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Second Half Surge By Canisius Dooms Bucknell in 100-89 Loss
12/11/2001 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 11, 2001
BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Bucknell women's basketball team scored over 70 points for the first time this season, but allowed over 100 to Canisius as the squad fell for the fifth-straight time in a 100-89 defeat in Buffalo on Tuesday evening. With the loss, Bucknell falls to 3-5 on the year. The Golden Griffins win their fourth in a row and improve to 5-4 overall.
The Bison came out of the gates quickly, staking themselves to a 14-9 lead at the 13-minute mark of the first half. Canisius responded with a three-pointer 10 seconds later to cut the lead to 14-12 and the two teams battled back and forth for the next three minutes. With the Orange and Blue leading 26-23 after a Golden Griffin three-pointer, the host team rattled off eight unanswered with two treys and a jumper to take the lead at 31-26 with just under seven left in the frame. Canisius enjoyed its biggest lead of the half at eight points when it entered the intermission leading 46-38.
Both teams were hot from the floor in the stanza, with Bucknell connecting on 51.5% of its shots and the Golden Griffins hitting 51.4% of its attempts.
After a quick Canisius jumper to open the half, the Bison scored seven straight to get within three, 48-45. The host team then mounted a 10-0 run to build its advantage back to ten, 55-45. The Golden Griffins outscored Bucknell 6-0 over a two-minute span before a free throw by junior Molly Creamer (Mendham, N.J./West Morris Mendham) finally broke the drought and cut it to 67-55 with just over 10 minutes remaining in the contest. The Golden Griffins would build their lead to as many as 19 late in the frame, but the Orange and Blue put together a late run to outscore the host team 20-12 over the final four minutes.
Sophomore Desire Almind (Blairstown, N.J./North Warren Regional) led five Bucknell players in double figures with 17 points. Creamer joined her with 16 markers, senior Rebekah May (Hummelstown, Pa./Hershey) with a season-high 14 points, junior Kate Franks (Philipsburg, Pa./Philipsburg-Osceola) with 13 and senior Vicki Quimby (West Lawn, Pa./Wilson) with 12. Senior Monique LeBlanc (Cumberland, R.I./Bishop Feehan) led the team with 10 rebounds.
The Golden Griffins placed four players in double-figures led by Shauna Geronzin's game-high 23 points and Jill Knapic's 20. Alohndra Brown and Jenel Stevens added 15 each.
At 3-5, Bucknell has lost five in a row for the first time since the 1999-2000 season. The Bison host LaSalle on Friday, December 21, for a 5:15 p.m. tip-off in their final home game of 2001.
Bucknell (89)
Almind 7-15 3-3 17, LeBlanc 3-6 12-2 7, Quimby 5-13 2-2 12, Creamer 7-15 1-2 16, Franks 5-8 3-3 13, May 3-3 7-7 14, Hatalsky 1-1 0-0 3, Castillo 1-1 0-0 2, Hettler 0-0 0-0 0, Florence 0-0 2-2 2, Valdner 0-0 0-0 0, Rounsley 1-2 1-1 3. Team 33-64 20-22 89.
Canisius (100)
Lanphere 0-2 0-0 0, Geronzin 8-17 6-8 23, Mazza 0-1 0-0 0, Salinas 0-0 0-0 0, Hagen 0-1 0-0 0, Breznitsky 0-0 0-0 0, Burke 2-2 4-6 9, McFadden 3-4 0-0 8, Stevens 6-12 2-2 15, Butler 3-6 3-5 9, Brown 5-9 5-9 15, Knapic 8-12 0-0 20, Grasevova 0-0 1-2 1. Team 35-66 21-32 100.
Halftime: Canisius 46, Bucknell 38. Three-Point Shots: Bucknell 3-7 (Hatalsky 1-1, May 1-1, Creamer 1-4, Franks 0-1), Canisius 9-19 (Knapic 4-7, McFadden 2-2, Burke 1-1, Stevens 1-3, Lanphere 0-2). Rebounds: Bucknell 32 (LeBlanc 10), Canisius 36 (Geronzin 9). Assists: Bucknell 18 (Franks 5), Canisius 23 (McFadden 5). Steals: Bucknell 14, Canisius 12. Fouls: Bucknell 21, Canisius 18. Fouled Out: Burke (Canisius). Technical Fouls: none. Attendance: 350. Team Records: Bucknell 3-5, Canisius 5-4.
