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02.23.08
- Grace College
took down the Huntington University Foresters 72-64 in the regular
season finale. Huntington struggled from the field the entire game
shooting a paltry 36% for the game.
The Foresters (16-12, 8-8) overcame an early seven-point deficit and
knotted things up at 17 midway through the half. Grace made a small
run late in the period to go back up five at 29-24, but a 7-2
Huntington spurt to close out the half gave the Foresters a 33-31
edge at the break.
Things remained tight through the first 14 minutes of second half
with seven ties and six lead changes. At the 6:39 mark, a Courtney
Beerbower three-point play gave the Foresters their largest lead of
the game at 52-49. Huntington then turned the ball over on four of
their next five possessions and Grace took advantage.
The Lancers were within one at 54-53 when Lauren Zeltwanger
connected on back-to-back treys to give Grace a 59-54 lead with four
minutes to play. Huntington had two attempts to cut into the
Lancer’s lead, but couldn’t find the bottom of the net. Heidi
Messer knocked down two free throws at Grace’s end to increase the
margin to seven at 61-54. Two Lauren Davenport charity tosses cut
it to five with 1:27 to go, but Megan Arns answered it with a lay-up
as the shot clock buzzer sounded. Following another Forester
turnover, Zeltwanger completed a three-point play with 39 seconds
left to put the game out of reach.
Grace’s Zeltwanger took game-high honors with 18 in the game. Arns
chipped in 16 points and eight rebounds. Davenport and Jenna
Donaldson each scored 16 to lead Huntington and Beerbower finished
with 14 points and a game-high 14 boards.
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