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Bucknell Women's Basketball Opens Season with 77-57 Loss at West Virginia
11/21/2003 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 21, 2003
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Bucknell freshman women's basketball player Lindsey Hollobaugh scored a game-high 20 points, but it was not enough as the Bison dropped a 77-57 decision at West Virginia in the season-opener for both teams on Friday, November 21.
The game appeared to start off the way Bucknell wanted it when freshman Lindsey Hollobaugh forced a turnover and took the ball in for a 2-0 lead. That was the only lead the Bison would enjoy, however, as the Mountaineers proceeded to mount a 13-0 run that spanned nearly four minutes on their way to a 13-2 lead.
Freshman Rachel Hanley stopped the BU drought with her layup with 15:01 left in the half, jump starting a mini-run for the Bison that would get the squad back within six, 13-7, with 12:43 to go. Kate Bulger's three-pointer that followed for West Virginia keyed the host team to a 14-4 run that was capped by Sherell Sowho's triple with 8:02 left for a 27-11 Mountaineer lead.
The Orange and Blue got within 14 five more times throughout the remainder of the half, but entered the intermission in a 41-26 hole. Bucknell was led by nine points from Hollobaugh, while West Virginia was paced by Sowho's 13 in the half.
Bucknell came out in the second and promptly cut it to 11, 41-30, with two quick jumpers from junior Brooke Tomovich and senior Desire Almind, but West Virginia again capitalized on Bison miscues on its way to an 11-0 spurt to open up a 52-30 lead with 16:16 left to play.
Nine points from Hollobaugh, consisting of Bucknell's first three treys of the season and the first of her career, and another four from Almind, got the Orange and blue back within 14, 62-48, with just under nine to play. West Virginia, however, promptly put together a 13-2 run to open up its largest lead of the game at 75-50 with just over three minutes remaining.
Bucknell outscored the Mountaineers 7-2 over the final three minutes, but it was not enough as the Bison dropped a 77-57 decision to fall to 0-1. West Virginia opens up the season 1-0.
The Bison shot .421 (24-57) from the field for the game, including a 4-for-5 performance from the three-point line in the second half. The Mountaineers, who held a 41-32 advantage in rebounding, shot a .455 clip (30-66).
Hollobaugh finished with a game-high 20 points. Almind was the only other Bucknell player in double-figures with 12 points, a team-best seven rebounds and a career-high three blocks. Sowho and Bulger led West Virginia with 19 points, while Michelle Carter and Paige finished with 10 each.
