ended the scoring and gave the Guins a 28-24 halftime lead.
The Penguins take on No. 2 Wright State, Wednesday, March 12. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. at the Nutter Center.
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No. 9 seed Loyola 73, No. 8 UIC 69 (OT)
CHICAGO, Ill. - Loyola defeated UIC 73-69 in overtime in the first round of the 2008 Horizon League Championship on Monday night to eliminate the Flames from the tournament.
The Flames end the season with a 10-20 overall record.Loyola led by by eight with 8:18 to go in the second half,but UIC drained eight straight points to cut the deficit to one. With the clock winding down, UIC sophomore Jessie Miller stole the ball with 18 seconds remaining and dished it to Briana Hinkle for the tie (59-59) on a short jumper.
Loyola's Keisha Collins missed a final shot at the end of the regulation to send the game into overtime.The two teams exchanged buckets in the first minute before the Ramblers sparked a 7-2 run to lead, 70-63. UIC made one final comeback attempt as it tallied four straight points, but the Flames fell short.
The was game tied three times in the first eight minutes of the first half. The Flames took its first lead of the game on a successful trip to the free throw line from Miller. Loyola then recorded 12 unanswered points to own a 26-16 advantage with 3:53 on the clock. UIC responded with an 8-2 burst, but the Ramblers headed into halftime with a nine-point cushion (31-22).
Five Loyola players scored in double-figures with Collins leading the pack with 17 points. In addition, LU's Shannon Finnegan pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds.
Miller led the way for the Flames as she notched her second career double-double with a game-high 22 points and 14 rebounds. Sophomore Cassie Johnson picked up a career-high five blocks and tied her season-high with 11 points.
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