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02.04.06
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Foresters (14-10) came up with some of the best team defense of the
season to pull off the 70-50 upset over the NAIA 23rd-ranked
Marian College Knights (13-8). In the first half, Huntington forced
the Knights into two scoreless droughts, one through the first five
minutes of the game and then another immediate seven minute stretch
until Marian’s Brittany Meyer finally hit a short jumper to make it
18-4 at the 8:14 mark. The Foresters also forced the Knights into
19 turnovers and held them to six field goals in the first half to
take a 33-13 lead at the break.
The two teams
traded baskets over the first five minutes of the second half with
HU continuing to own a 20-point lead at 41-21. The Foresters then
outscored the Knights 10-3 over the next three minutes to push its
lead to 27 at 51-24. Huntington’s defense continued to get critical
stops and maintained its 20–point advantage until a trey by Jessica
Carr brought Marian within 19 with 38 seconds left in the game.
Huntington’s
Jessica Ramey, who needed nine points in the game to score the 1000th
point of her career, finished the game with 23 on 8-11 shooting,
including 2-2 from behind the arc and 5-5 from the line. She also
dished out seven assists in the game. Also in double figures for
the Foresters was Amy Berry with 21 and Betsey Bean with 11.
Whitney Frame led the Knights with 15 points and Carr added 10 off
the bench.
Huntington
shot 50% (23-46) in the game and held the Knights to 33% shooting
(17-51). Marian won the battle of the boards 36-27. The win gives
the Foresters a two-game lead over the fourth place teams in the
conference standings with their 9-4 record.
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