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| 11.16.04
- The Aquinas College Saints out-lasted the Foresters to pick up the
82-80 win in double over-time. The Saints happily returned the favor
after losing to HC 94-86 in double over-time last season at the Merillat
Complex. Too many turnovers and offensive rebounds led to the Foresters'
demise. After building as much as an 11-point lead early in the first
half, the Foresters began coughing up the ball which allowed the Saints to
cut the lead to three at the half at 31-28. Aquinas picked up their
intensity to begin the second half and took the lead over the first five
minutes of play. The Saints built and maintained an eight-point lead
throughout most of the half until HC applied a full-court press. The
Foresters came up with back-to-back steals that resulted in a trey from Jamie
Grogg and a field goal by Kendra Stahl to cut the Saints lead to 57-56 with
6:07 left in regulation. The two teams battled back and forth with
Aquinas owning a 68-66 lead with :21 left to play. HC brought the ball
up the floor and got a shot a couple offensive rebounds before Janna Knisely
was fouled on her attempt with 3.6 second left. Knisely sank both
tosses to force overtime. In the first extra period, the Foresters
again had to play catch-up. Down two, HC was forced to foul to stop the
clock. Aquinas' Whitney March missed the first, but got the second to
fall to give the Saints a three-point lead with 14 second to go.
Knisely tried to spring Grogg with a high pick and roll, but both defenders
stayed with Grogg. Knisely took the dish from Grogg and calmly hit the
trey to send the game to a second overtime. Three costly Forester
turnovers late in the period gave Aquinas a few extra opportunities on their
offensive end, and the Saints' Ashley Heuvelman shot a running floater that
found the bottom of the net as time expired. HC's Grogg led all scores
in the game with 28 points on 10 of 15 shooting, including 6-7 from behind
the arc and 2-2 from the line. Four other Foresters finished in double
figures with Amy Berry getting 14, Knisely, back from an earlier knee injury,
finished with 13, Betsey Bean had 11 and Katie Stiffler added 10.
Jackie Braspenninx led the Saints with 19 points. With the loss, the
women fall to 3-3 on the season.
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