Box Score  STEUBENVILLE, OH - Senior Abby Baierl tied her career high in points with 28 to help the Lady Barons start the 2020 calendar year off with a win over Geneva

The Basics
Scores: Franciscan 74 - Geneva 67   
Records: Franciscan (3-6 , 1-3 AMCC) - Geneva (1-8 , 0-2 PAC) 
Location: Kuzma Court - Steubenville, OH

How it Happened

• The opening quarter was back and forth as Geneva would have a five point lead at 10-5. The Lady Barons would respond with a 11-0 run that included a Selena Coronis bucket followed up by a trio of treys as Angela Starre would hit her first bucket of the season and Abby Baierl made two of her four made three point field goals. Emily Melnek added a pair of buckets to tighten it back up, as she would score 10 points in the opening quarter for Geneva.
• Rebekah Neveraz, Cianna Vaughan and Estelle Leon made a bucket each to run the Lady Baron lead back up to five at 30-25 with three minutes left in the half. Paige Repine and Melnek would continue their strong offensive days to tighten the game back to a one point Franciscan advantage at the break.
• The Golden Tornadoes would open up the second half on a 5-0 run to take an early four point advantage. The Lady Barons would keep up their strong offensive day as they would battle back and tie it up at 44-44 with 3:37 remaining in the quarter. A 10-2 Lady Baron run would give them a lead that they would never relinquish as seniors Baierl and Kelsey Scott-Avery would each score five points over this stretch. 
• The Golden Tornadoes would not quit as they would cut the lead to one at 62-61 with 3:30 left. The Lady Barons would do what winning teams do down the stretch, hit their free throws as they went 7-8 from the line in the final three minutes to grab their third victory of the season, and second against a PAC school.

Inside The Box Score

• 74 points is a team high this season.
• 28 points ties Baierl's career high that she notched at Penn St. Altoona freshman year.
• Angela Starre scored 17 points in her return from Austria, to start right where she left off in her stellar freshman campaign.
• The Lady Barons recorded a season high 24 free throw attempts, while shooting them at 75%.

Up Next
The Lady Barons don't have much of a break, as the resume AMCC play as they travel to Penn St. Behrend on Saturday for a 4 pm tip.