Box Score (New/Sortable Format) EDINBORO, Pa. (January 18) - In one of the biggest wins of head coach
hit a three-pointer with five minutes remaining in the second half to give the Fighting Scots a 60-59 lead, their first lead in 18 minutes.
Following Jackson's 3-pointer, there were four lead changes and three ties to close out regulation. Jackson's jumper with 1:21 remaining would give the Fighting Scots a 64-63 lead. On the other end,
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Katie Collins were each vital off the bench. Hippo played a career-high 31 minutes and scored 10 points on 3-for-5 shooting, 2-for-3 on 3-pointers. Collins also played a career-high in minutes (18) and finished with nine points on 4-for-5 shooting and a season-high three steals.
"It was a great team win for us," said Majewski. "We had a lot of people step-up (today) and it's just a great team victory."
The Lady Knights were led by Blake who finished with 21 points and 14 rebounds. The junior forward/center shot 6-for-10 from the field and went 9-for-11 from the free throw line. Papich was the only other Gannon player to score in double-digits, finishing with 16 points on 7-for-12 shooting. She added six rebounds. Brittany Batts, the top 3-point shooter in the PSAC, went just 1-for-4 from the floor and 1-for-3 from distance to finish with just three points.
"One of our goals was to stop their 3-pointers," Majewski said after the game, as the Scots limited Gannon to just 36.8 percent on 3-pointers. "Darche' did an unbelievable job on Batts."
Gannon outrebounded Edinboro 38-23, the most the Scots have been outrebounded by this season. The Lady Knights had 16 offensive rebounds and scored 18 second chance points.
"We are struggling rebounding," Swank said after the game. "Nettie is such a strong force inside. She is so difficult to defend. She is a great rebounder and it showed in the rebounding statistics."
The Scots hit over 50 percent of their shots for the third time in the last four games, finishing at a 54.7 clip. Edinboro also shot 53.8 percent on 3-pointers, its highest mark of the season. The Fighting Scots won the turnover battle 22-15. They are now 11-0 this year when they commit fewer turnovers than their opponents.
Trailing 18-11 in the first half with 11:17 to play, the Fighting Scots went on a 13-3 run to take 24-21 lead with 5:20 remaining in the first half. Jackson scored seven points during the stretch.
Gannon would respond with a 9-2 run to take a 30-26 lead with 1:36 remaining in the half. Lindsay and Majewski each scored in the final minute to tie the game at 30 with 32 seconds to play. Morgan Neighbors would hit a 3-pointer with 11 seconds left in the half to give the Lady Knights a 33-30 halftime lead.
With 17:52 to play, Lindsay cut the deficit to just one point, down 37-36. The Lady Knights responded with a 6-0 run to lead 43-36 with 15:40 remaining, their largest lead of the second half.
Edinboro will be off until next week when they host Indiana (Pa.) on Wednesday, January 22. The Crimson Hawks were ranked earlier in the year, but have lost two straight games. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. in McComb Fieldhouse.
Game Notes: Laurel Lindsay played all 45 minutes in the game, a career-high…
Darche' Jackson and
Valerie Majewski played a career-high in minutes as well, playing 40 minutes and 42 minutes, respectively… Jackson's nine field goals tie a career-high… This was the fifth game the Fighting Scots have been outrebounded and are undefeated when that occurs (5-0)… The Scots are also 5-0 when they shoot 50 percent or better… This was Edinboro's first overtime game this season, with the last occurring February 22
nd, 2012 (59-58 loss at Mercyhurst)…