January 3, 2009
Widener cruises to win over McDaniel in first outing of 2009
CHESTER, Pa. – Becky Tyler recorded a game-high 20 points to lead Widener to a 74-54 victory over McDaniel in non-conference women’s basketball action on Saturday.
Ali Moreland (Davidsonville, Md./South River) and
Whitney Snoops (Millersville, Md./Archbishop
Spalding) netted 11 points apiece to lead the Green Terror
(4-4), who were held to a season low for points in its first action
of 2009 after a three-week layoff.
Barbara Fleming and Casey Pritz
also reached double figures for the Pride (8-4) with 13 and 11
points, respectively.
Finding itself in a 4-0 hole after starting 0-for-5 from the floor,
Ashley Lyles (Laurel, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti)
converted the first of two free throws at the 17:10 mark to get
McDaniel on the scoreboard.
A Snoopslayup off an Morelandassist 43 seconds later pulled the
visitors within 4-3 but a Casey Pritz layup on the
other end stretched the lead back to three with 16:19 on the
first-half clock.
A Lindsey Isler layup off a Barbara
Fleming steal-and-dish pushed the lead to 8-3, keying a
17-5 stretch over the next 8 minutes, 13 seconds that was capped by
11 straight Widener points.
Meredith Larsen (Phoenix, Md./Bryn Mawr) halted
the Green Terror’s nearly 5-minute, 15-second dry spell with
a rebound-and-basket to pull the visitors within 23-10 with 7:35 to
play in the opening stanza.
The Pride responded with a 6-0 burst in a 25-second span to stretch
the lead to 29-10 and finished tallying 18 of the half’s
final 24 points.
McDaniel finished the first half, shooting just 5 of 26 from the
floor. The five field goals and 16 points were season lows for the
Green Terror in any half this season. McDaniel also committed 15
turnovers over the stanza – one shy of its season average for
a game.
The Green Terror tallied finished with 23 turnovers – four
more than its previous season high of 19 after just eight
second-half miscues.
Widener stretched the lead to as many as 41 with 9:12 to play in
the second half before McDaniel closed the game on a 28-8 run to
avoid its first loss of more than 20 points in nearly six
years.
Catherine Mills (Ijamsville, Md./Urbana) finished
with 10 points. Moreland dished out five assists and nabbed three
steals.
The Green Terror returns to action at home against No. 22
Muhlenberg on Wednesday. Game time is 6 p.m.
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