SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Samantha Jansson
tallied 15 points to lead Susquehanna to a 78-68 victory over
McDaniel in the championship game of the 2008 Pepsi/Weis Markets
Tip-Off Tournament in non-conference women's basketball
action on Sunday.
The Crusaders (5-0) also got 15 points from Jennifer
Butts while Rachael Hughes chipped in 13
to help rally the squad from a 33-32 halftime deficit to the
10-point win.
Ali Moreland (Davidsonville, Md./South River)
netted a game-high 19 to go with three rebounds, four assists and
four steals for the Green Terror (1-1) to earn a spot on the
all-tournament team. Ashley Lyles (Laurel, Md./St. Vincent
Pallotti) added eight points and seven rebounds to join
Moreland on the all-tournament team.
Trailing 35-32 off a Moreland jumper 34 seconds into the second
half, Hughes hit back-to-back jumpers and Erika
Barron drained a 3-pointer to account for a 7-0 run over a
1-minute, 17-second span.
Moreland trimmed the deficit to 42-41 with 14:35 to play but Barron
answered with another trey to re-establish the four-point
lead.
Snoops made it a 45-43 game before Susquehanna reeled off the next
six points to stretch the lead to 51-43 with 11:35 on the
clock.
A Catherine Mills (Ijamsville, Md./Urbana) triple
from the wing trimmed the deficit to 53-48 with 10:10 showing but
the Crusaders responded with a 12-5 to push the lead to its largest
point at 65-53 nearly five and a half minutes later.
A Sally Grace (Catonsville, Md./Mount de Sales
Academy) 3-pointer in the corner made it a 69-64 game with
1:23 on the clock but Susquehanna converted nine of its 10 free
throws down the stretch to seal the win.
Behind four points from Lyles, the Green Terror opened the game on
a 4-0 run.
A Jansson layup pulled Susquehanna within 8-6 but five points from
Moreland and a Grace layup stretched the lead to 15-8 with 13:31 to
play in the first half.
Trailing 19-12, the Crusaders tallied nine of the game's next
11 points to knot the game for the first time at
21-all.
Even at 29-all, Hughes hit the first of two free throws and Butts
converted a jumper to give the hosts a 32-29 lead but Lyles and
Lauren Wyble (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) each
hit jumpers to give McDaniel a one-point edge at
halftime.
Mills finished with 11 points while Snoops chipped in nine points
and nine rebounds.
The Green Terror returns to action at Lebanon Valley on Tuesday.
Game time is 7 p.m.
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