Franciscan 53, Waynesburg 75
Franciscan Starters
Clare McGahan, Natalie Conner, Sophie LaRose, Victoria Unnerstall & Selena Coronis
Waynesburg Starters
Avery Robinson, Elena McDermott, Abigail Green, Andrea Orlosky & Marley Wolf
How It Happened
In the regular season finale, the Lady Barons make the trip to Waynesburg and fall to the Yellow Jackets. Freshman Sophie LaRose has a career night, as she records her first double double with 16 points and 17 rebounds.
After Waynesburg scored the first four points of the game, Selena Coronis would snap the run and give the Lady Barons their first bucket of the night. Waynesburg would score the next six points to stretch their lead up to eight points at 10-2. Clare McGahan would make her first three pointer of the night, and Sophie LaRose added a layup to help tighten the gap. Victoria Unnerstall would join the scoring as she made a strong driving layup as well. McGahan would add her second triple of the quarter, as the Lady Barons would head to the second quarter trailing by six.
Clare McGahan and Natalie Conner added quick buckets to start the second quarter, and just like that the gap was cut to only two points. A 7-0 Waynesburg run would ensue to stretch their lead back up to nine points. Sophie LaRose would snap the run, by adding her first three pointer of the night. The Yellow Jackets would go on a run again, as they would score six in a row, before Ashley Benson would connect on a pair of free throws. LaRose would add four straight points for the Lady Barons, but the Yellow Jackets successfully stretched their lead to 43-28 at the break.
Both teams would come out of the break cold, as only six points were scored, combined by both teams in the first three and a half minutes of the third. Ashley Benson would add her first made three pointer of the night, as she would cut the lead to twelve points with just over six minutes to play. Selena Coronis would help tighten it up more as she would go on a personal five point run to cut the lead to single digits. A 7-3 run by the Yellow Jackets to end the quarter would give them a twelve point edge heading into the final quarter.
McGahan would add another three pointer in the fourth quarter, but unfortunately the Yellow Jackets heated up. They would go on to outscore the Lady Barons 19-10 in the quarter, as they would take home their second win of the season 75-53.
Inside the Numbers
-Sophie LaRose scored a season high 16 points today; it was her third straight game that she scored in double figures.
-Larose also set a career high with 17 rebounds, to give her the first double double of her career
-Clare McGahan scored 14 points, a career high for the sophomore.
-Selena Coronis added a season high four assists.
-Brooke Fuller led all scorers with 18 points on the night.
-The Yellow Jackets out-rebounded the Lady Barons 64-32
Who's Next?
Franciscan will await their opponent for the first round of the PAC Tournament. It appears they will be the #10 seed and will be traveling to the #7 seed for the first round. At the moment that looks to mean they will be traveling to Bethany for a game on Saturday, but the PAC athletic directors are set to meet this week to finalize the playoff seeding. More news to follow later in the week.
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