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The Lady Colonels will play in the Consolation game on Saturday afternoon at the 13th Annual Moravian Tournament

LADY COLONELS FALL TO IMMACULATA IN OPENING GAME OF MORAVIAN TOURNAMENT

1/3/2014 7:34:00 PM

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LADY COLONELS FALL TO IMMACULATA IN OPENING GAME OF MORAVIAN TOURNAMENT

BETHLEHEM, PA – The Lady Colonels opened up the New Year on the road against Immaculata University in the opening game of the 13^th annual Roosevelt's Moravian Winter Classic. The Lady Colonels dropped the first round matchup 63-55. With the loss Wilkes falls to 1-7 on the year while Immaculata improves to 7-2.

The Lady Colonels took an early 8-5 lead with 15:47 remaining in the first half before the Mighty Macs went on a 12-0 run to put them up 17-8 with 11:59 to go in the first. The two teams traded baskets back and forth with the Mighty Macs taking a 10 point lead before the Lady Colonels cut into before the half and headed into the locker room down seven. Immaculata shot 10-27 (37%) from the field in the first 20 minutes while Wilkes shot 10-31 (32.3%). Immaculata was hot from the outside in the first half as they made 6 out of 11 3-pointers (54.5%).

Immaculata opened up the second half on a 9-0 run as they stretched their lead to 38-22 with 16:43 remaining in the game. The Mighty Macs maintained a steady lead throughout much of the second half and with 7:30 left they had their largest lead of the game 56-39. The Lady Colonels would not fold over though as they rallied to cut the lead to six, 61-55 with :22 seconds remaining. Over the final 7:30 Wilkes outscored Immaculata 16-7.

Chelsea Brown (Garnet Valley, PA/Garnet Valley) recorded another double-double as she scored 11 points and tied her season high total of 16 rebounds. Elena Stambone (Jessup, PA/Valley View) nearly had a double-double of her own as she poured in 19 points and grabbed eight boards.

Wilkes awaits the loser of John Jay or Moravian in the consolation game to be played tomorrow in Bethlehem. Scheduled tip-off is 1 p.m.

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