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Danbury
2001

Coverage of the women's Final Four

Second-round game stories

Saturday, March 3, 2001

Messiah 68, King's 61
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Messiah used a potent first-half long-range shooting display and held off a furious second-half rally as the Falcons posted a 68-61 victory over host King's in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Messiah took a 33-20 lead into the half-time break largely on the strength of a 54.5% long range effort as the Falcons canned 6-of-11 three-point field-goal attempts. Melissa Ehst scored10 of her 15 points in the first half on 3-for-5 shooting and 2-for-4 from long range. Christina Vouriotis added seven for Messiah while Erin Wedemeyer chipped in with six.

In the second half, King¹s opened up with a 19-6 run and cut the margin to 42-39 with 10:34 remaining on a bucket by Tiffini Varrasse. Messiah then responded with a 7-0 spurt to take a 49-39 lead following a basket by Jess Mulberger and a pair of foul shots by Ehst.

The teams traded short spurts until King's cut the lead to 55-49 with 2:42 left on a basket by Nikki Kingston. After the teams traded misses, King's began to foul with 1:46 left but Messiah responded by connecting on 13 of 15 shots from the charity line. King's would close to within 62-58 with 0:37 left after a three-pointer by Fran Monte, but Vouriotis hit 4-for-4 from the line while Mulberger canned a pair to seal the victory and move the Falcons onto the NCAA Sweet 16.

Vouriotis led the Falcons with a game-high 21 points, while Wedemeyer added 10. Denise Igo led King's with 18 points while Kingston and Varrasse netted 17 and 12 points respectively

Messiah, which held a commanding 40-21 rebounding advantage, improved its mark to 24-4 on the year while King's ended its season at 19-7.

The loss to Messiah marked the final game in the careers of seniors Denise Igo, Erin McCarron, and Maggie Widdoes.

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