Women's Basketball falls to Carnegie Mellon, 85-55
12.11.05
The Penn State Altoona women's basketball team fell to Carnegie Mellon University 85-55 Sunday afternoon at the Adler Gymnasium. After getting down 10-0, the Lady Lions fought back to get as close as two with 6 minutes to play in the first half. But that was as close as Altoona would get, trailing by 9 at the half and by 18 with 14 minutes left in the game. Brittany Poorman led the Lady Lions with 14 points on the afternoon. Gemma Easterling scored 14 and Rachelle Roll netted 11 to front Carnegie Mellon. Penn State Altoona fell to 2-5 on the season. The men's and women's squads will return home on Friday, January 13, as they welcome La Roche College to the Adler Gym. The women's game will start at 6 pm with the men's game to follow at 8.
Newspaper Box Score Carnegie Mellon University vs Penn State Altoona Lions 12/11/05 2:00 pm at Penn State Altoona Adler Gym At Penn State Altoona Adler Gym CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY 85, PENN STATE ALTOONA LIONS 55 CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (3-5) Easterling, Gemma 4-6 6-7 14; Roll, Rachelle 4-4 3-5 11; Shore, Rebecca 3-3 2-3 8; Aleski, Stacie 2-5 4-5 8; White, Katie 2-6 2-2 7; Rothwell, Ashley 3-5 1-2 7; Sommermeyer, Dava 3-10 0-0 6; Martini, Julia 3-5 0-0 6; Babin, Heather 0-2 4-6 4; Light, Colleen 2-2 0-1 4; Finkel, Ashley 1-1 0-0 3; Innes, Corey 1-1 0-0 3; Feola, Leah 1-3 0-0 2; Macguire, Meghan 1-2 0-0 2; DeAngelo, Melissa 0-1 0-0 0; Mazziotta, Ashley 0-1 0-0 0; Darcher, Nora 0-1 0-0 0; Schilling, Jeanette 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 30-59 22-33 85. PENN STATE ALTOONA LIONS (2-5) Poorman Brittany 3-13 7-7 14; Gardner Brooke 5-8 2-3 12; Twardon Kirstin 3-10 0-0 9; Makings Lisa 3-6 0-0 7; McGowan Erin 2-8 0-0 5; Fogelsonger Jamie 1-3 1-3 3; Curley Jenna 1-6 0-0 3; Murray Jill 1-5 0-0 2; Davis Monique 0-1 0-0 0; Simon Layna 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 19-63 10-13 55. Carnegie Mellon University.... 37 48 - 85 Penn State Altoona Lions...... 28 27 - 55 3-point goals-Carnegie Mellon University 3-9 (Finkel, Ashley 1-1; Innes, Corey 1-1; White, Katie 1-3; Sommermeyer, Dava 0-1; Martini, Julia 0-1; Feola, Leah 0-1; Easterling, Gemma 0-1), Penn State Altoona Lions 7-29 (Twardon Kirstin 3-9; McGowan Erin 1-6; Makings Lisa 1-1; Poorman Brittany 1-7; Curley Jenna 1-4; Murray Jill 0-2). Fouled out--Carnegie Mellon University-None, Penn State Altoona Lions-None. Rebounds-Carnegie Mellon University 55 (Roll, Rachelle 8), Penn State Altoona Lions 32 (Gardner Brooke 7). Assists-Carnegie Mellon University 17 (Rothwell, Ashley 4), Penn State Altoona Lions 12 (Poorman Brittany 3; McGowan Erin 3). Total fouls-Carnegie Mellon University 19, Penn State Altoona Lions 22. A-92