Women's Basketball drops two tough conference contests
Pete Theis
Issue date: 1/26/10 Section: Sports
It appeared as though it would be a positive outcome for the Loyola women's basketball team on Monday afternoon, but the clutch shooting from the visiting Golden Griffins of Canisius down the stretch proved too much as Loyola fell 73-67. The Hounds could not quiet the three-point shooting from their MAAC foe and paid the price as a late three by Brianna Lucas with 33 seconds left silenced the crowd at Reitz arena on Martin Luther King Day and ensured the Canisius victory.
The visiting Golden Griffiths raced out to an early 11-5 lead off of an Allison Braun foul-line jumper.
"We started out in man-man coverage but found that they were quicker than us initially. We tried to press them but they were beating us and we were out of position for many rebound opportunities," stated Coach Joe Logan. "In the second half we went to a zone, which slowed them down a lot and were able to get those important rebounds."
After a series of traded shots, Loyola inched closer towards evening the score. A pull-up three by Loyola's Katie Sheahin and another tally from beyond the arc by McKenzie kept the deficit to 8 at 44-36. After a rebound on a Canisius missed shot, the Hounds implemented one of the nicer plays of this season. With just 8 seconds remaining on the game clock, McKenzie took the ball up to the three point line before hitting Sheahin underneath the basket on a nicely fed pass, where she put in a driving lay-up at the buzzer to keep Loyola's spirits in the game at 44-38.
The second half of action could not have been any different as both teams tightened up their defense, and neither squad could find the net as it was a cold shooting contest. Canisius' Brittany Russell broke the scoring drought a deep three.
Loyola would answer with a scoring run that included a Meredith Tolley three and an Erica DiClemente Layup, to cut the visitors lead to 51-46. Within minutes a steal from Kaitlin Grant lead to her driving in for a 2-point basket and just a 3 pointer away from tying game as the lead was cut to 55-52.
The visiting Golden Griffiths raced out to an early 11-5 lead off of an Allison Braun foul-line jumper.
"We started out in man-man coverage but found that they were quicker than us initially. We tried to press them but they were beating us and we were out of position for many rebound opportunities," stated Coach Joe Logan. "In the second half we went to a zone, which slowed them down a lot and were able to get those important rebounds."
After a series of traded shots, Loyola inched closer towards evening the score. A pull-up three by Loyola's Katie Sheahin and another tally from beyond the arc by McKenzie kept the deficit to 8 at 44-36. After a rebound on a Canisius missed shot, the Hounds implemented one of the nicer plays of this season. With just 8 seconds remaining on the game clock, McKenzie took the ball up to the three point line before hitting Sheahin underneath the basket on a nicely fed pass, where she put in a driving lay-up at the buzzer to keep Loyola's spirits in the game at 44-38.
The second half of action could not have been any different as both teams tightened up their defense, and neither squad could find the net as it was a cold shooting contest. Canisius' Brittany Russell broke the scoring drought a deep three.
Loyola would answer with a scoring run that included a Meredith Tolley three and an Erica DiClemente Layup, to cut the visitors lead to 51-46. Within minutes a steal from Kaitlin Grant lead to her driving in for a 2-point basket and just a 3 pointer away from tying game as the lead was cut to 55-52.
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Russian Wives
posted 3/19/10 @ 1:49 AM EST
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